Lancaster Brewery - 18 February 2013

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Lancaster Brewery Co, Lancaster - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 18 February 2013


  • Phil Simpson and Matt Jackson ran a successful small pub chain and started brewing elsewhere in 2005

    Phil Simpson and Matt Jackson ran a successful small pub chain and started brewing elsewhere in 2005

  • The brewery moved to a new site in 2011

    The brewery moved to a new site in 2011

  • The large industrial building has solar panels on the roof

    The large industrial building has solar panels on the roof

  • There is a huge space for outdoor festival events like Glastonbrewery

    There is a huge space for outdoor festival events like Glastonbrewery

  • An anaerobic digester enclosed in ISO shipping containers

    An anaerobic digester enclosed in ISO shipping containers

  • The brewery van

    The brewery van

  • Welcome to the diner

    Welcome to the diner

  • There are seats for 250 folk

    There are seats for 250 folk

  • A well stocked shop for beer and merchandise

    A well stocked shop for beer and merchandise

  • The beer range is deliberately simple - Black, Red, Blonde, Amber and Straw

    The beer range is deliberately simple - Black, Red, Blonde, Amber and Straw

  • CFB vertical gas fired boiler

    CFB vertical gas fired boiler

  • A pair of 22 tonne Colinson malt silos

    A pair of 22 tonne Colinson malt silos

  • The top of the grain handling system

    The top of the grain handling system

  • The brewery fills bags of crushed malt for the local nano breweries

    The brewery fills bags of crushed malt for the local nano breweries

  • The Alan Hubbard AR2000 two roller malt mill and visitor samples

    The Alan Hubbard AR2000 two roller malt mill and visitor samples

  • General view of the brewplant beyond a pile of washed casks

    General view of the brewplant beyond a pile of washed casks

  • Grange Engineering mash tun and underback on the right and copper behind

    Grange Engineering mash tun and underback on the right and copper behind

  • The mash hydrator

    The mash hydrator

  • Inside the mash tun

    Inside the mash tun

  • The underback in action

    The underback in action

  • The spent grain is removed on a belt conveyor….

    The spent grain is removed on a belt conveyor….

  • …to be taken away by a local pig farmer

    …to be taken away by a local pig farmer

  • The copper with the plates which hold back the hops taken up for cleaning. The float volume gauge has to go through a hole in the roof when the vessel is full.

    The copper with the plates which hold back the hops taken up for cleaning. The float volume gauge has to go through a hole in the roof when the vessel is full.

  • A pair of hop seed filters

    A pair of hop seed filters

  • Yeast in the fridge

    Yeast in the fridge

  • collecting the top crop of yeast…

    collecting the top crop of yeast…

  • …using a portable pump

    …using a portable pump

  • A healthy yeast head

    A healthy yeast head

  • General view of the fermenters and the portable CIP unit in the foreground

    General view of the fermenters and the portable CIP unit in the foreground

  • The three station ask washer again by Grange Engineering

    The three station ask washer again by Grange Engineering

  • The jack back above the racking lanes. The floating firkin is to catch any fob.

    The jack back above the racking lanes. The floating firkin is to catch any fob.

  • Adding isinglass finings by hand

    Adding isinglass finings by hand

  • Zapping labels on casks about to be dispatched

    Zapping labels on casks about to be dispatched

  • Finished goods store

    Finished goods store

  • Sample casks are kept for the entire declared shelf life and are rolled four times

    Sample casks are kept for the entire declared shelf life and are rolled four times

  • Operations Manager Mark Westall with Ray Penny, the consultant on the project aka the Beer bloke. HMS Lancaster was apparent one of the few Royal Navy ships with an all male crew but that was in 2013.

    Operations Manager Mark Westall with Ray Penny, the consultant on the project aka the Beer bloke. HMS Lancaster was apparent one of the few Royal Navy ships with an all male crew but that was in 2013.

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