Industry Served

Brewery

Overview

Our brewery chillers are the best in the industry, and include features like temperature control, year-round processing, and capacity control.

Quench your thirst for crafting top-quality brew with the help of our industrial-grade process brewery chillers. We offer packaged air-cooled chillers, packaged water-cooled chillers, split air-cooled systems, and other systems that keep your brewing processes cool. We have decades of experience working with brewers like you, solving even the most complex cooling needs with our advanced tools and configurations. We have a dedicated technical and customer support team here to walk you through the brewery chiller quoting and start-up process – and we’ll continue being here for you long after the installation. Discover the difference Drake can make!

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Chestnut Hill brewing Co.
Drake high-performance chillers match today’s sophisticated brewing equipment

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Brewery Chillers

Our industrial-grade brewery chillers use process cooling to draw heat away from your brewing equipment, so they operate smoothly and efficiently. Our units are suited for a variety of brewing processes, including:

Wort cooling
Brite tank temperature control
Fermentation temperature control
Crash cooling
Pre-packaging
Product storage

Do you need a brewery chiller for a different brewing process? Let us know – we’re here to help.

Products

Our brewery chillers

We have several air-cooled and water-cooled brewery chillers that are custom-ready or in-stock and available for quick shipping. We can also engineer a customized brewery chiller based on your exact specifications.

What’s the difference between air-cooled & water-cooled brewery chillers?

Air-cooled brewery chillers use ambient air to remove heat from your brewing processes. They are energy-efficient, space-saving, and often part of a quick installation package that helps save money. Our water-cooled chillers use water from an external cooling tower to remove heat from your brewing processes. These systems are long-lasting, quiet, and boast similar energy-efficiency properties as the air-cooled units.

Our brewery chiller product line

Value Line

Air-cooled
1 – 10 hp

Scroll

Air- and water-cooled
1 – 60 hp

Tandem Scroll

Air- and water-cooled
28 – 120 hp

Semi-Hermetic

Air- and water-cooled
10 – 100 hp

Screw

Air- and water-cooled
80 – 214 hp

We also carry:

Remote condenser systems – If your brewing facility requirements include separating the condenser and evaporator in different areas, our remote condenser systems can make that process easy.
Tank & pump packages – Ranging from 31 – 30,000 gallons in either polyethylene or stainless-steel tanks, we can help you determine the right package for your brewing needs.

Why Choose Drake Chillers?

Brewery chillers vs. standard chillers

Heavier duty performance

Unlike a standard comfort chiller that you can pick up off the shelf, brewery chillers with industrial-grade performance mechanisms built into its DNA will deliver the heavy-duty strength you need for all your rugged brewing processes. They efficiently cool your brewing equipment with the temperature precision and unsurpassed reliability needed to craft only the finest beers.

Tighter temperature control

A standard comfort chiller doesn’t have the capacity to provide the low temperatures and accurate temperature controls you need in an efficient brewery chiller. To deliver such consistent performance, we offer a dual loop recirculation tank designed specifically to maintain glycol temperature under a variety of conditions. With better control over temperatures, your brew tastes just as good after the thousandth batch as it did on the first.

Year-round performance

Off-the-shelf comfort chillers are no competition for industrial-grade brewery chillers when it comes to reliable performance year-round. While comfort coolers may perform well in the warmer months, they often take a deep dive when the weather is colder – they’re simply not designed for all-season operation. Our year-round performing brewery chillers can keep your brewing operations running strong, no matter the time of year. These engineered solutions come with several low-temperature options, including the capability to run in ambient temperatures as low as -40°F so that you never miss a beat.

Compressor modulation

Another drawback of standard comfort coolers for brewers is that they don’t have compressor modulation capabilities designed for breweries. Our brewery chillers come with compressor modulation for low load conditions. These options include digital scroll capacity for modulating down to 25%, screw compressor step unloading, semi-hermetic compressor cylinder unloading, and hot gas bypass for multiple compressor systems.

More accurate refrigeration technology

If you’re considering an off-the-shelf chiller from your brewing equipment supplier, you may want to think again. These companies offer a hodgepodge of equipment, but they often don’t carry the specialized expertise to know the refrigeration requirements needed to keep your taps flowing. Our engineers can ensure that you’re using the precisely accurate refrigeration technology for your unique brewing processes. Leave your brewery chiller to the experts!

Customer-Favorite Brewery Chillers

1-5 barrel system nano brewery chiller

This packaged air-cooled 6 hp single-circuit digital scroll unit with tank comes with many desirable features as standard, including an MCS Magnum microprocessor, stainless steel brazed plate evaporator, long-lasting digital scroll compressor, insulated process fluid lines for maximized thermal efficiency, and a full refrigerant charge for hassle-free and more efficient installation. Choose from many available customization options, such as remote access and monitoring services, an extended warranty, and low ambient protection down to -20°F.

