Priming Tank for Beer - 300 to 1000 L

The priming tank is an essential piece of equipment for carrying out the carbonation process. This model has been designed, engineered and manufactured entirely in Italy.

Priming consists of the addition of CO2 at the end of fermentation. To achieve the best results, it is necessary to use a pressure-tight vessel (also known as a keg). Inside this tank, a system drives the rotation of a stainless-steel paddle shaft to thoroughly mix the added sugar with the beer.

The success of this operation depends heavily on the mixer shaft speed. For this reason, our unit is equipped with a geared motor with speed reduction.

The beer priming tank is also designed to minimize oxidation, which can cause unpleasant aromas and flavors in the beer.

Priming and its advantages

As mentioned above, priming is simply a carbonation process that adds CO2 to beer. From a practical point of view, it allows you to obtain a beer with more gas and therefore a livelier, more sparkling mouthfeel.

While homebrewers typically solve this by adding sugar directly into bottles—effectively creating a secondary fermentation—professional producers such as breweries and microbreweries cannot realistically follow this approach.

Since bottle-by-bottle processing is not feasible at production scale, breweries equip their facilities with tools like this tank.

Available versions:

• 300 liters;
• 500 liters;
• 800 liters;
• 1000 liters.

Technical features common to all versions:

• Made of AISI 304 stainless steel;
• Polished internal finish and externally dimpled (“fiorettata”);
• Thicknesses: shell 1.2 mm – bottom 1.5 mm – top 1.5 mm – legs 1.5 mm;
• Stainless-steel spray ball;
• Sight level with stainless-steel protection;
• Total and partial drain with stainless-steel butterfly valves;
• 10° conical bottom;
• Pyramidal legs welded to the bottom with adjustable feet;
• Motor 0.25 HP – 220 V with gearmotor/variator 19–100 rpm;
• Stainless-steel mixing shaft;
• No. 2 height-adjustable stainless-steel paddles, Ø 370 mm.

Below are the technical specifications for each version.

300-liter beer priming tank:

• Capacity: 300 liters;
• Tank diameter: 930 mm;
• Heights: shell 1000 mm – legs 400 mm – overall 2200 mm;
• Top manway with DIN 100 connection, offset to the front.

500-liter beer priming tank:

• Capacity: 500 liters;
• Tank diameter: 800 mm;
• Heights: shell 1000 mm – legs 400 mm – overall 2200 mm;
• Top manway with DIN 100 connection, offset to the front.

800-liter beer priming tank:

• Capacity: 800 liters;
• Tank diameter: 1025 mm;
• Heights: shell 1000 mm – legs 400 mm – overall 2200 mm;
• Anti-retention top manway, Ø 220 mm, offset to the front.

1000-liter beer priming tank:

• Capacity: 1000 liters;
• Tank diameter: 1150 mm;
• Heights: shell 1000 mm – legs 400 mm – overall 2200 mm;
• Anti-retention top manway, Ø 220 mm, offset to the front.