Ilkley Brewery - 15 November 2013
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Ilkley Brewery Co, Ilkley, West Yorkshire - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 15 November 2013
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Ilkley Brewery was founded by Chris Ives in 2009
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It makes extensive use of soccial media and bright modern branding
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The main brands using the outline of Cowcalf Rocks up on the moor; Mary Jane is 3.5%ABV with Amarillo and Cascades; Joshua Janeis 3.7%ABV with Amarilloand columbus; Ilkley Gold is 3.9%ABV with Cascade and Slovenian Dana and Lotus IPA is at 5.6%ABV with Cascade and Summit
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The Origins range - Dinner ale is a saison with middle estern spices, Siberia has vanilla and rhubarb; Holy Cow is a cranberry infused milk stout with The Mayan has chocolate and smoked chillis
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Bottles and pump clips
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Ilkley is very short of space
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The lilac identification bands are quite distinct but the main seller in Mary Jane
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The bottle store and more casks
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A crammed materials store
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General view of the fermenters with bottling in progress below.
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Pat of the 20brl Moeschle two vessel brewplant. Mash tun above the hot liquor tank and a copper
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Grist is conveyed from a hopper on the materials floor
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The mashing chute - stainless rather than a piece of drain pipe
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The mash tun plates
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The motor for lifting the mash tun canopy
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The small underback before the copper
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The copper is gas heated by a Lanemark coil. In the centre is an inverted perforated hop trap which is altered depending on the hop rate
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The copper and hot gas exhaust
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The hinged base manway swings away to free the spent hops
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A simple changeover board
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The tiny wort heat exchanger and oxygen cylinder
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There are five 20brl, one 30brl and one 40brl fermenting vessels
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The 30brl vessel has a conical bottom while the 40 brl in the foreground is dish bottomed
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Two conditioning vessels are outside
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Bottling a short run
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Bottling in progress
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Two station cask washer by Microdat
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Head Brewer Christa Sandquist and her 160L nano plant
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This crew from the Grove Hotel in Huddersfield were doing a brew with Christa and Brian Dickson of Northern Monk (right)
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Office Manager Alexa Jennings sweeps the yard
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Bottling man Nick Smith can clear three kils in a shift
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Director Richard Shelton and Marketing MediaGuru Luke Raven
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Founder Chris Ives with Head Brewer Christa Sandquist