The road to becoming one of the leading manufacturers of Brewery Chiller systems began in the early 1990s with a fortunate meeting with a young startup company that would become a leader Brewery System design and manufacturing, JV Northwest. The successful partnership provided JVNW an important piece of their total package and provided Pro a resource for marketing, sales, and supporting their systems to the craft beer market. As the craft beer market changed, with many breweries working directly with Chiller System Manufacturers, Pro and JVNW made the tough decision to end the partnership. In 2000, the KnockDown™ Chiller System was officially retired and the Pro Chiller System™ was released directly to the Craft Beer Market.

Today there are several hundred breweries entrusting their beers to Pro Chiller Systems, from small 3 Bbl breweries with an annual production of a couple hundred barrels a year to the large regional breweries producing several hundred thousand barrels. You can find Pro each year at the Craft Brewers Conference and Exhibition, visiting the Great American Beer Festival, and touring as many breweries as possible.

Visit www.probrewer.com to read numerous articles about brewery cooling systems as well as peruse over 100 posts of guidance, advise and suggestions by Pro CEO, Jim Vandergiessen Jr. to the brewing community. (Bulletin Board Name is jimvgjr)

CUSTOMERS- Over the past 16 years Pro has manufactured hundreds of Chiller Systems for breweries located around the world. Please click here to view just a small sample of a few valued customers.

BREW DOWNLOADS

Troubleshooting 101- From Freeze Alarms to Thermostat Failures, this article will help you prevent, diagnose, and even repair your Chiller System. Also tips for finding the right service technician for your equipment. (PDF File 290 KB)

Brewery Load Survey Form- Brewery Load Survey Form. Please fill out the attached form as complete as possible and we would be happy to calculate the estimated cooling load of your brewery. If you prefer to print and fill out by hand, simply download the PDF version and fax it to 253-732-2631. If you would like to fill out on your computer, please download the MS Excel file, fill in as complete as possible, save and email to info@prorefrigeraiton.com. Please don’t worry about completing the vessel square footage field, unless you know this information, we can estimate this based on the size of your vessels. Download options: PDF and XLS (PDF File 96 KB, XLS File 56 KB)

Brewery Chiller Evolution- A 20 year look at the development of the brewery chiller system

Brewery Refrigeration 101- This Article covers the very basic theory and principles of refrigeration and applies them to a brewery application. Much of the information contained in this article is from our Basic Refrigeration Course that we offer several times per year at our facility.

Brewery Glycol Guide- UPDATED 02/12/2007 Everything you wanted to know about propylene glycol. This article covers the basics of glycol piping systems, correct glycol operating percentages, suppliers, and much more.

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