Hawkshead Brewery Co - 22 January 2013
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Hawkshead Brewery Co, Staveley, Cumbria - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 22 January 2013
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Hawkshead was founded by radio presenter Alex Brodie in the village in 2002
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Best sellers - Hawkshead Bitter 3.7%ABV from 95% pale malt and 5%crystal and late Celeia Windermere Pale 3.5% only 8o colour and late citra
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Red 4.2%ABV, 45o colour; Brodie's Prime 4.9%ABV, 50BU with late Cascades; Dry Stone Stout at 4.5%ABV
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Lakeland Gold is 4.4%ABV, 45BU with late First Gold and Cascades; the 1000th mash used four New Zealand hops - Green Bullet, Motueka Risaka and Nelson Sauvin
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Red is the biggest bottle brand psckaged by Robinsons. Holdens do the others
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The brewery moved across Lake Windermere to Staveley in 2006 to the Mill Yard with some 20 artisan establishments
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The brewhouse steaming in the background. A bar was planned above it but the adjoining property became available for a beer hall.
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A typical January day in Lakeland
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Two 115hL unitanks in full view of visitors
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View without cars parked in front
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Malt from Thomas Fawcett
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Fulton vertical boiler
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The 20brl Moeschle brew plant, copper on the left, grist case and mash tun on the right
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The brew plant from the other side
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Close up of the switch over board below the brew vessels
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Hops and malt display for visitors
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Product displays for visitors
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Novel use of an old ISO transitank - moving spent hops
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Lots of grains to shovel up
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A pair of the five 'square' fermenters
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Two 115hL unitanks - the little vessels is for pitching and yeast collection to save having to provide high level access
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The Commodore Cask Force rocking cask washer
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Casks for filling and some of the six conditioning tanks
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Microdat single head racker with peristaltic control of finings and beer input.
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Sample casks
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Finished goods
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The Beer Hall
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Note the 2013 prices
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Tapas to go with the beers
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Bottled beers of the world for sale
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The hop wall in the Beer Hall
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Proprietor Alex Brodie on the left with Matt Clarke the Kiwi Head Brewer and the malt wall