Thwaites - Gallery

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  • Brick clad brewing tower dates from the 1960s

    Brick clad brewing tower dates from the 1960s

  • Offices and brew tower

    Offices and brew tower

  • Buckets of caramel awaiting addition

    Buckets of caramel awaiting addition

  • In the brewhouse control room

    In the brewhouse control room

  • Hop separator

    Hop separator

  • Wort heat exchanger

    Wort heat exchanger

  • Some of the 16 180brl conical bottomed fermenters

    Some of the 16 180brl conical bottomed fermenters

  • More conical bottomed fermenters

    More conical bottomed fermenters

  • Using a float guage in an open fermenter

    Using a float guage in an open fermenter

  • Wort sampling at collection

    Wort sampling at collection

  • Top floor of a Yorkshire square

    Top floor of a Yorkshire square

  • Rousing a Yorkshire square

    Rousing a Yorkshire square

  • Spray cleaning an open vessel

    Spray cleaning an open vessel

  • Spray cleaning an open vessel

    Spray cleaning an open vessel

  • Attemperation coils in open vessel

    Attemperation coils in open vessel

  • Yeast laden fob emerges from the enclosed compartment below, yeast settles out on the top floor and green beer drains back below through 'organ pipes'

    Yeast laden fob emerges from the enclosed compartment below, yeast settles out on the top floor and green beer drains back below through 'organ pipes'

  • Finished yeast head in an open vessel

    Finished yeast head in an open vessel

  • General view of the fermenting room, there are 23 vessels, ten of them Yorkshires

    General view of the fermenting room, there are 23 vessels, ten of them Yorkshires

  • Collection taking place on the left and rousing pumps for the vessels on the right

    Collection taking place on the left and rousing pumps for the vessels on the right

  • Six 360 brl conicals outside

    Six 360 brl conicals outside

  • Horizontal conditioning tanks

    Horizontal conditioning tanks

  • Bottling line pocessing vessels

    Bottling line pocessing vessels

  • Horizontal bright tanks

    Horizontal bright tanks

  • Polynellie filters are impregnated with PVPP to remove ber tannins. They are returned to the manufacture for recharging

    Polynellie filters are impregnated with PVPP to remove ber tannins. They are returned to the manufacture for recharging

  • Lenticular filter to remove bacteria down to .45 micron

    Lenticular filter to remove bacteria down to .45 micron

  • Stella Meta beer filter

    Stella Meta beer filter

  • A delivery of Polynellies

    A delivery of Polynellies

  • Yeast collection vessels

    Yeast collection vessels

  • New 50 brl cask racking tanks for shorter runs

    New 50 brl cask racking tanks for shorter runs

  • 10 brl yeast propagation vessel by APV

    10 brl yeast propagation vessel by APV

  • Newly filled bottles awaiting packing

    Newly filled bottles awaiting packing

  • Sterile filters for the bottling line

    Sterile filters for the bottling line

  • The bottling line relocated from Brakspears

    The bottling line relocated from Brakspears

  • Depalletising empty bottles

    Depalletising empty bottles

  • Detail of the depalletising grabs

    Detail of the depalletising grabs

  • Manual packing into trays

    Manual packing into trays

  • Labeller feed

    Labeller feed

  • Finished packs on their way to manual palletising

    Finished packs on their way to manual palletising

  • A stock of trays assembled in advance

    A stock of trays assembled in advance

  • The Burnett and Rolfe six lane keg line fills 420 kegs an hour

    The Burnett and Rolfe six lane keg line fills 420 kegs an hour

  • General view of the keg line

    General view of the keg line

  • More processing vessels

    More processing vessels

  • Canning line bright tank corridor

    Canning line bright tank corridor

  • 88 head SEN filler works at 800 cans per minute

    88 head SEN filler works at 800 cans per minute

  • General view of the can line

    General view of the can line

  • Collated cans on the way to packing

    Collated cans on the way to packing

  • Cans, more cans

    Cans, more cans

  • Any ideas what this is?

    Any ideas what this is?

  • Brian Hickman, Production and Distribution Director

    Brian Hickman, Production and Distribution Director

  • Head Brewer Steve Fielding

    Head Brewer Steve Fielding

  • Brewhouse operator John Rigby

    Brewhouse operator John Rigby

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