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Home Photo Galleries Equipment Galleries Jim Bieberman • Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jim calls his homebrew system Valverde Brewing and Winery. It is housed inside, and on the porch of a 20’ x 30’ temperature-controlled building in his backyard and has a 3-barrel brewing copacity.

Jim calls his homebrew system Valverde Brewing and Winery. It is housed inside, and on the porch of a 20’ x 30’ temperature-controlled building in his backyard and has a 3-barrel brewing copacity.

Brewing System
This is the 110-gallon, stainless steel kettle. The kettle includes a thermometer, a whirlpool inlet, butterfly connectors, and a step and railing setup allowing for the brewer to look inside.

Kettle
A close up of the bottom of the kettle shows three 170,000 BTU burners, for a total BTU of 510,000. Each burner has a heat shield and a stainless steel propane manifold.

Burners
As you can see, nearly all of the components of the system are stainless steel. Here the sparging of the mash is underway, and the wort is being pumped from the grant over to the kettle.

Stainless Steel
The brew kettle is hooked up to the whirlpool pump and a Mueller AT4-C20 heat exchanger. The heat exchanger uses 60 ºF (16 ºC) chill water from the conical storage containers in the building.

Brew Kettle
After the boil, the wort is cooled and pumped from the kettle to the fermenter, where it is injected with oxygen, preparing it for immediate fermentation. A sight glass allows Jim to monitor the activity.

Fermenter
Two home-built 108-gallon (410-L) conical fermenters are used to store chill water, and a 90- gallon (342-L) fermenter is where the beer is made.

Conical Fermenters
This portable clean-in-place station is used to clean and sanitize everything in the brewery.

Portable Clean-in-Place Station
Jim has two lagering boxes, each with an 18-Cornelius keg capacity.

Lagering Boxes
The draft box holds 10 kegs and has 3 tap handles on its left facing wall. There is gas supply for up to 6 kegs and plenty of room for various bottles and supplies. Jim hopes his guests are thirsty!

Draft Box


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