How Burning Barrel Brewing are using PLAATO to save barrels of time, money and effort
”It has shown me that I could decrease the total tank time of almost all of my beers immediately."
Having automated tank measurements? "It’s a no brainer!" according to Head Brewer Jason Williams
Burning Barrel Brewing Co. is a craft brewery based in Rancho Cordova, California, renowned for its innovative and diverse beer offerings: including hazy IPAs, smoothie sours, and barrel-aged stouts. Founded in 2018 by Duncan Alexander at the age of 23, the brewery quickly gained attention for its creative approach to brewing.
Their Head Brewer, Jason Williams notes:
"We at Burning Barrel Brewing Company set up our brewery with PLAATO a year ago and use 7 devices total across all tanks, allowing us to capture data on all of our actively fermenting tanks, at all times. Compared to taking daily manual measurements on every tank, multiple times a day, it's a no brainer. Having an automatically created data point every 30 minutes gives you an incredibly more robust data curve and really allows you to see the fermentation activity and identify critical process points with easy to set and customize notifications. It has shown me that I could decrease the total tank time of almost all of my beers immediately."
“The PLAATO devices are the one gadget that I would wholeheartedly say is worth every penny, and they really do stand up to the claims that they make. I do really love these devices!"
The benefits of benchmarking your beers with PLAATO Pro real-time fermentation sensors
Jason continues: "One of the other things that I have really enjoyed is the additional functions that PLAATO engineers have been continuing to add to the software. The addition of Benchmarking data (from PLAATO) for my core beers that I repeat often has really given me the ability to refine my timing and practices, as well as given me a visual comparison to how the previous batches have gone. For a brewery that always strives to be more efficient with both time and ingredients, this is a huge improvement."
"I personally am in my 10th year of brewing professionally. I have purchased countless brewery gadgets and tested dozens of devices that all make radical claims at improvements across the board in our industry and most do not live up to the hype. The PLAATO devices are the one gadget that I would wholeheartedly say is worth every penny, and they really do stand up to the claims that they make. I do really love these devices!"
