Dartmoor Brewery - Gallery

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Dartmoor Brewery, Princetown, Devon - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 16 August 2010

  • Originally a four barrel brewery was set up in the Prince of Wales pub in Princetown and was later replaced by a 15 barrel unit. With a £1m investment it moved 200m down the road in 2005.

    Originally a four barrel brewery was set up in the Prince of Wales pub in Princetown and was later replaced by a 15 barrel unit. With a £1m investment it moved 200m down the road in 2005.

  • Jail Ale at 4.8% ABV with 5% crystal is bittered with Challenger and Northern Brewer and late hopped with Goldings.

    Jail Ale at 4.8% ABV with 5% crystal is bittered with Challenger and Northern Brewer and late hopped with Goldings.

  • Dartmoor is 4.0% IPA standing for Inmates Pale Ale

    Dartmoor is 4.0% IPA standing for Inmates Pale Ale

  • The third Dartmoor beer is Legend at 4.4%ABV with more malt and less hops than the other beers

    The third Dartmoor beer is Legend at 4.4%ABV with more malt and less hops than the other beers

  • The Dartmoor portfolio

    The Dartmoor portfolio

  • Britain's highest brewery stands on the site of the old Princetown railway station at 1427 feet above sea level (435 m). Built on Duchy of Cornwall land the building had to be designed by the Prince of Wales’ architect

    Britain's highest brewery stands on the site of the old Princetown railway station at 1427 feet above sea level (435 m). Built on Duchy of Cornwall land the building had to be designed by the Prince of Wales’ architect

  • The cask racking and warehouse end of the brewery

    The cask racking and warehouse end of the brewery

  • View of the brewplant, the lauter tun is on the left with the copper and whirlpool towards the right

    View of the brewplant, the lauter tun is on the left with the copper and whirlpool towards the right

  • Two roller bruiser mill from Engl

    Two roller bruiser mill from Engl

  • The mill and grist case

    The mill and grist case

  • Originally a wet DENA mill was installed. The dry grist is noe hydrated in a piece of drain pipe above the lauter tun

    Originally a wet DENA mill was installed. The dry grist is noe hydrated in a piece of drain pipe above the lauter tun

  • The lauter arms used only to mix the mash and remove the spent grains

    The lauter arms used only to mix the mash and remove the spent grains

  • Fulton vertical oil fired boiler

    Fulton vertical oil fired boiler

  • The copper internal calandria

    The copper internal calandria

  • The copper with whirlpool behind. A typical mash is 875 kg and two brews are day produce 300 barrels a week

    The copper with whirlpool behind. A typical mash is 875 kg and two brews are day produce 300 barrels a week

  • The brew house control panel

    The brew house control panel

  • Wort is collected at 15 degrees C

    Wort is collected at 15 degrees C

  • The original six fermenters have been supplemented by to new 60s from MGT in Israel

    The original six fermenters have been supplemented by to new 60s from MGT in Israel

  • Brewery was a turnkey project with German fabricators BTB who installed a 30 barrel plant, six fermenters and a cask washer

    Brewery was a turnkey project with German fabricators BTB who installed a 30 barrel plant, six fermenters and a cask washer

  • Bottling takes place on the mezzanine level

    Bottling takes place on the mezzanine level

  • Manual FV changeover panel

    Manual FV changeover panel

  • CIP plant

    CIP plant

  • BTB cask washer

    BTB cask washer

  • Two lane cask filler

    Two lane cask filler

  • Filled casks accumulating

    Filled casks accumulating

  • Bottling takes place with a six head siphon filler from Vigo

    Bottling takes place with a six head siphon filler from Vigo

  • Bottles are labelled with PSL, rinsed and dried before filling

    Bottles are labelled with PSL, rinsed and dried before filling

  • The brewery van and modern architecture

    The brewery van and modern architecture

  • MD and Head Brewer Simon Loveless brewed at Gibbs Mew and Hop Back before investing in Dartmoor. He is seen with the cup he won at SIBA South West.

    MD and Head Brewer Simon Loveless brewed at Gibbs Mew and Hop Back before investing in Dartmoor. He is seen with the cup he won at SIBA South West.

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