Roger Jones and Richard Dempster founded Bath Ales Ltd in 1995.
This album, recorded on 4th April 2007, shows their third brewery and the bottling line at the fourth which followed in 2018 after the take over by St Austell.
Seven tonne truck in the yard at Warmley
Entrance to the brewery and shop
Organic malt from Warminster
Checking mash tun run off amongst the casks being filled
The underback - note the home made valentine run off control
General view of the racking vessels and fermenters of the Brewery Design Services 45brl plant from the mashing stage
Filled casks in Bath Rugby Club colours
Cask filling in operation
Minikegs marshalled for filling
Minikeg filling in operation
Beer is fined in ISO tanks fror transfer to the bottling plant about a mile away
Maturation at the bottling plant - vessels by DME
The CIP unit for line and all vessels
Manual empty bottle feeding
The vacuum pump for the double evacuation of the washed bottles
Shrinkwrapping on to a piece of board
Mike Moravek inspects the crown stock - no PPE naughty boy!
Inside the Bath Ales shop
Seven tonne delivery wagon
Promotional ad for minikegs
Wild Hare is organic and 5.0%ABV and 40BU
Gem is the biggest seller at 4.1%ABV and 23BU.