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