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It’s a labor of love to develop distinctive,full-flavored, craft beer. Made in the U.S. since 1929, you can rely on W.M. Sprinkman’s stainless steel brewing equipment to maintain the integrity of your brewing process so that, batch after batch, you’re brewing the best beer possible.
Inferior brewing equipment can prevent you from consistently putting out high quality batches of your signature brews. Whether you’re outfitting an entire microbrewery or brew pub, or upgrading your existing brewing systems, W.M. Sprinkman has the experience to make your operation sanitary and efficient.
Engineering, Design & Consulting
W.M. Sprinkman truly understands processing systems for food and beverage products. We have the automation expertise to make your existing or new brewing operation the best that it can be. Whether you are looking to design an entire brewing process or just want to incorporate a new tank, W.M. Sprinkman has the resources to help you:
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• Flow Diagrams
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• 3-D Modeling
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• Mechanical and Electrical Schematics
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• Full or Partial Automation Controls
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• Additional Consulting Services Available
Processing System Support
W.M. Sprinkman offers complete installation and start-up services. These include system integration for automated controls and providing the interconnecting process piping that will help your beer flow from the Mash Kettle to the bottle!
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• Installation of Mechanicals
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- Control Panels installed or defined/tagged for your local contractor
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• Metal Fabrication Work
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- Brewery Platforms, including stairs, rails and supports
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Brewing Tanks & Vessels
Sanitary processing systems for food and beverage have been the heart and
soul of the W.M. Sprinkman Corporation,
since we were founded in 1929. We understand how your process and mix of
equipment are as special and unique to your brewery as the final product that
leaves the tap! W.M. Sprinkman can manufacture single tanks for your existing
set-up or customize a multiple vessel, brewhouse configuration. Stainless
steel construction is done by our certified team of TIG and MIG welders,
meets all FDA requirements and can be ASME rated.
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• Brewhouses up to 100 BBL:
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- Lauter Tun
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- Brew Kettle
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- Mash Kettle
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- Whirlpool
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• Fermenters up to 550 BBL
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• Brewing Platforms
Field Services
W.M. Sprinkman has a separate crew dedicated to ensuring the installation and set-up of your new equipment happens as safely and efficiently as possible. Our crews also provide preventative maintenance and repair services for a wide variety of processing equipment, including tanks and vessels, process piping and controls and heat exchangers. W.M. Sprinkman makes heat exchanger testing a breeze by utilizing Accusense Systems® testing technology.
Accusense® is a technology proprietary to W.M. Sprinkman and is a non-destructive test method that utilizes inert helium gas, which is non-toxic and leaves no residue, to reliably detect pinholes and cracks in heat exchangers. Little down time and quick and accurate results makes Accusense® testing a no brainer!
It’s “Brewhouse & Cellar Madness” Time!
The Brewers Association notes that in 2012 the Craft Brewing world surpassed another milestone when 2,075 breweries were up and running. That’s 326 more than just two years ago! It’s not just the number of operations, but their size and output that is growing. You have likely seen this in the demand for your brews, both in the number of batches and offerings. On the equipment side of the equation, W.M. Sprinkman has seen a steady climb in two areas: Demand for custom-engineered Brewhouses, and Cellars in sizes that are greater than ever before.
An example of the
latter is a 220 BBL Brew Kettle that W.M. Sprinkman is finishing for Point
Brewery. This vessel represents the largest brewkettle W.M. Sprinkman has
built to date, and was designed to work within the confines of the Stevens
Point, WI-based brewer. According to Gabe Hopkins, Brewmaster for Point
Brewing Company, “In order to meet an increase in demand for our Point
products, we needed to dramatically improve the efficiency and throughput of
our brewing process. A key part of our solution was a rather large,
customized, 220-Barrel Brew Kettle from Sprinkman as we reconfigured our
operations.”
W.M. Sprinkman is seeing a surge in orders for complete brewhouses. “Over the last five years, we have built a few brewhouses, but cellar expansions from 30 to 500 barrel is really what was filling our production facility,” according to Brian Sprinkman, Vice-President. “However, since last year there has been an incredible surge in demand for customized, multi-vessel brewhouse, in a variety of sizes from 10-100 barrel. We really enjoying the challenges this brings to Sprinkman to design and build some incredible brewing operations.”
Brewhouses can be highly customized operations, which has its benefits and challenges when the time comes to plan for one. The size of the brewhouse is a careful dance between today’s needs and the future goals you have set for your brewery. How many turns per day do you need to get out of your brewhouse? Do you design the control panels to handle today’s operations or design them to handle future componentry? The funds you have will obviously play a key role in what are “must have” and what are “nice to have” features, but bringing in a partner like W.M. Sprinkman can make this a manageable task and in most cases, help you realize a more efficient and profitable brewhouse. After all, brewing more beer better is the true quest of all craft brewers!