New Glarus Brewing Company assigns greenfield project

The New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, Wisconsin, USA, has placed an order for the construction of a greenfield brewery with an annual capacity of 120,000 hl. Krones AG is going to realize this first order for a complete brewery in the USA together with its US subsidiary Krones Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin.
The order comprises the malthouse, the malt delivery and cleaning equipment, the brewhouse, the entire cold section comprising yeast propagation and storage, as well as the integration of the new process section into an existing Krones filling line. Furthermore, Krones is providing the complete engineering package, including all necessary utilities such as water, steam, CO₂ or air and the automation of the brewery with the Botec process control system.
The brewhouse will be equipped with state-of-the-art Steinecker technology, such as a Variomill malt mill with an output of 5 t/h, the ShakesBeer mashing system, the Pegasus lauter tun and the Stromboli wort boiler with energy storage system. In the first stage of the project, the brewhouse will produce 6 brews a day at 120 hl each. In order to increase the output to 12 brews, the only alteration is the addition of a buffer tank to the brewhouse. In combination with an expansion of the tank farm and the utilities, the overall capacity of the brewery can be increased to 300,000 hl per year.
The proprietor of New Glarus has awarded the job to Krones for several reasons other than the innovative Steinecker technology: for example, the vicinity of Krones Inc. and its support covering technological issues and questions concerning the control system, as well as the expertise in turnkey management covering all the job sections and customer requirements involved, that has been documented in many international greenfield projects.