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Welcome to Elgoods at Wisbech
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Inside the main entrance
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The brewery was built in 1795
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John Elgood took over the brewery in 1877
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Note the louvres in the three first floor windows to control the airflow to the open coolers
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The brewery weathervane
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Around the site
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The brewery offices from the gardens with the brewhouse on the right
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The botanical gardens
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The gardens have 10,000 visitors a year
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Beautiful lawns and time to sit and ponder
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A walled part of the gardens
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A view of the brewery yard
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Under the spreading chestnut tree
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The malt store - all malt is Maris Otter
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The grist case dates from 1910 according to the label
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The Steels masher
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What the gear inside a Steels masher looks like
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A well bashed directing chute for the masher
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The belt gear is still in situ
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The copper
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The copper manway door tells us it was fabricated by Pontifex
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A liquor tank float gauge board
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The square hop back with a stainless lining dating from 2005. The plates are dated 1950
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If the old disused coolships were removed there would be a big hole in the floor!
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The copper base and the rectangular hop back beside the old coolships
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The 10 brl mash tun used for seasonals, small runs and trials
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Top of mini brew copper with grist auger for mashing in behind (oh and a vacuum cleaner!!)
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An unusual annular cooling panel for an 80brl FV which is lowered through the trap door once the yeast has been removed.
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Makers inscription on the underback which is now stainless lined. It is thought to be the 1795 vintage hopback
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Geo Adlam of Bristol, another ancient brewery fabricator
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Wort taps by Pontifex on the main mash tun, circa 1912 with new stainless steel header tube above
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Rousing an open fermenter
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An attemperator panel in an open fermenter
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General view of the fermenting room
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Old yeast storage tank and acid wash water bath
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Two station racking range and jackback
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Inside the ale stores
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Elgoods casks
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The beer filter by Filtrox
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The Gimson two lane keg filler - note the size difference between a 50L and a 5 gallon keg
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Four of the six 20 brl Kaspar Schulz racking tanks
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The brewery boiler by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln
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The company crest
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Visitors this way please
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Production Director Alan Pateman
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Chairman Nigel Elgood with two of his daughters; Jennifer Everall is Co Secretary and Belinda Sutton is MD
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The MD Belinda Sutton pulls me a pint ...
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...so does the Production Director Alan Pateman
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The brewery cat takes a nap
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Cambridge Ale
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Golden Newt
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Greyhound Ale
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Pageant Ale
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Black Dog