Hall & Woodhouse - 12 October 2001

badger Mr Brock presides over the entrance to the visitor facilities bottling line The new beer bottling line based around a 50 head Ortmann & Herbst filler, 10 head Arol crowner and Krones labeller can stack Maximising the warehouse roof height with empty cans cask line A four head metered counter pressure cask racker ex Allied at Warrington crowner The Arol crowner david and barrie Production Director Barrie Loring (left) with the late David Woodhouse drying Drying the keg surface before applying export labels - the beer is Bass Pale destined for Japan DSCF0020 A old poster for Matthews Wyke Brewery in the visitor centre DSCF0022 A collection of coopers tools in the visitor centre DSCF0027 The 1899 brewhouse DSCF0032 The brewery entrance DSCF0033 A stone incised with 1895 DSCF0090 30L kegs bound for Japan DSCF0128 Empty Badger cans awaiting filling for export DSCF0146 A Robert Mortons Steels masher DSCF0149 Brewer Jimmy Swann DSCF0157 On the copper hearth DSCF0158 Checking the bulk syrup tanks DSCF0159 Venerable grain conveyor by Nalder and Nalder of Wantage DSCF0161 Venerable steam engine DSCF0162 External dual purpose vessels filler Detail of the 50 head Ortmann & Herbst filler FV A row of 240brl square fermenters, FV6 and 7 nearest the camera are 120brl split down the middle keg pasteuriser The BTB keg line pasteuriser - a challenge for the welders kegline front One of four 50 keg per hour lanes on the BTB kegging machine kegline Another view of the Cleanomat BTB lanes mash tuns Two 5t mash tuns dating from 1899 mimic Mimic diagram showing the four kegging lanes outside vessels External tanks with a view of Blandford Forum in the background pasteuriser The pasteuriser on the new bottling line - bottles are aseptically filled recycling The short cut from the town over the bridge and the Recycling Centre dealing with packaging waste from the soft drinks operation on site rinser The 36 head Cortec bottle rinser tim and barrie Head Brewer Tim Morris with Production Director Barrie Loring