Purity Brewery - 24 June 2006

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Purity Brewing Co, Alcaster - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 24 June 2006


  • Purity was founded in 2005 by Paul Halsey and James Minkin who used to work for Bass

    Purity was founded in 2005 by Paul Halsey and James Minkin who used to work for Bass

  • Some dilapidated farm buildings at Great Alne near Alcaster in Warwickshire were done up with a £200,000 DEFRA grant

    Some dilapidated farm buildings at Great Alne near Alcaster in Warwickshire were done up with a £200,000 DEFRA grant

  • Total investment was £400,000 and a 20brl brewery designed by Richard Shardlow's Brewery Design Services and fabricated by FEA Stainless was installed

    Total investment was £400,000 and a 20brl brewery designed by Richard Shardlow's Brewery Design Services and fabricated by FEA Stainless was installed

  • The buildings also incorporate offices, a bar and community space

    The buildings also incorporate offices, a bar and community space

  • There are but two beers in cask and mini-keg

    There are but two beers in cask and mini-keg

  • There is a reed bed system to deal with the brewery effluent, discharge is to a local stream

    There is a reed bed system to deal with the brewery effluent, discharge is to a local stream

  • The copper on the right is heated by a Lanemark gas burner, the hop back is on the left with the mash tun and liquor tank behind

    The copper on the right is heated by a Lanemark gas burner, the hop back is on the left with the mash tun and liquor tank behind

  • Mash tun plates

    Mash tun plates

  • Mash tun and underback

    Mash tun and underback

  • There is no headroom for a grist case above the mash tun so the mashing is carried out in the malt store and is pumped to the tun via a Seepex pump

    There is no headroom for a grist case above the mash tun so the mashing is carried out in the malt store and is pumped to the tun via a Seepex pump

  • Wort heat exchanger

    Wort heat exchanger

  • Four 20 brl fermenters

    Four 20 brl fermenters

  • Two station cask washer

    Two station cask washer

  • At the brewery opening ceremony, the quality of the beer was assessed by the Ale taster from the local Court Leet

    At the brewery opening ceremony, the quality of the beer was assessed by the Ale taster from the local Court Leet

  • Tastes OK to me…

    Tastes OK to me…

  • Proprietor Paul Halsey on the right with some members of the Leet

    Proprietor Paul Halsey on the right with some members of the Leet

  • The Ale Taster's badge of office

    The Ale Taster's badge of office

  • Paul Halsey is a local lad and after a career in beer sales and an award winning restaurateur, he fancied a go at brewing

    Paul Halsey is a local lad and after a career in beer sales and an award winning restaurateur, he fancied a go at brewing

  • Head Brewer is David Beech

    Head Brewer is David Beech

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