Off to sunny California

GEA Brewery Systems recently announced the sale of a Craft-Star brewhouse to The Bruery in Orange County, California. The brewery is specialized in experimental and barrel aged beer and is well on their way to becoming a significant player on the national craft beer scene.

The GEA Craft-Star is a 30 barrel, well automated brewhouse, built with the American craft brewer in mind. The pre-skidded design makes for a seamless install and batch sizes are flexible from 20-35 barrels. The brewhouse comes in a 2-vessel system with a mash/lauter tun and a Whirlpool/wort kettle, or the 3-vessel system with a separate mash kettle, dedicated lauter tun and a Whirlpool/wort kettle. The brewer can choose the one that best fits his needs.

Also standard on the Craft-Star are automatic mash and sparge water tempering, a lauter wort sampling station, and full CIP capability. The modern process visualization and process control via a detachable laptop work station completes the picture.

The Bruery will take delivery and install their new brewhouse this year. “Our calling is to create beers with character and depth using the simplest and purest of means. We do not filter or pasteurize our beers. Most of our bottled beers gain carbonation through bottle conditioning, allowing carbonation to naturally occur through a secondary bottle fermentation. We strive to use unconventional ingredients, and we will proudly state what we put in our beers”, is the The Bruery’s philosophy.