Printable information sheets:

No.1: Beer Filtration:
Bright Beer
Sterile Beer

  

 
Micro Breweries
 

Our breweries are typically located in restaurants or bars where a good visual impact is important.

They offer high quality design and manufacture to ensure consistent products, ease of production and trouble free operation.



Brewhouse: 5 to 200 hl capacity in stainless steel with optional copper cladding.
Mash Tun, Lauter Tun, Copper and Whirlpool as separate vessels or with possible multi-purpose options.
Heating by gas, electric or steam.
Hot and Cold Liquor tanks.
Fermenters, conical bottoms.
Maturation/Conditioning tanks.
Combi-tanks (Uni-tanks).
Serving tanks
Chillers with full automatic Thermo-regulation.
CIP systems
Yeast recovery and propogation vessels.
Filtration: D.E./Sheet/Plate & Frame/ Cartridge Housings.

Tell us what you want or let us design you a brewery

TOP

ZERODEGREES: New Brewery in Reading and Overall Champion at Hereford CAMRA festival

In April 2007 ZERODEGREES Restaurant and Microbrewery opened their latest development in the centre of Reading. This is their second brewery to be designed and built by Food-Ing of the VELO Group and supplied by SIBA Associate Member, Beverage Process Ltd.

ZERODEGREES Reading follows the successful formula of Bristol and Blackheath and the company has received awards for their bar and restaurant design and their beer. ZERODEGREES was the Overall Champion at the 2006 Hereford CAMRA “Beer on the Wye” Festival for their 4.8% Pilsner from the Bristol brewery, beating the 99 other entrants!

The turn-key Reading installation was carried out by VELO technicians and commissioned by the Food-Ing/VELO Brewmaster. The very compact modern 15 hl brewhouse on the ground floor comprises:

  • Mash/Wort kettle
  • Lauter tun with rakes
  • Whirlpool located under the lauter tun
  • Platform between the vessels on which the control panel is located and under which are the pump, solenoid valves, pipework and heat exchanger.

The PLC with easy to use touch screen panel controls the mashing, lautering, boiling, cooling and FV temperature operations. This allows full automation of these brewing processes but with the option of full manual over-ride. The parameters of up to 10 beer recipes can be programmed into this Siemens PLC. This automation guarantees consistency of the brew every time and the quality of manufacture enables high levels of hygiene to be maintained.

The Mash/Wort Kettle is heated by a gas fired steam boiler via 2 systems. There is a double-walled heated base for mash heating and an inner central tube type calandria to give an efficient boil of the wort. The Hot Liquor Tank is heated by heat recovered from both wort cooling and kettle condensation, supplemented by steam, as necessary. From the mash vessel the mash is transferred to the Lauter tun for separation of the wort, Operation of the lauter tun is assisted by the frequency controlled rake and scraper mechanism and discharges through the side doorway. The wort is transferred back to the Mash/Kettle for the boil and manual hop addition.

ZERODEGREES: New Brewery in Reading and Overall Champion at Hereford CAMRA festival

A typical Food-Ing Brewhouse

For fermentation and conditioning there are four 10 hl and two 20 hl 60 degree cone Fermenter-Unitanks located on the first floor. These vessels have separate glycol jackets on wall and cone, insulation with welded cladding and full accessories. Temperature is adjusted from the touch screen control panel; 2 glycol chillers are located on the roof of the building.

The range of beers at ZERODEGREES includes pale ale, wheat ale, pilsner and black lager, a popular mango special. Additional speciality brews can be offered by the brewer. These are dispensed over the bar from a series of serving tanks with internal hygienic bags. Ideal to accompany your fresh pizza or pasta dish! Cheers!

 

TOP