When opening a brewery, a lot of clients asked me should I have a hot water tank? Some brewers are looking to save on beer immediately by eliminating hot cans. As for the hot water tank, some people claim that the hot water tank is just a glorified hot water tank anyway, and you can brew beer without it. Others claim that the hot pot is an essential part of their brewing process and that it is difficult to brew without it. Let's talk about hot water tanks in breweries.



There are two major advantages of using a Hot Water Liquor Tank (HLT)
1) It is important to have the option to treat all your water if necessary, prior to Mash-In, achieving the perfect water profile for the beer you are brewing. Incorporating a Hot Liquor Tank with your brewhouse gives you the most control over your water profile. This full control is not possible with a Hot Water on Demand System. Hot With Hot Water on Demand systems, you are also limited to pre-filtering your water with a charcoal type filtration system, instead of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system. If utilizing a Hot Liquor Tank, you have the best of both worlds, have the benefit of being able to utilize a RO filtration system, and then be able to adjust your water profile right for each brew in the Hot Liquor Tank.
2) The ability to recapture water from the heat exchanger. As it’s said in the Brewing Business, you can’t have too much hot water. It’s a huge benefit to be able to re-capture the water from the heat exchanger, instead of sending it down the drain.
Our HLT are designed just slightly oversized so that you have enough hot water for your brew, and enough left over for cleaning.
 
What type of heating system do you need for your HLT, if any?
Your HLT can be heated by the same or different method than your Brew Kettle, or have no heat source at all.
 
What size hot water tank should I choose?
Double sizing your HLT would benefit the brewer if planning or forecasting having double brew days. If so, your HLT will require Steam / Indirect Fire or Multiple Electric Immersion Elements for heating. You do re-capture hot water from the heat exchanger from the first brew, but this is not enough hot water for the second brew. Being able to heat water in your HLT is important on a double sized HLT. If you had a Hot Water on Demand system that was adequate to supply you with the remaining water for a second brew, then a single sized HLT would be sufficient.
 
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Edited by Cassie
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