Murphys, Cork - Gallery
Most improved brewery 1996
A belt driven malt mill from 1889 in the offices foyer
The impressive glass frontage added to the old maltings building
The offices and a curtain sided trailer
Distant view of the site with adverts on the malt silos
The old 1890 maltings building now Heineken Ireland HQ
The brewhouse by Huppmann dates from 1985
The lauter tun
Underneath the lauter tun showing the run off mains
Murphys Stout is fermented in conical vessels
Outside horizontal fermenters for Heineken lager
Outside horizontal fermenters for Heineken lager
Conical maturation vessels
Maturation tank top pressure control
Green beer centrifuge by Westfalia
Filter for keg Heineken lager
General view of the processing area
CO2 collection plant
The flash pasteuriser alpine holding tube
The keg line palletiser
General view of the keg infeed and external washer
General view of the keg line showing the external washer, prewash rotary machine and the washer
View of one of rotary kegging machines from above
Plant manager Derek Orford
Brewery manager Berend Hut
Maria Louisa Murphy - aka La Petite Morfi - mistress of Louis XV who managed to fund the merchatile aspirations of her family at home.
Murphys Stout should have precisely 19mm of head.
