Why settle for less than the best?

Compact ready-to-use BREW separation modules for craft brewing

Grow your brewery the modular way
with Alfa Laval BREW separator modules

Alfa Laval has been cooperating with craft brewers for many Settling tanks or centrifugal separation?
years to get more high-value quality beer with less overall The Alfa Laval complete, ready-to-use BREW separation
investment. Examples include optimizing filtration, reducing modules make the choice easy
the need to invest in tanks by using separators to improve Regardless of your brewery size or capacity, each tailored
tank utilization, creating special craft brewery modules for "plug’n play" separation system is equipped with the neces-
deaerated water, high gravity brewing and beer cooling. sary features and accessories to get you started on the right
centrifuge path - designed to grow with your brewery.
In the area of high-speed separators and decanter centri-
fuges Alfa Laval is an established brewery market leader with The BREW beer polishers and classical clarifiers are specially
over 125 years of proven, separation experience. created to satisfy the needs of many craft brewers: Compact,
energy efficient and easy to operate plug’n play modules with
Craft brewers can choose among three Alfa Laval BREW hermetic design and all equipment mounted into one skid.
separator modules:
For larger capacity breweries, several other BREW separator
• BREW 80 clarifier module for smaller capacities up to models are available in capacities up to 750 hl/h, with bottom
90 hl/h, also suitable for near bright beer styles feed arrangement as well as with eDrive and conventional
• BREW 250 polisher module for up to 250 hl/h motors.
• BREW 301 clarifier for up to 250 hl/h.
Other solutions for craft brewing
As a supplement to separation modules, Alfa Laval
offer a diverse range of other solutions. These are described
on the back page.

BREW 250 – the only hermetic

bottom feed solution for optimum
craft brewing
Beer clarification and polishing with
the compact, ready-to-use Alfa Laval
BREW 250 polisher module brings
numerous gains:
• Up to 30% higher filtration &
fermentation capacity
• 1% more beer produced due
to minimal beer loss
• At least 20% lower tank investment
for the same capacity
• 6-12 times faster clarification than tanks
• Up to 35% less energy consumption
and more gently beer treatment with
bottom feed
• High beer quality - no oxidation, CO2
or aroma losses thanks to fully
hermetic design

The Alfa Laval BREW 250 separator module for beer polishing

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Selection guide for Alfa Laval high-speed separator
modules for small to medium size craft brewers

BREW 80 BREW 250 BREW 301

Applications Clarifier Polisher Clarifier
Beer after fermentation Yes Yes Yes
Beer after maturation Yes Yes Yes
Near bright styles Yes Yes Yes
Dry-Hop Beer Yes Yes Yes
Capacity (Typical)
Hydraulic capacity Up to 90 hl/l (40 US gpm) Up to 250 hl/l (110 US gpm) Up to 250 hl/l (110 US gpm)
Working capacity (range) 10-50 hl/h (8-40 bbl/h) 40-140 hl/h (35-120 bbl/h) 50-180 hl/h (40-150 bbl/h)
Beer capacity for 20 MCells/ml feed
50 hl/hr (43 bbl/h) 140 hl/hr (120 bbl/h) 180 hl/hr (154 bbl/h)
(0.5 % v/v solids)
Beer capacity for 40 MCells/ml feed
35 hl/h (30 bbl/h) 100 hl/h (86 bbl/h) 120 hl/h ( 103 bbl/h)
(1% v/v solids)
Design Features
< 0.02 ppm 0 ppm < 0.02 ppm
O2 pick-up
Axial-hermetic Fully hermetic Hydro-hermetic
Feed Inlet Top feed Bottom feed Top feed
Power Consumption
Installed 15 kW 21 kW 40 kW
Operating 8 kW max 12.5 kW max 28 kW max
Installation Set-up
Mechanical Pre-assembled Pre-assembled Pre-assembled
Electrical Pre-wired Pre-wired Pre-wired
Discharge Triggering Mechanism
Timer Standard Standard Standard
Outlet turbidity Optional Standard Standard
Feed
Inlet turbidity Optional Optional Optional
Automation
Standard Supply PLC with HMI PLC with HMI PLC with HMI
Module Accessories
Feed Pump Optional Optional Optional
Solids Pump Option at .86 kw (1 hp) 4 kW (5 hP) 4 kW (5 hP)
Service
1 service kit Standard Standard Standard
General Specifications
Bowl weight 134 kg (295 lbs) 310 kg (685 lbs) 300 kg (662 lbs)
Complete module incl. bowl & motor 1,025 kg (2,260 lbs) 2,200 kg (4850 lbs) 2,380 kg (5247 lbs)
Dimensions Width 975 mm (38 1/2 in.) 2,020 mm (79 ½ in.) 1,850 mm (72 7/8 in.)
Dimensions Length 1,815 mm (71 1/2 in.) 1,764 mm (69½in.) 2,160 mm (85 in.)
Dimensions Height 1,545 mm (61 in.) 2,030 mm (80 in.) 2,100 mm (82 5/8 in.)

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Alfa Laval offers a diverse range of other proven,
ready-to-use modular solutions for craft brewing
Each process module is pre-engineered, fully automatic, self-contained, pre-assembled
and tested. Customerizations are also available on demand.

Intelligent Whirlpool System for wort recovery Beer cooler module

Complete system with Foodec decanter to recover Add-on cooler module to your high speed separator.
high quality, high gravity wort residue from trub in the Alfa Laval cooling modules are compact, versatile units
whirlpool - without mixing brews. No trub tank needed. for efficient cooling of product streams in the brewing
Up to 4% saving on wort consumption (>99% yield process, from hot wort and
recovery compared to present wort loss). Large saving yeast to green beer.
on water in the whirlpool. Designed for CIP.
No need for flushing to Internal coolant recirculation
remove trub. No waste. prevents product freezing.

Starting capacity from Starting capacity from

45,000 hl/yr (38,348 bbl/yr) 45,000 hl/yr (38,348 bbl/yr)
production and 60 hl (51 bbl) brewhouse whirlpool. production.

Water deaeration Carbonation

ALDOX and ALDOX Mini (small capacities) for continuous Carboset and HP carbonator for continuous and
production of deaerated and carbonated high quality accurate carbonation of the final beer before filling.
water for beer. Single pass operation, Quick and effcient dissolving
with no need for recirculation, pressure of CO2. Adaptable to different
vessels or vacuum pumps. process requirements.

Starting capacity from 3,000 hl/yr Starting capacity from 6,000 hl/yr
(2,556 bbl/yr) production. (5,113 bbl/yr) production.

Tank top systems Tank cleaning and mixing

SCANDI BREW tank top systems offer all you need The Iso-Mix rotary jet mixer cost-effectively offers improved
except the tank itself: product quality and consistency, and possible reduction of
Robust, compact pre-engineered process time and therefore capacity increase. Also ideal
(Core) models or tailor made for yeast handling applications, blending tasks, water
units that feature a wide deaeration and tank cleaning.
variety of basic configurations
for vacuum and over-pressure Effective Toftejorg Rotary Jet Heads
protection, instrumentation, con- and Rotary Spray Heads offer impact
trol and cleaning of all types and action, ensuring perfect tank cleaning
sizes of brewery tanks. with considerable savings of water,
chemicals and energy.

PFT00657EN 1402 Alfa Laval reserves the right to change specifications without prior notification

How to contact Alfa Laval

Up-to-date Alfa Laval contact details for
all countries are always available on our
website at www.alfalaval.com

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