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Craft Brewery

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Tanks & Tank Cleaning Equipment:

Global Companies and Smaller Firms Handle the

Universal Needs of Craft Brewers
By: Cheryl Gray

A ll craft beer must include two key ingredi- United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom,
ents that no brewery can do without – the
Brazil, Belgium, Venezuela, Japan and China.
perfect tank and the pristine cleaning of it.
Companies making tanks and tank clean- When Arthur Butterworth founded the Houston,
ing equipment know that cutting corners on these Texas-based firm in 1925, company archives record
important steps can not only ruin a batch of beer how he invented and patented the process for
but could also ruin a brewery’s relationship with its tank cleaning and received a patent for the first
customers. automated tank cleaning machine. Started initially
to address the needs of ocean vessels requiring
Helping breweries stay on top of sanitizing improved safety measures to tackle the dangerous
tanks and related equipment is the specialty of job of manually cleaning cargo tanks, breweries are
Butterworth, Inc., a global industry leader with among its 21st-century food and beverage industry
representatives and supply depots in more than 25 customers.
countries, including beverage installations in the

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