Wrexham Lager Beer Co - 23 November 2011
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Wrexham Lager Beer Co, St Georges Crescent, Wrexham - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 23 November 2011
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Oval rugby ball, black for coal, green for pasture and Welsh gold topped by a fire breathing dragon. The Wrexham logo
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The old brewery dated back to 1882 and the label on this early bottle has Wrexham, England!
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The rather austere exterior of the brewery
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The 6 tonne Hafner Muschler glycol unit keeps everything cool.
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CO2 tank crammed into the back yard
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Pre-crushed malt from Crisp and some of the KSM kegs with stainless inners protected by black plastic
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The brewplant is by Kaspar Schultz from Bamberg, grist case on the left and whirlpool on the right
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There are three vessels, mash vessel/copper, lauter tun and whirlpool
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Pre-crushed malt is tipped in here….
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The inverted cone pre-masher
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Grist conveyors
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Paddles and baffles in the mash vessel with bottom heating jackets
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The lauter tun raking gear
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A Seepex pump removes the spent grains
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Hop pots for copper additions
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The spray device in the base of the whirlpool to remove the trub cone
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This stub displays a red light when CIP is underway
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Note the etched inspection ports
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The rather incongruous copper 'spindle' (from the German for saccharometer) for sampling wort and controlling the process
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Six 50hL unitanks are indoors with the Filtrox filter on the right
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Two maturation tanks from Tetley Walker Ltd in the yard
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Details of the sight panels
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Below the vessels is lit by eerie blue LEDs
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The vessel changeover station and three pots for treatment additions
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Moravek BC30/BF30 combined carbonation/sterile filtration module with the bright beer tank behind
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Three CIP tanks
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The twin head M+F keg unit
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The brewery uses the Brewman keg tracking system. The tear off strips are stuck to the delivery note and the uplift docket
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Proprietor Mark Roberts, Head Brewer Ian Dale and engineering consultant John Bowler