Thornbridge Brewery - 15 October 2009
Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 15 October 2009
Thornbridge was originally founded by Jim Harrison at Thornbridge Hall in 2005
It was not possible to expand at the Hall so a new brewery was built on an industrial estate at nearby Bakewell in 2009
The well badged brewery van outside the new brewery
The brew kit was built by Velo from Italy
Clockwise from the top left; mash vessel, lauter tun, copper/whirlpool and Rolec Hopnik
The Rolec Hopnik on the left and copper/whirlpool on the right
The lauter tun sampling point with the Hopnik on the right
The Robix two roller malt mill. Malt arrives in 1000kg tote bags from Fawcetts
The mashing machine above the mash vessel
The spent hops from the Hopnik are removed by a Seepex pump
A Seepex pump to clear the lauter tun grains
Spent grains fall into a farmer's trailer
Underneath the Helios lauter tun
A mimic diagram from the brewhouse control system
Copper on the boil
The four 100hL fermenters viewed from the walkway by the nine 50hL single brew vessels
Another view of the FVs
Yet another view of the fermenters
Yeast propagation plant, the brewery provides a service to culture yeast for other breweries
The 100brl/hour Seitel centrifuge
Plenty of space in the cask handling area
Many E casks in evidence
The three station cask washer by Grange Engineering
The two lane cask racker also by Grange Engineering
View of the traditional racking taps
End of the racking jack back
The racking lanes from the other side
The bottling line labeller in the foreground with the CIMEC rinser/filler/crowner behind.
The cabinet housing the rinser, filler and crowner
There is a well equipped laboratory
Checking gravities with an Anton Parr DMA35N machine
Proprietor Jim Harrison plans his new brewery
Head Brewer Stefano Cossi at the new brewery
Brewer Kelly Ryan stirs the mash at the old brewery
Brewer Matt Clark in the lab at the old brewery
Andrea Pausler in his new laboratory
