Summary
Our Goose Island Brewhouse project is located in Putian, Fujian, China. Goose Island Brewery is a brand owned by AB InBev and based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. We provided a full turnkey solution for a 600L brewery located in a brewpub environment. This included a 3-vessel, manually operated, steam-heated brewhouse with wort sample station, HLT, CLT, FVs, BBTs, COP vessels, and yeast brinks. We also provided a flow panel to the cellar as it is in a separate room, mobile pump, glycol chiller, banded brewery hose, washdown hose reels and complete installation including process piping.
Impact
We consider this to be one of the best brewpubs we have designed and installed, and the pressure was on from the beginning. Goose Island Brewery is a strong brand having brewpubs all over the world from different manufacturers, so we wanted to make sure we delivered a great solution. Also, this was the first turnkey project we have done for ABI and wanted to make sure to leave a good impression. I think we did as we have now done 2 other turnkey projects for ABI in Seoul and the latest in Bangalore.
Challenges
The initial challenge we came across was the layout as the brewery was split into 2 rooms splitting the hot and cold sides. Working with the client we were able to implement a flow panel and was able to pipe hot liquor, wort and a CIP line from the hot side into the cellar. Also, we decided to implement a CO2 main line which also fed into the panel.
Bespoke Brewing Solutions Advantages
Being able to work with their team to design the layout, equipment and process piping proved invaluable for our experience and our teams worked well together. Our local team can speak Mandarin and English so switching between the 2 to communicate with the client, contracts, and designers proved advantageous.
