Abstract: Take liquor equipment as an example. Wooden and brick-concrete are ancient traditional brewing equipment. They have been eliminated due to steam leakage, large size, difficulty in migration, and low liquor yield. However, tin brewing equipment is difficult to popularize due to its high price. Therefore, most of the popular brewing equipment on the market are aluminum equipment and stainless steel equipment. What kind of brewing equipment is there? Which kind of liquor brewing equipment is good?

What kind of brewing equipment is

Wine-making equipment can be divided into liquor equipment, beer equipment, wine equipment, rice wine equipment, etc. according to the type of wine. .

Based on the principle of brewing, brewing equipment can be divided into fermentation equipment, brewing equipment and distillation equipment as well as later packaging and filling equipment.

Based on the materials, brewing equipment can be divided into wooden brewing equipment, brick-containing brewing equipment, stainless steel brewing equipment, aluminum brewing equipment, tin brewing equipment, etc.

Which brewing equipment is better?

Take liquor equipment as an example. Wooden and brick-concrete are ancient traditional brewing equipment. Due to steam leakage, they are large in size, difficult to migrate, and have low wine yield. have been eliminated for other reasons. However, tin brewing equipment is difficult to popularize due to its high price. Therefore, most of the popular brewing equipment on the market are aluminum equipment and stainless steel equipment.

So is the space better to be made of aluminum or stainless steel? The answer is that each has its own benefits. There is no best, only the most suitable, depending on your situation.

Aluminum brewing equipment still occupies the majority of the market share. Aluminum has low density, so aluminum brewing equipment is usually light and easy to carry. Aluminum has good thermal conductivity, so aluminum brewing equipment has high thermal efficiency, saves fuel, and produces wine quickly and with a high wine production rate. The cost of aluminum is low, so aluminum brewing equipment is relatively cheap and easily recognized by consumers. However, because aluminum will leave a more obvious weld bead during welding, aluminum brewing equipment generally looks a little rough, and because the gloss of aluminum is not high, the overall aesthetics of aluminum brewing equipment is greatly reduced.

There is a saying in the industry: aluminum is harmful to the human body, so aluminum brewing equipment is also harmful to the body. In fact, this statement cannot withstand scrutiny.

First, it is not aluminum that is harmful to the human body, but aluminum ions, and only under acidic conditions can aluminum be converted into aluminum ions. The entire liquor distillation process can be said to be a neutral environment.

Second, aluminum is easily oxidized by air at normal temperatures to form a dense film of aluminum oxide on its surface. Because aluminum oxide is extremely stable, it can prevent further chemical reactions between the outside world and aluminum. .

In addition, aluminum oxide is also a "famous" refractory material that can withstand high temperatures of several thousand degrees, while the liquor distillation process can only reach a maximum of 100 degrees due to the presence of water in the liquor distillation process. Therefore, the argument that aluminum equipment is harmful to the body is untenable.

Another player that plays a leading role in the brewing equipment market is stainless steel brewing equipment. Stainless steel brewing equipment has high gloss, is hard and wear-resistant, has almost no welding beads after polishing, and is beautiful and beautiful, so it is favored by consumers.

However, the shortcomings of stainless steel brewing equipment cannot be ignored, first of all in terms of performance. Stainless steel has poor thermal conductivity and is significantly inferior to aluminum, so the wine yield is low and fuel is consumed.

Secondly, the cost of stainless steel is high, and the price of general stainless steel brewing equipment is higher than that of aluminum brewing equipment of the same type. Generally, the performance of pure stainless steel equipment on the market is extremely poor, so it is best not to choose it. The best brewing equipment should be made of aluminum condensers (taking advantage of aluminum's fast heat conduction), and stainless steel retorts (taking advantage of stainless steel's wear resistance and beautiful appearance).