York Brewery - 3 April 2002
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York Brewery, York- Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 3 April 2002
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York Brewery was founded by Trust House Forte executives Tony Thomson and Tony Smith in 1995.
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A former motor cycle shop and then carpet sale room on Toft Green just off Micklegate was adapted
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The brewery was designed by David Smith
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A tour cost £4.25
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The bar is a 'proprietory club' and you have to sign in. The licensing department did not want another pub on the infamous and daunting Micklegate run!
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The York beers
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Artefacts abound. Eshaldwell Brewery in Leeds was founded by Henry Bentley. Brewing there ceased in 1972.
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Malt is pre-crushed by Thomas Fawcett
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The open mash tun and copper clad copper
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The tangential sloping bottomed underback
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Brewer Nick Webster cleaning the mash tun
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Brewer Nick Webster dips the copper by removing the railings on the visitors walkway
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There are four 20brl open fermenters
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The FVs are cooled by glycol circulating in coils wrapped around the outside. The unit is by ICS
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There are ten 10brl conditioning tanks
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Another view of the CTs
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The CT stock board
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A BOC Sureflow Gengas 2000 unit supplies nitrogen for the CTs
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Casks are filled directly from FV
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The bar cellar
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Head Brewer Andrew Whalley and MD Tony Thomson