Hooded Ram Brewing - 23 October 2013
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Hooded Ram Brewing, Douglas, Isle of Man - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 23 October 2013
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Founder Rob Storey founded the Hooded Ram in 2013
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The brewery is situated in an industrial unit near the centre of the Island's largest town Douglas
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Biggest seller is Amber Ram
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Other beers are Sovereign with only Sovereign hops, Fat Ram and Jack the Ram
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The beers on the bar in the brewery
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Note the 2013 prices, pity a chalk board does not have a spell checker!
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The bar cellar with Cask Widge floating dispense units
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The 2.5brl Oban plant originally installed
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Hop and detergent stocks
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Specialist malts are stored in boxes
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The recently commissioned 5brl Oban brew plant; hot liquor tank, mash tun, copper and four fermenters
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View of copper and fermenters from the malt etc store above
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10brl liquor tank and mash tun
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The underback to the copper
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The copper vapour is condensed
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The wort exchanger was doubled in size as local reservoir water can reach close to pitching heat in the warmer weather
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A 6hL hop rocker for very late hopping or dry hopping in FV
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A roll of labels
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Smart bottle dress for 6%ABV Little King Louis
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Two jetting stations to remove the soil from returning casks
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Three station cask washer
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Casks get a peracetic acid rinse before filling
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Adding finings to the final firkin of a rack
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Proprietor Rob Storey behind his brewery bar