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Briggs of Burton deliver turnkey brewery and distillery projects Completion of Diageo’s El Charcón Tequila distillery in Mexico
Briggs of Burton’s Engineering teams have been successful in design- ing, engineering and commissioning several brewing and distilling pro- jects including last month Diageo’s new El Charcón Tequila distillery. B riggs Distilling has installed a range of distillery projects in the US, Mexico, Scotland, Ireland, China and Japan. These range from craft scale distilleries such as a malt distillery in Japan, and a complete malt and grain distillery for Bently Heritage Distillery, located in Minden, Nevada, USA. Briggs Distilling Briggs Distilling has provided spe- cialist equipment across and engineering services to the Top Five Scotch malt whisky brands includ- ing: The Macallan, The Glenlivet, Glen ddich, Glenmorangie, Glen Ord, and provided Briggs leading mashing equipment to four of them. Briggs experience extends into the still house with specialist distillation equipment design and heating systems including both Thermal and Mechanical Vapour Recompression to reduce energy, and Thermal Oil to provide higher temperatures. Briggs has just started the implementation of a new malt and grain distillery in China following the successful completion of an initial feasibility study and subsequent detailed design and tender. This pro- ject is being supported from the new Briggs Asia Sales and Engineering of ce in Shanghai. Briggs site installation and commis- sioning team can be seen celebrating the inauguration of Diageo’s new El Charcón Tequila distillery, using 100% Agave. The project started with an initial design study following several expan- sion projects in Scotland, which grew
into a large turnkey project for Briggs and the wider CETP group. Briggs was responsible for the design and engi- neering on the project and managed the design, build and installation of stain- less steel tanks and Ordinario stills and copper worm tubs from their group of companies. Briggs Brewing Briggs Brewing has had successes in the US, UK, and Australia. For the US and UK these have, for once, been relatively local to the sales of ce in Rochester, New York, and Head Of ce in Burton Upon Trent. For the US team the rst mash for the FX Matt Brewery, Utica was completed on schedule at the start of the year. Briggs designed, engineered and built a complete new brewhouse for the FX Matt team to handle a wide range of craft beers. From a process perspective, exibility and recipe management were impor- tant, and supported by Briggs bespoke mashing vessels, allowing varying batch sizes. This project also involved Briggs in-house Automation team, who continue to provide Siemens, Rockwell Automation, and ProLeit systems. From a project execution perspective Briggs 3D modelling was invaluable to t in all the equipment and identify clashes with the civils. Close to Briggs headquarters in Burton Upon Trent is the new Everards brewery project, part of the Everards Meadows site in Leicestershire and Briggs are respon- sible for designing and building and currently in the process of installing. Briggs team is looking forward to sam- pling some of Everards iconic Tiger ale in Autumn 2020. Meet us at BrauBeviale The Sales and Engineering team of Briggs are looking forward to the upcoming BrauBeviale exhibition in Nuremburg. Should you have a brewing or distilling project requiring bespoke process engineering and innovative energy and water saving solutions, then the Briggs’ team can be found
Jim Kuhr (Brewmaster) and Kevin Leach (VP of Briggs of Burton, Inc.) celebrating the rst mash at FX Matt Brewery, Utica, US on 24 th February 2019
Site installation and commissioning teams celebrate completion of the Diageo’s new El Charcón Tequila distillery project
alongside their sister companies, Ziemann-Holvrieka and DME, all part of the CETP Group, in Hall 9 stand 363. For May 2020, Briggs are again, the headline sponsor for the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference in Edinburgh.
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