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George Wright Brewing Co, Rainford, Merseyside - 31 August 2010
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George Wright logo
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The brewery is sited in an industrial unit
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Biggest seller Pipe Dream at 4.3%ABV won a silver at the GBBF in 2007. It uses Chinook and Cascade
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At 4.7%ABV Cheeky Pheasant is more malt accented and late hopped with Celeia
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4.1%ABV Dream uses Polish Marynka and Northdown
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100% Saaz hops at 4.6%ABV
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Keith Wright used to run Nexus Engineering specialising in CAD drawings of complex plant, here is a plan of his own
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General view of the installed plant. The mash tun and copper are behind the staging with two 28 brl FVs at the back and two 10brls below
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Another general view from the opposite angle
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Tote bags of malt from Warminster
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Smaller malt bags are tipped into the hopper above the mill
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Two roller mill by Alan Ruddock
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Inside the mash tun
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Graining port
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Vertical Fulton boiler
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The copper has unusual external heating through a plate exchanger with protective hop seed filters to avoid blocking the plates
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Two 28brl fermenters. All the plant was designed by Keith Wright and fabricated by Mercot at Flint
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Note the unusually chunky fob overflows
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The cone of one of the conicals
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View back towards the mash tun and copper
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Fermentation in progress
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Two 2.5brl FVs recovered from Keith's earlier plant at Burtonwood, These are used for trials
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Mimic of general plant layout
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Mimic of the liquor system
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Mimic of the mashing operation
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Mimic of copper boiling
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Mimic of fermentation
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The brewery offers a contract bottling service, beer is held at -2oC
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Finings tank on the right
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In the warehouse area
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Bespoke label for a wedding brew
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Some barley is grown locally
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Keith Wright thought that the name George Wright sounded more homely and English
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Proprietor Keith Wright at his beloved computer screens