Rudgate Brewery - 17 August 2009
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Rudgate Brewery, Tockwith, North Yorkshire - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 17 August 2009
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Rudgate was founded in 1992 by two Bass executives; Bruce Awford and Richard Louden
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The brewery is situated in the old armoury of a wartime air base at Tockwith near York
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Mash tun and hot liquor tank
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Rudgate Ruby Mild was Champion Beer of Britain in 2009 and is the brewery's second biggest seller
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Other Rudgate beers; Viking is the biggest seller and Battleaxe is third
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375kg of pre-crushed malt is emptied into this bin ….
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…and and augered up to the hydrator
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The mash tun
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The brewplant
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The drilled base of the mash tun
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The 35kW heating elements in the copper
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The wort heat exchanger uses chilled liquor at 2oC
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There are two 15brl chisel bottomed FVs, 1x15 and 3x10 brl uprights
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FV2 was a sugar dissolving vessel from Bass at Tadcaster
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Attemperation coils protrude from trhe yeast heas
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There is 75brl of fermenting capacity and cask racking takes place direct from FV.
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The peracetic acid trough for implements
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Two station cask washer by AB(UK)
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E casks are a useful way to market as you do not have to worry about getting the empties back
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The brewery effluent tank is emptied every three weeks
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The rear entrance to the brewery
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One of the brewery vans
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Another van telling us 'you will get a liking for Viking'
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Current proprietor is Craig Lee who joined in 1995 and gradually bought out the original partners to become sole owner