Mexico. Cervecería Libertad, founded in León Guanajuato in 2011, recently had the addition of a Drake chiller, a cooling solution installed by Froztec, which renewed the capacity of its refrigeration system and therefore its production capacity.
This brewery had its production capacity at full capacity since 2016, due to its varied offer, composed (today) of 6 different varieties of craft beer: Stout, Blond Ale, Red Ale, American Pale Lager, Scout Imperial and Rye Ipa.
All these types of beer share high quality standards in their manufacturing process, a quality that characterizes the brand, for which an impeccable refrigeration equipment is required, which allows to reach a remarkable craft product.
The challenge
Before understanding the cooling needs of Cerveza Libertad, it is important to bear in mind that one of the main characteristics of the "artisanal" label, for the beer market, is that the size of its production should not represent more than 2% of national consumption.
This situation implies an important dilemma and that is that refrigeration equipment for this type of industry is usually not very accessible to these small producers. At the same time, the latter face the challenge of having a production process that does not alter or vary the quality and flavor they want to achieve in their products.
Thus, this implies the achievement of optimal teams, without that meaning decapitalizing, as a vital step for the growth of the company. This was the Panorama of the craft brewery Libertad, which, in addition to the fact that since 2016 it was already at the top of its production capacity.
Cooling: key to growth
It was for this reason that the need to quote a new Chiller was seen, for this case from Froztec an efficient refrigeration equipment was chosen, capable of responding to the current demand of production, which could also meet the needs of future growth of this craft beer plant.
Another advantage of this choice is that it guarantees the obtaining of a specialized team with a low maintenance cost, so that producers can focus their vision on growing their market and strengthening their distribution channels.
In this way, the implementation included a Drake brand chiller with a fractional air hermetic single-circuit cooler (25S-100S) capable of maintaining a production of 30 thousand liters of beer per month. This allows the company to have a long-term installed capacity, as it will be able to increase its production more than three times.
