St Austell Brewery - 6 June 2001
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The brewing tower dating from 1893 and was designed by Inskipp and Mackenzie
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The two roller malt mill by Adlam of Bristol dates from 1887
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Mashing in
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Last runnings from the mash tun
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There is no silo to collect the spent grains
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Copper external calandria
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Brewer Mervyn Westaway checks the copper
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Venerable slate FV still in use although now topped and polypropylene lined
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Makers plate from the slate FV
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Brewer Westaway checks FV 5
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Dissolving primings
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Gimson cask washer ex Mitchells at Lancaster washes 80 pieces per hour
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Filling casks
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St Austell has an extensive wine division, these are rum casks from Guyana
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Demonstrating a velinch to sample the casks
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Inside the visitor centre
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Putting new logos on a reliveried company vehicle
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Vanilla pods destined for Clouded Yellow wheat beer
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Boilerman Tim Moon tends his 1916 Lancashire boiler
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On site effluent plant - the first sieve and balance tank
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Ploughing off the coagulated solids
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Sludge tank
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Flow to the biological digestion units
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Biological unit on the left and dissolved air unit ahead
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Final filters, note the wooden board to keep sunshine out and algal growth down
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Piers Thompson
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Cooper Llew Jones was originally at Chesters in Manchester.About 100 wooden firkins go to a dozen local pubs
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Brewer Mervyn Westaway
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Head Brewer Roger Ryman and the original 45brl copper