When we talk about brewery equipment, the brewhouse is the most important part of the brewery equipment, making the wort for beer fermentation, and there is usually a wort grant in the brewhouse. Now I am very happy to discuss the wort grant with you.
What Is the Wort Grant?
A Grant is a small wort collection vessel, open to the air, placed between the lauter tun and the wort kettle.
The traditional purpose of a grant was threefold:
(a) To avoid a potential vacuum in the lauter tun or mash/lauter tun during wort pumping for recirculation or filling the kettle, which could seal the mash to the false bottom, thus causing turbid worts or stuck mashes;
(b) To allow the brewer to asses wort clarity and wort flow;
(c) In larger systems with multiple lauter tun outlets, to determine whether all parts of the grain bed flow sufficiently well or require raking or other measures to improve flow-through.
The Function of the Wort Grant on the Brewhouse
It is easy to pull wort from the lauter tun faster than the grain bed wants it to flow, when using a pump to move wort from the lauter tun to the kettle. It will compact grain bed and cause a stuck runoff. Aside from being a large pain, the stuck runoff can also damage the wort pump because magnetically coupled pumps can be damaged if run dry.
So we need a grant to provide a buffer between the effluent from the filter tank and the inflow from the boiler to reduce the possibility of a vacuum.
Complete Brewhouse Solutions from Tiantai
The wort grant is an important component in many traditional brewhouse designs, helping provide a buffer between the lauter tun and wort kettle while also allowing brewers to observe wort clarity and flow during lautering.
However, whether a wort grant is required depends on the brewhouse configuration, lautering method, system size, and process requirements. For some modern brewhouse systems, alternative designs can also be used to achieve stable wort transfer and proper lautering.
At Tiantai, we can design the brewhouse according to your brewing process, production capacity, available space, and specific requirements. We supply complete beer brewing equipment from 2ā150HL, including malt milling systems, brewhouses, beer fermenters, fermentation tanks, bright beer tanks, CIP systems, beer filling and packaging equipment, hopping machines, yeast propagation systems, and other supporting equipment.
We can also provide auxiliary brewery systems such as steam heating systems, process pipelines and valves, water treatment systems, filtration systems, air compressors, glycol cooling systems, and control systems.
From process consultation and equipment design to manufacturing, transportation, installation, and after-sales service, Tiantai can support your brewery project throughout the entire process.
If you are planning a new brewery or would like to learn more about brewhouse design and wort handling, feel free to contact Tiantai and tell us about your brewing requirements.
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