Stainless SteelMany types of stainless steel are used in brewing beer. The type of stainless steel used in brewing and fermentation equipment is the nonmagnetic 300 series, which includes several types. Those more common to brewing are 304 and 316L stainless steel. Types 304 and 316L have very good

Nearly all brewery equipment including tanks, fermenters, brew kettles, and lauter tuns contain product reside that must be removed between batches or at routine intervals in continuous operations. There are two widely used methods for cleaning equipment:

Heat exchangers are used to optimize heat transfer from one gas or liquid to another during processing and cleaning in place (CIP). Fouling or aging can result in degraded heat exchanger performance and additional operating and energy costs to compensate for the difference in target temperature. The