Cooker The cooker is a 3000 gallon mild-steel tank typically used for underground fuel storage. The mixer consists of four paddles mounted on a two-inch diameter shaft which passes longitudinally through the cooker. The outlet from the cooker is via a two-inch valve and hose connection. The separator is used to separate the solids from the liquid portion of the mash prior to fermentation or distillation. The auger is mounted on a two-inch diameter steel shaft which is turned by a hp.
Whole mash is pumped into a hopper at one end of the auger tube.
As the mash is augered along the tube, the liquids fall through the perforations, are collected in a basin, and directed to a two-inch hose outlet. The solids continue along the tube, are pressed in a short, augerless section at the end of the tube and then discharge and fall by gravity into a truck. Each fermenter consists of a 1300 gallon plastic tank, the type typically used for above-ground water storage. Each fermenter is equipped with a thermometer. Flow is regulated by a globe valve and monitored by a flow meter.