Pilot Brewhouse

Small brewhouse, big features. Custom, automated brewhouses from 2 Barrels and up

Optimize recipes and brewing processes with our pilot-size brewhouses, offering an array of essential features and customizable options. Perfect recipes and ensure consistent scaling with a custom, turn-key brewhouse pilot system.

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Tailored Excellence for Pilot Size Brewhouses

Dial in your craft with a pilot brewing system, allowing you to meticulously refine your recipes before taking the leap into large-batch production. Our distinguished line of pilot brewhouses encompasses an extensive range of features and accessories. Dive into craft brewing without the need for a substantial investment in a full-scale brewhouse, and let your imagination flow freely.

Features

Standard Deutsche equipment features include what most brewing equipment suppliers would consider upgrades. These features are critical when crafting award-winning craft beer.

  • Standard: dual stage heat exchanger, wort grant, mash hydrator CIP piping, wort aeration assembly, double sized hot liquor tank
  • Custom Brewhouse configurations from 2bbl – 100bbl
  • Site specific layout and tank orientation
  • SPX process pumps, mixing and auto-valves & premium motors
  • Custom piping and platform Integrated pilot and SIEMENS Controls
  • Clean-In-Place system
    options
  • Endress + Hauser, and IFM Instrumentation
  • Branded etched manway
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  • AISI 304 stainless steel, TIG weld construction
  • UL listed, 503 control panels
  • 304 and 316 stainless options
  • High- efficiency Polyurethane insulated vessels
  • Includes spray balls for easy CIP integration
  • Reinforced stainless steel legs, w/ leveling foot pads reinforced to meet customer specs
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  • Precision brewhouse controls to maximize brewing consistency and efficiency.
  • Siemens automation platforms and interface
  • Over twenty automated feature add-ons
  • Smart device app for remote monitoring and operation
  • Material handling automation
  • Semi to fully automated GIP process options
  • Intrinsically safe and gas detection control options
  • Full temperature, COL, and blending vessel automation
  • SPX, FM, and EtH instrumentation and valves
  • Hazardous environment control designs
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Explore the features for each individual tank involved in the brewhouse

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Tailored Excellence for Pilot Size Brewhouses

Dial in your craft with a pilot brewing system, allowing you to meticulously refine your recipes before taking the leap into large-batch production. Our distinguished line of pilot brewhouses encompasses an extensive range of features and accessories. Dive into craft brewing without the need for a substantial investment in a full-scale brewhouse, and let your imagination flow freely.

Features & Options

Our equipment features are usually sold as add-ons by most manufacturers, sparing you the inconvenience and unexpected expenses of acquiring additional equipment, or services.

Auxiliary Equipment

Look to Deutsche to handle the entire scope of your project from utilities, sanitary piping, bulk storage, milling, CIP, conveyance, filtration, and custom equipment. Our dedicated manufacturing team and component partners provide the latest technology and most reliable ancillary equipment catered to your process.

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Service & Support

Each project is assigned a dedicated engineer, ensuring personalized attention and expertise for your design, installation, control integration, programming, process piping, and field service needs. We’re also here to provide continuous equipment support and assist with system process inquiries.

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Cleaning

We prioritize seamless CIP integration in all our equipment designs. Furthermore, we offer industry-leading CIP skids, carts, and steam sanitation options. Recognizing the importance of proper system sanitation to your bottom line and product quality, we’re committed to delivering custom-engineered cleaning processes, equipment, and solutions.

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Automation

Customizable automation is the key to bringing higher quality, consistency, yields, and efficiencies to your system – no matter your industry or application. Choose to add specific instruments for insight into your process, add automated features to reduce dependence on labor or choose to fully automate your system for the ultimate hands-off experience.

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Experience the Perfect Pilot Size Brewhouses with Deutsche Beverage + Process

Are you an aspiring craft brewer looking to optimize your recipes and brewing processes? Look no further than Deutsche Beverage + Process, the leading partner for expanding or creating custom brewing systems. With our pilot-sized brewhouses ranging from 2 barrels and up, you can take your craft brewing to the next level. Our automated turn-key systems are designed to provide maximum efficiency, value, consistency, and reliability in the production process.

Tailored Excellence for Pilot Size Brewhouses

Our pilot-sized brewhouses are the ideal solution for those seeking a smaller-scale brewing system with big features. These custom and automated brewhouses allow you to optimize your recipes and ensure consistent scaling before venturing into large-batch production. With a turn-key pilot system from Deutsche Beverage + Process, you have the freedom to explore the world of craft brewing without the need for a substantial investment in a full-scale brewhouse. Let your creativity flow and refine your craft with our distinguished line of pilot brewhouses

Essential Features for Unparalleled Brewing

Deutsche Beverage + Process sets the standard for brewing equipment, providing features that are critical in crafting award-winning craft beer. Our pilot-sized, 2 barrel and above, brewhouses come equipped with standard features that many other suppliers consider upgrades. These features include:

Dual-stage heat exchanger: Achieve precise temperature control during the brewing process, ensuring optimal flavors and aromas in your beer.
Wort grant: Facilitates the smooth transfer of wort between vessels, improving overall brewing efficiency.
Mash hydrator: Enables efficient mixing of malt and water, ensuring consistent mashing results.

CIP piping: Simplifies the cleaning process, maintaining hygienic brewing conditions.
Wort aeration assembly: Promotes healthy yeast fermentation and enhances the overall quality of your beer.
Double-sized hot liquor tank: Provides an ample supply of hot water for your brewing needs.

Precision Controls and Automation for Consistency

Deutsche Beverage + Process understands the importance of brewing consistency and efficiency, even on a smaller scale. That’s why our pilot-sized brewhouses are equipped with precision controls that maximize brewing consistency and efficiency.

Our systems utilize Siemens automation platforms and interfaces, renowned for their reliability and performance. With our precise controls, you can fine-tune your brewing process and achieve consistent results batch after batch.
nd blending vessel processes, providing precise control over your brewing parameters.

The brewing tanks and controls, work together harmoniously to create a reliable and efficient pilot-sized brewing system. Each tank serves a specific purpose in the brewing process, ensuring the production of high-quality and consistent beers. With Deutsche Beverage + Process’s pilot-sized brewhouses, you can experiment, refine, and perfect your recipes before scaling up to larger batches, ultimately leading to exceptional craft beers that satisfy even the most discerning palates.

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