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Cumbrian Legendary Ales, Old Hall Brewery, Hawkshead, Cumbria - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 22 January 2013
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The brewery is situated in a Victorian outhouse behind Old Hall at Hawkshead
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Cask washing takes place in an old dairy building opposite
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Being grade II listed and in a conservation area there is no signage
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..and it was snowing
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Cumbrian Legendary won the CAMRA Golden Ale class in 2011 and also Champion Beer of Britain
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Loweswater Gold at 4.3%ABV and 33BU is 90% lager malt plus pale and torrified wheat
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Langdale is at 4.0%ABV with more ale malts and late hopped Amarillo
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Grasmoor Dark at 4.3% has Progress for hop aroma
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General view towards the copper and mash tun
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Many certificates and the steps up to the mezzanine storage area
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Everything is shoehorned in
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A tight squeeze for 5L Huber cans
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Not really ideal storage conditions for working hop stock
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The small pack stock area
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Torrified wheat is weighed out upstairs
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The hopper above the mash tun
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The mash tun from above
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A 'chinese' conical crammed into the corner of the brew house
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Run off complete
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Hops waiting to be added
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Copper
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A bath of peracetic acid is used to store implements and is pumped to sterilise plant
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Conical bottomed fermenter
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Fermenters of different sizes. Ten to 13 brl.
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Yeast is kept in plastic Tupperware containers in the fridge
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There are 14 Grundy tanks for conditioning
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Empty cask stock
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Cask washing in progress…
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… using a three station Commodore washer on a tilting beam
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Brewman cask tracking. Bar codes are removed on delivery and again at empty pick up
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Brewer David Sumner and Head Brewer Hayley Barton