Applied Brewing Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 267814, Chicago, IL 60626 U.S.A.
Tel: 1-773-465-7285 | Fax: 1-773-465-7387
E-Mail: abt@abtonline.com

Microbreweries

A microbrewery is a small-scale brewery that produces and packages beer in kegs, bottles or cans for off-premise sales and consumption. Thus, all brewpubs are microbreweries in the sense that they are small-scale breweries, but not all microbreweries are brewpubs (only if they have a brewery tavern or pub on the premises). The definition of "small-scale" continues to evolve as the craft brewing industry grows, but the current consensus defines a small-scale brewery as one producing 3,000 - 50,000 bbls./58,000 hls. of beer per annum.

The production capacity of a brewery is more a function of the number of fermentation and conditioning tanks than the size of the brewhouse vessels. You can brew 24 hours a day, but you have to have someplace to put the beer while it ferments and ages. In determining the appropriate equipment configuration for a new brewery the first question to ask is what is the desired annual volume of production, not "how much beer can it brew per day."

We have prepared a questionnaire to help you determine your production requirements. To go to it please click here.

To review the production costs of a typical microbrewery please click here.

To review the equipment specifications for a typical 20 bbl./23.8 hl. brewhouse plant please click here.

To review the floor plan for a typical 20 bbl./23.8 hl. brewhouse plant please click here.

To review the equipment specifications for a typical 30 bbl./35 hl. brewhouse plant please click here.

To review the floor plan for a typical 30 bbl./35 hl. brewhouse plant please click here.

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