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File:1 -250 logo.jpg |In 1758 innkeeper David Backhouse and local postmaster John Hartley built a brewhouse where the Angel and White Horse is situated today on Tadcaster High Street
File:2 -aerial Tadcaster.JPG |This aerial view shows John Smith occupies the left hand two thirds of the site to the south while Sam Smith is on the right. Note the roadway leading to Sam’s bisecting John’s operations.
File:3 -0538.JPG |Samuel Smith was a Leeds butcher and cattle dealer. In 1847 he bought B&H for his eldest son John who was aged 23.
File:4 -0544.JPG |John Smith died suddenly in 1879 with no children and left the business to his brothers William and Samuel.
File:6 -0546.JPG |William bought Samuel's share and then willed his business to nephews Frank and Henry Riley
File:7 -0547.JPG |William embarked on a £130,000 160 quarter brewery next door which was completed in 1883
File:8 -0548.JPG |The buildings are now Grade II listed
File:9 -0549.JPG |William's monogram
File:11 -0530.JPG |Looking across the original Leeds to York road.
File:12 -0556.JPG |A public road bisects the John Smiths site
File:13 -0532.JPG |The distinctive brewery stack and some conical fermenters
File:14 -0534.JPG |An unusual view of the iconic stone brewery chimney
File:15 -0612.JPG |No sign of any Heineken logos
File:16 -0618.JPG |Entrance to the office block
File:17 -0557.JPG |Other descendents of the original Sam Smith would carry on the business just down the road towards York
File:18 -0550.JPG |Cornerstone laid by William Smith
File:20 -0551.JPG |Cornerstone laid by Frank Riley, William's nephew. He would later change his name to Riley Smith
File:21 -0552.JPG |Malt hoist
File:25 -John smith s pint.jpg |John Smiths was the UK's leading ale brand in 2008 with sales of around 2.4mhL
File:26 -0611.JPG |A drawing by Scamell and Colyer showing the design of the 160 quarter brewery.
File:30 -0526.JPG |Muntons wagon delivering malt
File:31 -0529.JPG |Details of malt discharge
File:35 -0485.JPG |A modern Steels masher will do ten 17.5 tonne mashes daily.
File:36 -0486.JPG |The Briggs 10m lauter tun in the foreground dates from 1985 with a Steinecker unit from 1996 behind
File:37 -0488.JPG |Two 1100 hL coppers and a single whirlpool
File:38 -0493.JPG |Another view of the lauter tuns
File:39 -0499.JPG |The brewhouse is located in the old fermenting room which housed 57 x 196brl slate squares.
File:40 -0497.JPG |The control panel room
File:43 -0500.JPG |Wort heat exchangers
File:50 -0502.JPG |Two Yorkshire slate squares have been preserved
File:51 -0504.JPG |Sadly visitors do not see them
File:53 -0505.JPG |Detail showing the top floor of the square
File:54 -0506.JPG|The yeast head emerges through the hole and yeast separates on the top floor, wort drains back below through 'organ pipes'
File:55 -0507.JPG|Now you know
File:60 -0515.JPG|Modern conical bottomed vessels
File:61 -0528.JPG|More recent vessels are fully piped
File:62 -0517.JPG|Old vessels connect with flexible hoses
File:63 -0527.JPG|More conicals, 11 vessels were relocated from Websters at Halifax
File:64 -0508.JPG|Powder dosing tanks for filtration
File:65 -0509.JPG|One of three 400bph Seitz Orion beer filters
File:66 -0512.JPG |A typical pipe array in a modern brewery
File:70 -0576.JPG |Full cans of John Smiths Bitter
File:71 -0591.JPG |Incoming glass bottles
File:72 -0570.JPG |View across the can line conveyors
File:73 -0589.JPG |The two 50,000bph bottling lines are by SIG Simonazzi and prominent brand posters
File:74 -0590.JPG |Bottle conveyors
File:76 -0592.JPG |Automated Guided Vehicle are used throughout the packaging hall
File:77 -0593.JPG |AGV close up
File:78 -0594.JPG |AGV going about its business
File:79 -0596.JPG |The cardboard boxes contain bottle caps from Pelliconi in Italy
File:80 -0603.JPG |Imogen will be 16 now and might like to reissue her poster against corona virus!
File:82 -0565.JPG |View across the canning line which will fill 1500 a minute without widgets
File:83 -0607.JPG |KHS Contikeg rotary keg washer and racker will fill 1000 50L kegs an hour
File:87 -0583.JPG |Tankers come and go
File:88 -0559.JPG |More tankers
File:89 -0582.JPG |Dynamo System is a French widget
File:90 -0560.JPG |The on site effluent plant managed by Veolia
File:91 -0580.JPG |Gas vaporisor blocks
File:92 -0581.JPG |The on site nitrogen generator by Air Products
File:98 -0561.JPG |The site layout
File:99 -0537.JPG |QA tasting room
File:100 -0536.JPG |Quality Improvement Manager Alistair Dickson changes a cask
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[[category:Brewer & Distiller International Gallery]]

