What is a Mash Tun/Lauter Tun Combination?
at is a 1000L Mash tun/Lauter tun combinations combine all the functionality of a mash tun and a lauter tun, both key components in a brewhouse, into a single tank component where all brewing processes take place.
A mash tun/lauter tun combo combines all the functionality of a mash tun and lauter tun in one tank:
Grain, previously cracked in the grain mill, is combined with metered hot water
Complex starches are converted into fermentable simple sugars
Wort is recirculated over a grain bed in a clarifying process called vorlauf
Sugars are rinsed and extracted from the grain during the sparge cycle
Wetted grain is separated from liquid wort using a false bottom filter screen before transfer to the brew kettle
Combining the mash tun and lauter tun functionality into a single tank unit increases your efficiency and reduces your brewing equipment costs
Why Select a Our Mash Tun / Lauter Tun Combination?
mash tun/lauter tun combinations provide the brewer with several key advantages:
· Field tested by some of America’s leading craft brewers
· Our direct fire mash tun & lauter tuns maintain precise temperatures while our steam mash tun & lauter tuns are designed and engineered to allow precise step-mashing
· Integrated Clean-In-Place (CIP) systems allow rapid and convenient cleaning
· Our proprietary mash agitator and grain out plough is designed to:
· Agitate grain and direct the flow against efficient laser-welded steam jackets for optimum heat transfer
· Efficiently and quickly evacuate spent grain from the vessel at the completion of brewing operations
· All of our insulated vessels precisely maintain temperatures
· Designed to optimize drainage without pulling vacuum or impeding flow
As with all our brewing equipment, Portland Kettle Works mash tun/lauter tun combinations are designed and manufactured to exacting standards:
· Capacities available include:
· bbl: 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 30
· hL: 2.3, 4.1, 5.9, 8.2, 11.7, 17.6, 23.5, and 35.2
· Other capacities available upon request
· 100% 304 food-grade stainless steel
· State-of-the-art, high-performance, trapezoidal V-wire false bottom
· Proprietary steam-powered Valveless External Calandria (VEC) used to precisely maintain mash temperatures without heat stressing the grain bed
· Insulated with 2”/5 cm of fire-rated fiber insulation
· Labor-saving, side-mounted, grain-out manway
· Fast and efficient clean-in-place (CIP) system installed
· Integrated sparge assembly and vorlauf ports
· Conical bottom with ultimate drain allows for complete wort capture
· Top enclosure with optional flange for mounting rake and plough assembly
· 4”/10 cm port installed and ready for addition of optional grist hydrator
· Steel manway with optional glass door personalized with your brewery’s logo
