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Microbreweries

Below you will find a questionnaire specifically designed to start a microbrewery. With the information you provide we will work out a customized quotation that meets your requirements and expectations. It will also allow us to answer your questions on how to open a microbrewery. In case you have any issues with filling out the questionnaire, please feel free to contact us.

Once filled out, please send the questionnaire to us by clicking the "SUBMIT" button.

You can also download a copy of the questionnaire below and fax it back to us. (++32 3 295 63 86) (Acrobat Reader required for download)

MICROBREWERY QUESTIONNAIRE

Contact info:

First name:
Last name:
Company:
Address:
Country:
Phone Number:
Email address:

1. REQUIRED INFO:
1.1 When do you want to have your first beer ready for consumption?
1.2 When do you plan on placing your order for equipment?
1.3 How many different beers do you plan on brewing?
different beers
1.4 How many brews would you be comfortable brewing per week? (1 brew takes about 8 hours)
 brews per week
1.5 What will be your yearly capacity?
(1hL = 100 liter = 400 glasses at 25cl.)
(1bbl = 31 gallons = 1760 pints)
The first year: hL OR bbl
An average year: hL OR bbl
Maximum year: hL OR bbl

1.6 What size of brewhouse would you prefer? Or would you like for us to make a recommendation based on the other information you provide?
 hL OR
bbl OR
Make recommendation

1.7 What is the percentage of the total volume of beer you will brew in lagers and ales?
% lagers % ales

1.8 Will all your beers be bottle/cask conditioned or will you be pasteurizing your beers?
 Only conditioned
Only pasteurized
Both

1.9 How will you be packaging your beers?
 Bottles
of
 cl OR fl.oz with labels one-way return
Bottles
of
 cl OR fl.oz with labels one-way return
Bottles
of
 cl OR fl.oz with labels one-way return
Kegs
of
 l OR bbl
Kegs
of
 l OR bbl
Other
(Provide details)
Please continue to complete the optional information below or scroll to the bottom of the page and click the SUBMIT button. All contact info and questions 1.1 through 1.9 are required fields.
2. OPTIONAL INFO:

2.1 General
2.1.1 Do you have a complete business plan for your microbrewery?
 Yes
Not yet
_____Do you want an SBM consultant to help you with your business plan?
 Yes
No

2.1.2 Do you or any of your partners have brewing and microbrewery operation experience?
 Yes
No
If yes, please provide details below:
2.1.3 Do you have the necessary capital to finance your microbrewery?
 Yes
No
_____Do you need help with finding financing/leasing/investment from SBM?
 Yes
No
_____What budget did you foresee for the brewery and the entire microbrewery?
EURO
 for the brewery
EURO
 for the microbrewery project

2.1.4 What outer finish do you prefer for your brewhouse vessels?
Stainless steel (cheapest and easiest to maintain)
Copper (most expensive and hardest to maintain, best looking)
Stainless steel with copper bands


2.2 Technical
2.2.1 What is the average original gravity of the beers you plan on producing?
° Plato

2.2.2 Do you have proper water quantity and quality for brewing?
 Yes
No
_____Do you have a water analysis available or can you obtain one from your water company?
Yes
No

2.2.3 What is the MAXIMUM temperature in summer of your brewing water?
°C
°F

2.2.4 Are there restrictions on water usage or disposal of water?
Yes
No
If yes, please provide details below:
2.2.5 What electrical voltage do you have available and in what frequency?
3 phase voltage:
1 phase voltage:
50Hz
60Hz

2.2.6 Will you be buying your malt pre-milled or milling your own?
 Buying pre-milled malt
Milling own (2-roller)
Milling own (4-roller)

2.2.7 Will you be needing a grist case?
 Yes
No
If yes, provide the size and material below:
Enough to hold brews
Material: Stainless steel
Galvanized
Other

2.2.8 Will you need any form of malt transportation?
 Yes
No
If yes, provide the type below:
Flex auger
Straight auger
Bucket elevator
Gravity

2.2.9 What hop types will you be using?
Pellet hops
Hop extract
Fresh hops

2.2.10 Will SBM be supplying your steam boiler?
 Yes
No
If yes, will it be fired with:
 Natural gas
Propane gas
Light oil

2.2.11 Will SBM be supplying your glycol chiller?
Yes
No
_____If yes, what is the MAXIMUM ambient temperature in the brewery?
 °C
°F

2.2.12 Do you have the room and is it allowed to put a vapor stack on the kettle or do we need to foresee a condensor?
 Stack
Condensor

2.2.13 What level of automation do you prefer?
 Low
Low-medium
Medium-high
High

2.2.14 Is a cold liquor tank required?
 Yes
No
_____If yes, what capacity (based on the kettle size):
Single
Double
Triple

2.2.15 Is a hot liquor tank required?
 Yes
No
_____If yes, what capacity (based on the kettle size):
Single
Double
Triple

2.2.16 What fermentation and lagering times do you plan for?
Ale fermentation: days Ale lagering: days
Lager fermentation: days Lager lagering: days

2.2.17 How many unitanks for fermenting and lagering and of what size will you be needing?
 tanks of hL bbl
OR
Make recommendation

2.2.18 What type of beer filtration (combination) do you plan on using?
 Diatomaceous earth filtration (DE)
Sheet filtration (plate & frame)
Other

2.2.19 Can all the equipment be moved into the brewery?
______What is the maximum opening for bringing the equipment in?
Height
 Width
meters
feet
______What surface do you have available?
meters2
feet2
______What is the ceiling height in the brewery?
meters
feet

2.2.20 Additional equipment needed: (select all applicable)
 Air compressor
CIP unit
Hop strainers
Keg washer
Yeast brink
Bottle washer
Bottle rinser
Serving units
Pasteurization tunnel
Flash pasteur
Rotary loading and/or accumulation tables
Product buffers and transportation belts
Labelers (cold glue)
Labelers (pressure)
Pick & place
Case folders
Tray folders
Crate washers
Box closers
Shrink tunnel
Palletizers
Depalletizers
Other
(Provide details)

2.2.21 Would you consider integrating some used equipment?
 Yes
No

2.2.22 Other comments



 
 

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