2019 - Brewhouse GEA Craft Star XL Four Vessel 40hl / Brew, up to 7 brews/day

Brewhouse GEA Craft Star XL Four Vessel 40hl up to 7 brews/day - 2019

State-of-art, complete, fully automated brewhouse GEA Craft Star XL made in year 2017. It is four vessel configuration, cast out brew volume is 40hl and it can make 5-7 brews / 24 hours. All accessories and control panels are skid mounted and can be transported without dismantling on standard 13-meter truck trailer. Vessels stand on their own feet and need to be dismantled and transported separately. Over-sized vessels can handle high gravity beer recipes and external wort boiling allows maximum batch size flexibility. GEA´s state-of-the art brewing technologies gives you unsurpassed efficiency in the use of raw materials. Complete brewing process is PLC controlled, and operation is made from operation room.

Technical characterises

Manufacturer GEA Germany

Model GEA Craft Star XL 40hl, 4-vessel

Manufacturing year 2019

Capacity 40hl/brew, upto 7 brews/24h

Control PLC Siemens Simatic S7 series

Main Equipment

1. Grist mill Buhler Lefa 4-roller PBM milling machine, roll diameter 160mm, length 300mm, capacity 04-1.2 t/h depending on product
2. Galvanised steel elevator JEVA AGRO E11, capacity 5.25 t/h
3. Galvanised Steel Storage Silo for Grist, made by BM Silo
4. Dust extraction system from grist silo made by Heaton Green
5. GEA Craft Star 40hl Brewline including
   1. Yeast plant skid made by MGT Industries with tank 1000 litres with agitator, CIP nozzle, safety valves and double wall for cooling, yeast propagation tank 500 litres with agitator, CIP nozzle, double wall for cooling, safety vales, yeast propagation process control system with Siemens PLC system and with pumps, valves, manifold plates & accessories
   2. Mash Tun Kettle D-2000, mash volume33hl, steam injection with grist intake valve & bottom agitator, CIP nozzle, manifold plates & accessories
   3. Lauter Tun D-2400, mash volume 33hl, CIP nozzle, manifold plates & accessories
   4. Whirpool / Wort Kettle D2500 with Steam injection “Wey” Hop Feeder, CIP nozzle, manifold plates & accessories
   5. Whirlpool D-2500, Steam injection “Wey” Hop Feeder, CIP nozzle, manifold plates & accessories
   6. HobGun Pöschl 300 litres
   7. Hop Filter Tank
   8. Wort cooler Kelvion PHE GmbH, type NT50M
   1. All PLC Controls, electrical controls, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, stainless steel pipework, supporting steel structures & access steps
6. Steam Boiler CFB Boilers, four-pass saturated 3 bar boiler model 4VT. It is natural gas fired capacity 960Kg per hour with condensate tank and all controls & associated equipment
7. Deaeration Plant Denwell comprising, stainless steel buffer tank, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, pipework & controls adjusted for this brewhouse operation
8. CIP Station with two tanks and accessories