Apparatus for producing wort

An apparatus for producing a wort, the apparatus comprising:

• an outer cylindrical container having an open top, a side wall, and a lower plate received therein and fixed to the side wall;
• an inner cylindrical container having a side wall, an open top and a bottom, wherein the inner cylindrical container is received in the outer cylindrical container such that a wort circulation space is defined between the side wall of the outer cylindrical container and the side wall of the inner cylindrical container, wherein the bottom of the inner cylindrical container is blocked by the lower plate of the outer cylindrical container, and a malt screener is received in the inner container above the bottom of the inner cylindrical container to be spaced from the bottom of the inner cylindrical container, wherein the side wall of the inner cylindrical container has a plurality of side holes defined therein, and a wort space is defined between the lower plate and the malt screener in the inner cylindrical container;
• a wort circulator fluid-communicating with the wort circulation space and the wort space to enable circulation of the wort between the wort circulation space and the wort space;
• and
• a heater disposed in the wort circulation space to heat the wort therein.