What is a Mash Tun/Lauter Tun Combination?

1000L Mash tun/Lauter tun combinations combine all the functionality of a mash tun and a lauter tun, both key components in a brewhouse, into a single tank component where all brewing processes take place.

A mash tun/lauter tun combo combines all the functionality of a mash tun and lauter tun in one tank:

Grain, previously cracked in the grain mill, is combined with metered hot water

Complex starches are converted into fermentable simple sugars

Wort is recirculated over a grain bed in a clarifying process called vorlauf

Sugars are rinsed and extracted from the grain during the sparge cycle

Wetted grain is separated from liquid wort using a false bottom filter screen before transfer to the brew kettle

Combining the mash tun and lauter tun functionality into a single tank unit increases your efficiency and reduces your brewing equipment costs

Why Select a Our Mash Tun / Lauter Tun Combination?

mash tun/lauter tun combinations provide the brewer with several key advantages:

· Field tested by some of leading craft brewers

· Our direct fire mash tun & lauter tuns maintain precise temperatures while our steam mash tun & lauter tuns are designed and engineered to allow precise step-mashing

· Integrated Clean-In-Place (CIP) systems allow rapid and convenient cleaning

· Our proprietary mash agitator and grain out plough is designed to:

· Agitate grain and direct the flow against efficient laser-welded steam jackets for optimum heat transfer

· Efficiently and quickly evacuate spent grain from the vessel at the completion of brewing operations

· All of our insulated vessels precisely maintain temperatures

· Designed to optimize drainage without pulling vacuum or impeding flow

As with all our brewing equipment, Portland Kettle Works mash tun/lauter tun combinations are designed and manufactured to exacting standards:

· Capacities available include:

· bbl: 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 30

· hL: 2.3, 4.1, 5.9, 8.2, 11.7, 17.6, 23.5, and 35.2

· Other capacities available upon request

· 100% 304 food-grade stainless steel

· State-of-the-art, high-performance, trapezoidal V-wire false bottom

· Proprietary steam-powered Valveless External Calandria (VEC) used to precisely maintain mash temperatures without heat stressing the grain bed

· Insulated with 2”/5 cm of fire-rated fiber insulation

· Labor-saving, side-mounted, grain-out manway

· Fast and efficient clean-in-place (CIP) system installed

· Integrated sparge assembly and vorlauf ports

· Conical bottom with ultimate drain allows for complete wort capture

· Top enclosure with optional flange for mounting rake and plough assembly

· 4”/10 cm port installed and ready for addition of optional grist hydrator

· Steel manway with optional glass door personalized with your brewery’s logo