Stainless Steel Tanks for Breweries and Wineries
Beer and wine production runs on temperature control and clean surfaces. Swhift builds the utility and process vessels that sit behind the tanks everyone photographs.
What we supply
What Swhift provides for beer & wine
- Chilled water and glycol buffer tanks
- Hot liquor and hot water storage
- Custom process vessels built to your drawing
- Jacketed and coiled tanks for temperature control
- Ozone contact tanks for treatment and sanitation water
- Custom stainless stands, platforms and components
Material
Why stainless suits this work
Stainless is the standard material through beverage production because it can be cleaned and sanitised repeatedly without absorbing or shedding flavour.
Our materials are FDA-approved and 100% tasteless and odorless, which matters in an industry where a material fault shows up in the glass.
A stainless vessel tolerates the temperature swings of a hot-side and cold-side process without a lining that can fail at the transition.
Start a beer & wine project
Tell us the application and the space you have. Consultations are free and a single production manager will own the job.
Options
What can be customised
- Heat exchange coils built to your duty
- Insulated jackets and dimple jacketing
- Sanitary interior finish on request
- Sanitary fittings, manways and sight connections
- High Luster finish where the vessel is on display
Getting started
How to start a project
- 1Describe the applicationWhat the vessel holds, how much of it, and the temperature and pressure it sees. If you do not know all of that yet, tell us what you do know.
- 2Send dimensions or a drawingA layout sheet, a CAD file, a sketch or a photo of the space with measurements — any of these work. Our layout sheets are free to download.
- 3We quote and confirmGrade, finish, pressure test and fitting locations get confirmed in writing before anything is cut.
Not sure what to send? Our quote checklist lists everything that helps, and marks what is genuinely optional.
Beer & Wine: common questions
Do you build fermenters and brite tanks?
Our published product line is storage, process and utility vessels rather than a catalogue of fermentation equipment. That said, we build to drawing — if you have a specification, send it and we will tell you plainly whether it is work we should be quoting.
Can you build a glycol buffer tank to fit a low cellar?
Yes. A rectangular tank is often the answer where headroom is limited. Give us the ceiling height, the door you have to get through, and the volume you need.
Can you match sanitary fittings we already use?
Tell us the fitting type and size on your quote request and we will build to it. Fittings are hand-welded on every tank we make.
Products for beer & wine
Water Chiller Tanks
Chilled water vessels built for continuous cold service, with coils and insulation where the duty needs them.
ViewRectangular Non-Pressure Tanks
Self-supporting rectangular storage tanks from 55 to 3,231 gallons, sized to fit the space you actually have.
ViewCustom Ozone Contact Tanks
Contact vessels sized to your system's required contact time, in a material ozone does not attack.
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Start a project
Building for beer & wine?
Send the application, the capacity and the space. We will recommend a product and quote it — and tell you if a stock size gets you there for less.
Consultations are free. Every project is managed by a single production manager, so you talk to the person who knows your job.