Revision as of 19:50, 29 March 2020

Return to John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co. Ltd

  • In 1758 innkeeper David Backhouse and local postmaster John Hartley built a brewhouse where the Angel and White Horse is situated today on Tadcaster High Street

    In 1758 innkeeper David Backhouse and local postmaster John Hartley built a brewhouse where the Angel and White Horse is situated today on Tadcaster High Street

  • This aerial view shows John Smith occupies the left hand two thirds of the site to the south while Sam Smith is on the right. Note the roadway leading to Sam’s bisecting John’s operations.

    This aerial view shows John Smith occupies the left hand two thirds of the site to the south while Sam Smith is on the right. Note the roadway leading to Sam’s bisecting John’s operations.

  • Samuel Smith was a Leeds butcher and cattle dealer. In 1847 he bought B&H for his eldest son John who was aged 23.

    Samuel Smith was a Leeds butcher and cattle dealer. In 1847 he bought B&H for his eldest son John who was aged 23.

  • John Smith died suddenly in 1879 with no children and left the business to his brothers William and Samuel.

    John Smith died suddenly in 1879 with no children and left the business to his brothers William and Samuel.

  • William bought Samuel's share and then willed his business to nephews Frank and Henry Riley

    William bought Samuel's share and then willed his business to nephews Frank and Henry Riley

  • William embarked on a £130,000 160 quarter brewery next door which was completed in 1883

    William embarked on a £130,000 160 quarter brewery next door which was completed in 1883

  • The buildings are now Grade II listed

    The buildings are now Grade II listed

  • William's monogram

    William's monogram

  • Looking across the original Leeds to York road.

    Looking across the original Leeds to York road.

  • A public road bisects the John Smiths site

    A public road bisects the John Smiths site

  • The distinctive brewery stack and some conical fermenters

    The distinctive brewery stack and some conical fermenters

  • An unusual view of the iconic stone brewery chimney

    An unusual view of the iconic stone brewery chimney

  • No sign of any Heineken logos

    No sign of any Heineken logos

  • Entrance to the office block

    Entrance to the office block

  • Other descendents of the original Sam Smith would carry on the business just down the road towards York

    Other descendents of the original Sam Smith would carry on the business just down the road towards York

  • Cornerstone laid by William Smith

    Cornerstone laid by William Smith

  • Cornerstone laid by Frank Riley, William's nephew. He would later change his name to Riley Smith

    Cornerstone laid by Frank Riley, William's nephew. He would later change his name to Riley Smith

  • Malt hoist

    Malt hoist

  • John Smiths was the UK's leading ale brand in 2008 with sales of around 2.4mhL

    John Smiths was the UK's leading ale brand in 2008 with sales of around 2.4mhL

  • A drawing by Scamell and Colyer showing the design of the 160 quarter brewery.

