Camerons - Gallery
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A set of redundant open round fermenters still in situ
Four 60brl conditioning tanks in the Lions Den pilot brewery used for beers transferred from the larger brewery
The Premier Stainless Systems skid mounted brewplant in the Lions Den.
Four 10 brl conical fermenters in the Lions Den
A plate and frame filter works at 17 brl per hour
The mimic panel sits between the two brew vessels - a mash tun and split copper and hot liquor tank
The Robix two roller mill grinds 400kg for each mash
A series of sterile filters
The 'six in a row' bottling machine by Millennium Bottling
Self adhesive labels for a celebration beer for the promotion of the local soccer team
One of a pair of Porteus malt mills in the main brewery
Grist cases above the mashing stage
Steels masher with the control panel beyond
Britain's only surviving Strainmaster or Nooter Tun. An Anheuser Busch invention this 10 tonne unit was made by Meura
The 1971 brewhouse is decorated in Italian marble and swirling hop motivs
The Strainmaster on the mezzanine, the run off control points below and the copper in the foreground
Head Brewer Martin Dutoy at the brewhouse control panel
A general view of the brew vessels
Checking the wort gravity from the Strainmaster.
There are five pumped run offs
Close up of the wort flow
Inside the Strainmaster are five run off pipes fitted with perforated lobes to filter the wort.
A view of the lobes through the vessel manway. After sparging each level is shut off in turn and the grains discharged through bomb bay doors
The two coppers are fitted with percolator tubes with directional shoes at the top to promote a 'good rolling boil'
The brewhouse panel
The two 160 brl coppers
Rousing one of the 12 x 160 brl open squares
Another view of the open vessels
Attemperator coils in an open vessel
Beneath some of the 22 x 640 brl conicals
Several streets have been covered over to create light airy and most of all dry work areas. This is Silver Street
The spent grains tanks in Silver Street
The 8 and 25 brl dual vessel yeast propagator by Scandibrew
The eight lane Centrimatic keg plant was recovered from Allied at Romford
The keg crew also operate the two head Chadburn cask racking line
Borehole water is reverse osmosis treated
Two boilers
Outside the brewery
The 1892 vintage brewing tower
The brewery chimney stack
The brewing tower again
Another view of the brewery buildings
Much is still recognisable from this old poster
The famous Camerons Strongarm
The legendary Hartlepool head
Cheers to a beer with 18% crystal malt in the grist
There is a technique to tackling the formidable head. Head Brewer Martin Dutoy and Operations Director Steve Wilson have a go
A farinator cut of the incoming crystal malt, looking for no burnt corns and no light ones either
The Nimmos pump clip originally brewed at Castle Eden some five miles away
Roaring Lion pump clip
A new Strongarm pump clip
Camerons Bitter pump clip
