Okells - Gallery
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Okells Bitter pump clip -
Olde Skipper pump clip, note the 'New Falcon Brewery' which was not used for long -
Parent company Heron and Brierley office with the brewery vents beyond -
Malt from Pauls -
Four roller malt mill -
Mash vessel, the brewhouse dates from 1994 and was provided by SPR -
Lauter tun -
Lauter tun run off controls -
Below the working floor, the copper and mash vessel -
Inside the copper -
Condenser on top of the copper -
Another view of the copper condenser -
Wort is boiled via a plate heat exchanger -
Sump below the whirlpool -
The brewhouse panel is a desk between the 100hL brew vessels on the left and the ale FVs on the right -
There are five ale fermenters -
120 hL lager fermenters -
Top of the lager fermenters -
Permanent piping below the lager vessels, there are three 120hL FVs, six conditioning tanks and two BBTs -
50 bph Schenk candle filter -
Cask washer moved from then old brewery -
Single head racking station produces 15 pieces an hour -
Wansom 2000kg oil fired steam generator -
The hospitality bar -
The original Falcon Brewery in the centre of Douglas was a wine shop but has now been converted to apartments -
The Castletown Brewery was taken over in 1986 and is now apartments -
Clinchs Brewery was taken over as an Ind Coope depot and is now an upmarket restaurant -
Head Brewer Mike Cowbourne -
Brewer Neil Sharpe
