Hall & Woodhouse - 12 March 2012
P1090686 The 1899 brewery buildings will turn into residential properties P1090697 The tops of five 575hL dual purpose vessels moved as part of the new brewhouse project P1090699 Three new 150hL FVs were built by Musk, the tops are on the floor below the larger vessels to ensure all the cones are on the same level P1090712 View of the vessel cone area P1090720 Cones of the three 150hL vessels and a new 375hL FV at the rear P1090734 Illustrious forebears of the current family owners P1090736 All brewhouse vessel manways are decorated P1090737 The grist inlet conveyor and hydrator above the mash mixer P1090744 More heritage in the new brewhouse - only 16 Head Brewers since 1777 P1090753 A timeline for the Company behind the wort prerun vessel and the lauter tun. The nominal brewlength is 150hL at 1050o P1090754 The conical topped copper on the left and the whirlpool P1090757 Adding the T90 hop pellets P1090761 The brewhouse operator's work station using Braumat Compact software P1090763 The 300hL raw water tank on the left with acid dosing and the cold liquor tank in the corner P1090767 The 1899 brewery buildings are just across the yard P1090769 The copper has a tangential wort entry even though the brewhouse has a whirlpool P1090775 In the brewhouse basement - trub tank and whirlpool showing the tangential inlet with the external wort boiler behind. P1090777 The brewhouse detergent cleaning tanks in the basement P1090781 The lauter tun run off tubes P1090788 The Seepex displacement pump used to move the spent grains to the silo P1090789 Wort cooling heat exchanger and the spent grain main to the silo P1090790 Wort oxygenation equipment P1090796 The 1899 Boby mill is still in service after new rollers in 1974 and a total refurb P1090809 The bulk grain intake station P1090811 Another view of the old brewery buildings P1090812 The new 40t spent grain silo P1090837 Trub tank, whirlpool, CIP set and prerun vessel bottoms P1090845 A drawing of the 1899 brewery in the visitor centre. It cost £28,000 which was 40% overbudget - perhaps nothing changes! P1090860 A rotating device in the whirlpool to remove the trub cone