Hepworth & Co - Gallery
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Hepworth & Co - Beer Station, Horsham
Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 25 October 2001
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The Beer Station buildings at the old railway station in Horsham
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The 1.5 tonne brewplant by LH Stainless, the pilot kit is at the bottom of the steps
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Flaked maize is a standard adjunct as used a lot by King & Barnes
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Grain hopper and the mill
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The Alan Ruddock AR2000 two roller mill
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The grist is conveyed upwards by a flexible spiral conveyor
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The novel hydrator
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Mashing in operation
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Andy Hepworth checks the mash temperature while getting a bit dusty
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The sparge arm in the mash tun
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Hops weighed out ready to add to the copper
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Inside the copper showing the perforated base and heating coils.
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Filling the copper
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Fermenting vessels, the wooden clad units are for cask products
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The Spandoni horizontal leaf filter
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Starting the filter wash off by removing the bell cover
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The leaves caked in spent filter powder
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Washing the leaves with a high pressure water jet
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Empty bottles are stripped from the pallet one layer at a time.
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Bottles lined up ahead of the labeller
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Reels of self adhesive wrap around labels
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Bottles move on the the filler
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Pullman at 4.2%ABV is a major Hepworth brand
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Rinser and filler are by Cime from Italy via Willis Europlant
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The crowner is by Arol
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Proprietor Andy Hepworth was Head Brewer at King & Barnes until 1999 when Hall & Woodhouse took over and closed it.
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The team of ex K&Bers who set up Beer Station, Andy Hepworth, Paul Webb, John Tewson and Tim Goacher