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The mainly Victorian terracotta confection that is Cain's Brewery in Liverpool
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There is much detail on view…
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….including the original Robert Cain trademark who built the brewery from 1883 to 1902
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There is much discussion over whether the trade mark was a goat with two horns….
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…or a unicorn with just one
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But detail from a poster proves it is a goat. Horns lower down the façade have been lost over the years
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Higsons took over in 1923 and went to some trouble to rebadge the brewery to match the original
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Someone got a good view across the city
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The brewery was completed in 1902…
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..and the offices in 1883
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Ventilation above the old cooler rooms
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Ancient and modern. The brewery is again Cains after Higsons, Boddingtons, GB Breweries and Danish Brewing Group
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Imagine a brickie doing this in the 21st century
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Higsons name but RC is left below and the creature above does look like a unicorn!
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The brewery stack well trussed against the winds that blow off the Mersey. The tower is only accessed by telecomms to service their gear.
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Memorabilia and certificates from the Brewing Industry International Awards
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Artifacts in the Brewery Tap
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Inside the Brewery Tap once called the Grapes
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More artefacts in the Tap
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Details of the clock in the bar
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A modern Huppmann brewhouse dates from the Boddington days in 1982.
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The six tonne mashing in vessel with bulk syrup tanks behind
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The grains dump tank below the lauter tun
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A pair of coppers share a single external wort boiler
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The 25hL hop pot used to inject hops into the copper
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The outlets to some of the six 54t malt silos
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Enclosed fermenters. There are six 440hL shells but two are split into two 220s.
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Removing floors has allowed deep conicals to be installed
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The conditioning tank stock board
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Up in the old cooler room ceiling
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Yeast storage with the ale suction vessels on the left
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The 150hL per hour SEN horizontal leaf filter
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The deaeration column by ETA uses CO2 as the stripping gas
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Proprietors Ajmail and Sudarghara Dusanj
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Brewery Manager David Moore with Quality Manager Dave Edwards and Head Brewer David Nijs
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The Danes were planning a hospitality centre and refurbished the glazed patterned tile work
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Only the bar and a table remain as there were problems with access and toilet facilities
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More ornate tile work
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An ancient Avery scale
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Most of the old equipment has been stripped out leaving intriguing remains - a heat exchanger bund wall perhaps?
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Some unused CVs are still in place
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The 88 head filler on the can line
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A magazine for can ends
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A general view across the can line
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Packs going to the palletiser
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A pallet of finished goods on the out-feed conveyor
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Cains empty cans - Bitter
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Cains empty cans - Mild