    A drawing by Scamell and Colyer showing the design of the 160 quarter brewery.

  • Muntons wagon delivering malt

    Muntons wagon delivering malt

  • Details of malt discharge

    Details of malt discharge

  • A modern Steels masher will do ten 17.5 tonne mashes daily.

    A modern Steels masher will do ten 17.5 tonne mashes daily.

  • The Briggs 10m lauter tun in the foreground dates from 1985 with a Steinecker unit from 1996 behind

    The Briggs 10m lauter tun in the foreground dates from 1985 with a Steinecker unit from 1996 behind

  • Two 1100 hL coppers and a single whirlpool

    Two 1100 hL coppers and a single whirlpool

  • Another view of the lauter tuns

    Another view of the lauter tuns

  • The brewhouse is located in the old fermenting room which housed 57 x 196brl slate squares.

    The brewhouse is located in the old fermenting room which housed 57 x 196brl slate squares.

  • The control panel room

    The control panel room

  • Wort heat exchangers

    Wort heat exchangers

  • Two Yorkshire slate squares have been preserved

    Two Yorkshire slate squares have been preserved

  • Sadly visitors do not see them

    Sadly visitors do not see them

  • Detail showing the top floor of the square

    Detail showing the top floor of the square

  • The yeast head emerges through the hole and yeast separates on the top floor, wort drains back below through 'organ pipes'

    The yeast head emerges through the hole and yeast separates on the top floor, wort drains back below through 'organ pipes'

  • Now you know

    Now you know

  • Modern conical bottomed vessels

    Modern conical bottomed vessels

  • More recent vessels are fully piped

    More recent vessels are fully piped

  • Old vessels connect with flexible hoses

    Old vessels connect with flexible hoses

  • More conicals, 11 vessels were relocated from Websters at Halifax

    More conicals, 11 vessels were relocated from Websters at Halifax

  • Powder dosing tanks for filtration

    Powder dosing tanks for filtration

  • One of three 400bph Seitz Orion beer filters

    One of three 400bph Seitz Orion beer filters

  • A typical pipe array in a modern brewery

    A typical pipe array in a modern brewery

  • Full cans of John Smiths Bitter

    Full cans of John Smiths Bitter

  • Incoming glass bottles

    Incoming glass bottles

  • View across the can line conveyors

    View across the can line conveyors

  • The two 50,000bph bottling lines are by SIG Simonazzi and prominent brand posters

    The two 50,000bph bottling lines are by SIG Simonazzi and prominent brand posters

  • Bottle conveyors

    Bottle conveyors

  • Automated Guided Vehicle are used throughout the packaging hall

    Automated Guided Vehicle are used throughout the packaging hall

  • AGV close up

    AGV close up

  • AGV going about its business

    AGV going about its business

  • The cardboard boxes contain bottle caps from Pelliconi in Italy

    The cardboard boxes contain bottle caps from Pelliconi in Italy

  • Imogen will be 16 now and might like to reissue her poster against corona virus!

    Imogen will be 16 now and might like to reissue her poster against corona virus!

  • View across the canning line which will fill 1500 a minute without widgets

    View across the canning line which will fill 1500 a minute without widgets

  • KHS Contikeg rotary keg washer and racker will fill 1000 50L kegs an hour

    KHS Contikeg rotary keg washer and racker will fill 1000 50L kegs an hour

  • Tankers come and go

    Tankers come and go

  • More tankers

    More tankers

  • Dynamo System is a French widget

    Dynamo System is a French widget

  • The on site effluent plant managed by Veolia

    The on site effluent plant managed by Veolia

  • Gas vaporisor blocks

    Gas vaporisor blocks

  • The on site nitrogen generator by Air Products

    The on site nitrogen generator by Air Products

  • The site layout

    The site layout

  • QA tasting room

    QA tasting room

  • Quality Improvement Manager Alistair Dickson changes a cask

    Quality Improvement Manager Alistair Dickson changes a cask

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