Semi-automatic and fully automatic brewery

Semi-automatic Brewery

On the semi-automatic brewery plant, it includes brewing installation, training and beer recipes that are used in the manual brewery. It depends on a more traditional way of the microbrewery. There are many options for semi-automatic systems，You can find systems with different capabilities in a very wide price range.

However, it also means you lose some control over the duration of the brew. While any brewery can brew beer, differences in production efficiency can make a huge difference. Use semi-automatic brewing equipment:

Pros:

• Can start a brewery on a limited budget

• Take a moment to enjoy brewing

Cons:

• Requires labor to complete the entire brew

• Temperature control is essential during the brewing process, which will require some “stand by the pot” time

• You still need to be present at at least one stage of the brewing process: mashing, jetting, jumping, boiling and cooling

• The brewing process will last at least 4 hours, not to mention the equipment CIP cleaning

• You may be brewing continuously throughout the day

Fully Automatic Brewery

When you want to increase the business and scale of your brewery, then increasing the production capacity is something you must consider. Full automation allows you to preset everything in advance and only requires you to be present to load the ingredients and then finally transfer the prepared wort to the fermenter, If you have a great process or recipe, then fully automatic is the best option you can, as it will give you a uniform taste which will make commercializing the brewery much easier.

Pros:

• Fully automated brewing process that automates all steps of beer brewing: mashing, spraying, hopping, cooling and even cleaning

• Full automation not only saves you time, it also gives you more control over brewing and saves your recipes

• Once you become more professional, you can adjust and perfect your recipes and get the highest quality beer

• Can brew 4, 6, or even 8 batches in one day

• Allows you to focus on other important things besides beer

• Less labor

Cons:

• The disadvantage of fully automatic brewing may be that the price of brewing equipment is too high

Summarize

The question is how much time do you have and what is your budget? And whether your current production and sales capabilities are consistent.

If you are currently setting up your own fully automatic Brewery equipment and have a small budget, you may wish to choose DEGONG brewing equipment. DEGONG’s team of engineers provides different solutions for the degree of automation of brewing equipment.

In conclusion to the texts above, which one seems to be better in creating a business of microbrewery? It will always depend on the entrepreneur interest in how he wants his microbrewery business to go. The advantages of the semi-automated brewery are that you can make a variety of brewed beers that is best if you are planning to open a microbrewery business that was made to handle only a few amounts of beer, where you will open a shop not a factory of a microbrewery in your neighborhood. There is also less costly for the equipment to be needed for it only uses the traditional ones that are cheaper than the fully automated machines. You can run this business for a family type wherein you plan to have different roles in this business.

In contrast, the advantage of a fully automatic Brewery equipment is the superior production rate it can deliver per batch. You can hire fewer people for the machines are the one doing the work. It is only good if you want to make a significant stereotype kind of beer where you are building a brand for your taste of beer.