7-20 barrel system micro brewery chiller

This packaged air-cooled 20 hp dual-circuit digital scroll unit with tank has many standard features, including an MCS Magnum microprocessor, digital scroll compressor for precise temperature control, flow switch, and a full refrigerant charge that makes installation quick and easy. We can also customize this unit with options such as controls, an extended warranty, stainless steel pumps, city water recovery, and more.

25-5000 barrel system big boy brewery chiller

This packaged air-cooled 100 hp dual-circuit semi-hermetic system has microprocessor control, a long-lasting compressor, flow switch, compressor vibration elimination to reduce noise, insulated process fluid lines, and more helpful standard features. You also have the option to customize the controls, add an extended warranty, upgrade fluid piping, and add other options to suit your brewery’s operational needs.

Selecting the right sized brewery chiller

When it comes to choosing the right size system, our team will guide you through the selection process before we begin engineering your solution. We’ll factor in several considerations to ensure your brewery chiller helps you produce beer that makes you shine, including:

Beer volume (bbl)
Pull-down/crashing loads
Active fermentation heat load
Wort heat exchanger secondary heat load
Brite tank holding load
Compensation factors for heat loss in pipes, pumps, and other equipment

Leave the brewery chiller size calculations to us! We’ll tally the figures we need to recommend the correct BTU per hour for optimal performance.

Benefits of our brewery chillers

Our robust line of industrial-grade brewery chillers come with many advantages, including:

Flexible redundancy options

With full or partial redundancy options, you’ll have the cooling capacity you need to keep your brewing equipment operating smoothly. With options including full capacity redundancy, full electrical isolation, dual or multi-circuit units, and auto-changeover redundant pumps, we’ll engineer a customized solution to meet your brewing needs.

Custom controls

Our engineers can custom program controls that make it easier for you to manage your brewing functions, including fermenter crashing. We also offer the option to upgrade to an MCS micro-controller that operates like a smart home technology system. These micro-controllers allow for tighter process control because you can monitor and adjust settings with the click of a mouse. Another custom control option available is called Chiller Guard, a feature that we can program to send an email or text message in case of an alarm.

High-efficiency options

If you’re looking for a high-performance brewery chiller, we offer a variety of efficiency options that can help you maximize your investment. Our EC condenser fan motors deliver electricity efficiency, energy savings, and more stable temperatures. Other high-efficiency options include:

Electronic expansion valves (EEVs)
Glycol economizer for free-cooling capability
Floating head pressure for efficient cooling in temperatures under 95°F
Heat reclaim options for hot water loop or hot liquor tank (HLT)
Pump variable frequency drive (VFD) for reduced energy consumption

Scalability

Whether you need a brewery chiller for one piece of equipment – or 100 – our engineered solutions can accommodate your future growth. From startup microbreweries to seasoned brewers on the move, our brewery chillers are designed to meet you wherever you are.

Brewery chiller customization

Brewery chillers are not one-size-fits-all. You need an engineered solution designed around the specific needs of your brewing operation. Our seemingly endless array of capabilities and customization options provide flexibility and peace of mind. Make your chiller work as hard as you do with add-ons and custom options, such as digital flow meters, circuit breakers, low-ambient protection, long-draw system add-on, phase monitor, fused disconnect, plate and frame brewery specialty heat exchanger, and more.

Our engineers can also build your system to handle specific requirements, such as:

Varying loads
Multiple pieces of equipment
Narrow temperature bands
Near freezing water
Low exiting temperatures
High return temperatures
Low or high ambient conditions
Corrosive environments

Reasons to choose our brewery chillers

With 40 plus years of experience providing robust engineered solutions to brewers like you, we are uniquely qualified to help you craft the highest quality brews. We’re dedicated, reliable, and ready to design the ideal solution for your operation.

Reasons to choose us for brewery chillers:

40+ years of experience
Proven 99.4% uptime rate
Custom solutions
Tight temperature control
Proudly manufactured in the USA in Bensalem, PA
Short lead times
Customer and technical support

Let us engineer your new brewery chiller

No matter where you’re located in the US, we are your source for industrial-grade brewery chillers. We have expert engineering capabilities that translate to customized, one-of-a-kind solutions designed specifically around your brewery’s needs. As industry veterans, you can count on our team to provide the sales and service that make Drake a name that you can trust.

Find our brewery chillers through most refrigeration wholesalers throughout the country. Begin the process now by requesting a quote or calling 215-638-5515 to speak with our engineers about the best brewery chiller worthy of your prized brew.

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