Mashing
It is necessary to cool the mash or the wort down to yeast pitching temperatures. This can be accomplished in the mash tun, in-line to the fermenter, or in the fermenter. Depending on your city water temperature, glycol cooling may be required.
Fermenting
When yeast begin the fermentation process the temperature will begin to rise in the fermenter. Once the fermentation reaches the peak the temperature can rise to levels that will kill the yeast cells and also produce off flavors unless glycol is used to maintain the desired fermentation temperature.
Custom Controls
During the distillation process it is necessary to provide cooling for the dephlegmating process and the condensing process. Depending on the size of the still and the location of your distillery, glycol will likely be required.
The still's cooling requirements will be a large load on a glycol chiller. It may be required to use a cooling tank and heat exchanger or air/glycol external unit to buffer the heat going back to the chiller. Using a cooling tower may also be an option to reduce glycol chiller loads. This will depend on the dew point in your area.
Please contact us to review your requirements, and let us find a solution for you!
