Felinfoel Brewery - Gallery
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For completeness, here is Roger's Brewer and Distiller International article
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A distant shot of the Felinfoel Brewery on the outskirts of Llanelli in South Wales
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The brewery logo on the gates
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The brewery tower showing the malt hoist
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The brewing tower dates from 1878
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All the windows are now plastic for reduced maintenance
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David John a local entrepreneur built a brewery in his back garden in 1878
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Another view of the Felinfoel brewery buildings
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Muntons is the sole malt supplier
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Timber cladding in the malt loft right at the top of the tower
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The four roller Boby malt mill grinds 2.5 tonne in 90 minutes. Note the old belt drives still in situ
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The grist case inscribed with 'MB' for malt bin
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A close up of the 'MB' lettering
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Looking down on the bottom of the grist case, the Steels masher and the top of the mash tun
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A closer look at the mashing machinery
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The makers plate on the masher - Wilson & Co of Frome in Somerset
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A gauge plate for the liquor tanks
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The 1980 copper by Briggs
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The external calandria
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15% of the grist is Ragus invert block. This is the dissolver before the copper
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Beside the sugar dissolving vessel is the mash tun underback
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Detail of the mash tun run off taps
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Looking down to the hop back from the copper stage
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The brewhouse control panel!
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The hop back is by Pontifex
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Another view of the hop back
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Inside the hop back
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View of the copper, SDV and underback
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A tidy hop room
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The fermenting room with open vessels
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Rousing an open fermenter
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Sample jar and saccharometer storage
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Cask washing
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Cask steaming
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Two station Porter Lancastrian cask racking line
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The cask washing shed
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One of seven horizontal maturation/bright beer tanks
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Carlson plate and frame beer filter
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Any ideas what this is?
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80% of Felinfoel output is kegged
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The brewery yard
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Another view of the brewery yard
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A plaque to mark the first UK brewery to can beer back in 1936
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A selection of Felinfoel cans
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An early Double Dragon flat top can
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An early enamel advertising sign for Felinfoel Pale Ale
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A cask head
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Even the company cheque looks traditional
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A rather garish stained glass door
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Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis look into the mash tun
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Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis in the sample cellar