The Tanks are Here!
Tom Kirchmeyer, Shawn Barmore, Rob Haag, and Todd Wilhelm (from left to right).
Last Friday we received a special delivery…
12 Gates Brewing is installing a 3-vessel 30-barrel brewhouse powered by nearly 2 million BTUs; that is the equivalent of 45 propane grills going at full blast at the Ralph Wilson Stadium, heating 60 half-barrel kegs of pre- fermented beer. This brewhouse could produce up to 30,000- barrels (930,000 gallons or 14 million pints) per year if we had the fermentors for it. We’re starting with six 60-barrel fermentors and a single 60-barrel brite tank, which is the finishing vessel in the brewing process. This will cap us to about 8,500 barrels in the first year. The brewhouse is designed to add a lauter tun (nothing more than a secondary mashing tun used to further separate grain from the wort during the mashing process), two additional 60-barrel fermentors, and one more 60-barrel brite tank. That would add 2,000 barrels of capacity, which means even more 12 Gates beer for you!
