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| <div>[[Image:0 DSCF0012.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Welcome to the Donnington Brewery]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:1 helpful roadsign.jpg| thumb|center|400px|A helpful road sign near Stow on the Wold]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:10 brewery entrance.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The tree lined brewery approach]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:11 brewery 2.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The picturesque limestone brewery. The swans are waiting for the spent grains]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:11 long vista.jpg| thumb|center|400px|A long shot of Donnington Brewery]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:12 brewery.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The brewhouse]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:13 brewery 3.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The pagoda of the malt house disused since the 1960s]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:14 brewery 4.jpg| thumb|center|400px|This is surely one of England's most picturesque breweries? ]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:15 weather vane.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The weather vane]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:16 DSCF0025.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Another view of the weather vane]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:19 DSCF0055.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The River Dickler from the office window]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:20 outside waterwheel.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The standby water wheel]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:21 water pumps.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Water powered water pumps]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:23 gear wheels.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The gearing to drive the pumps]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:24 DSCF0049.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The belt drive and the piston for the wort pump]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:25 DSCF0044.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The wort pump drive from the other side ]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:26 wort pump 1.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Detail of the wort pump]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:28 malt hoist.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Malt is hoisted by water power]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:29 malt store.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Bags of Eastern Counties Pale Malt by Crisps]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:30 DSCF0022.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Weighing the malt]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:32 DSCF0034.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The four roller Boby mill recovered from Ruddles]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:33 DSCF0031.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The Boby mill]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:34 mash tun for crisps.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Sacks of malt with the mash tun behind]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:37 DSCF0026.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The grist case and mash tun]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:38 DSCF0020.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Hopback beside the mash tun, mashing is driven by water power]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:39 DSCF0019.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The 450kg mash tun]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:40 mash tun 2.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Mash tun close up]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:41 DSCF0050.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Mash tun plates]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:42 DSCF0010.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Spent grain disposal - no problem]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:43 underback.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The wort underback]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:44 copper steps.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Up the wooden steps to the open copper]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:45 open copper.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The calandria in the open copper]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:46 DSCF0036.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Another view of the open copper]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:47 DSCF0029.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The copper casting valve]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:48 DSCF0040.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The main into the hopback]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:50 hop back.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The hopback]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:51 DSCF0059.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The wort receiver and paraflow heat exchanger]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:52 paraflow and wort receiver.jpg| thumb|center|400px|There is a fine sieve in the wort receiver to retain any hop powder particles]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:54 collection vessel.jpg| thumb|center|400px|The collection vessel with very small impeller]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:55 FV room.jpg| thumb|center|400px|There are six 18 brl open rounds]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:56 FV.jpg| thumb|center|400px|An FV waiting to rack]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:57 yeast skimming.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Yeast is skimmed by a pump into a large bucket]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:58 DSCF0056.JPG| thumb|center|400px|A venerable quadrant weigh scale by Salter]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:59 DSCF0054.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Fermenting records]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:60 cask washer.jpg| thumb|center|400px|A single station cask washer by Thonnart]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:65 sample room.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Sample casks and stock for racked bright sales]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:66 DSCF0069.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Casks and polypins awaiting despatch]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:68 DSCF0071.JPG| thumb|center|400px|The bottle washer]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:69 DSCF0072.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Cases rescued from Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries at Woodlesford]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:70 DSCF0074.JPG| thumb|center|400px|A view of the bottling line]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:71 DSCF0076.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Inside the bottling hall]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:72 DSCF0075.JPG| thumb|center|400px|An old centrifuge and another belt drive]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:73 claude arkell.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Proprieter Claude Arkell]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:74 DSCF0030.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Claude Arkell outside his brewery]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:75 claud and mill pond.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Claude Arkell and his mill pond]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:76 val teale.jpg| thumb|center|400px|Brewery Manager Val Teale]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:80 posed pub garden.JPG| thumb|center|400px|Donnington has 15 country pubs popular with walkers]]</div>
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| <div>[[Image:81 DSCF0032.JPG| thumb|center|400px|A calendar from 1976 showing the Donnington pubs]]</div>
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