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<big>For completeness, here is [http://www.ibdlearningzone.org.uk/article/show/pdf/397/ Roger's Brewer and Distiller International article]</big> | |||
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File:0 distant shot.jpg|A distant shot of the Felinfoel Brewery on the outskirts of Llanelli in South Wales | |||
File:1 DSCF1691.JPG|The brewery logo on the gates | |||
File:10 DSCF1679.JPG|The brewery tower showing the malt hoist | |||
File:11 DSCF1689.JPG|The brewing tower dates from 1878 | |||
File:12 DSCF1690.JPG|All the windows are now plastic for reduced maintenance | |||
File:13 DSCF1694.JPG|David John a local entrepreneur built a brewery in his back garden in 1878 | |||
File:14 DSCF1692.JPG|Another view of the Felinfoel brewery buildings | |||
File:20 DSCF1632.JPG|Muntons is the sole malt supplier | |||
File:21 DSCF1633.JPG|Timber cladding in the malt loft right at the top of the tower | |||
File:22 DSCF1636.JPG|The four roller Boby malt mill grinds 2.5 tonne in 90 minutes. Note the old belt drives still in situ | |||
File:23 DSCF1637.JPG|The grist case inscribed with 'MB' for malt bin | |||
File:24 DSCF1638.JPG|A close up of the 'MB' lettering | |||
File:25 DSCF1639.JPG|Looking down on the bottom of the grist case, the Steels masher and the top of the mash tun | |||
File:26 DSCF1640.JPG|A closer look at the mashing machinery | |||
File:28 DSCF1645.JPG|The makers plate on the masher - Wilson & Co of Frome in Somerset | |||
File:29 DSCF1646.JPG|A gauge plate for the liquor tanks | |||
File:30 DSCF1647.JPG|The 1980 copper by Briggs | |||
File:31 DSCF1656.JPG|The external calandria | |||
File:33 DSCF1649.JPG|15% of the grist is Ragus invert block. This is the dissolver before the copper | |||
File:34 DSCF1652.JPG|Beside the sugar dissolving vessel is the mash tun underback | |||
File:35 DSCF1650.JPG|Detail of the mash tun run off taps | |||
File:38 DSCF1653.JPG|Looking down to the hop back from the copper stage | |||
File:39 DSCF1654.JPG|The brewhouse control panel! | |||
File:40 DSCF1660.JPG|The hop back is by Pontifex | |||
File:41 DSCF1661.JPG|Another view of the hop back | |||
File:42 DSCF1658.JPG|Inside the hop back | |||
File:43 DSCF1662.JPG|View of the copper, SDV and underback | |||
File:44 DSCF1663.JPG|A tidy hop room | |||
File:45 DSCF1667.JPG|The fermenting room with open vessels | |||
File:46 DSCF1666.JPG|Rousing an open fermenter | |||
File:47 DSCF1668.JPG|Sample jar and saccharometer storage | |||
File:50 DSCF1675.JPG|Cask washing | |||
File:51 DSCF1671.JPG|Cask steaming | |||
File:52 DSCF1670.JPG|Two station Porter Lancastrian cask racking line | |||
File:53 DSCF1676.JPG|The cask washing shed | |||
File:60 DSCF1680.JPG|One of seven horizontal maturation/bright beer tanks | |||
File:61 DSCF1681.JPG|Carlson plate and frame beer filter | |||
File:62 DSCF1684.JPG|Any ideas what this is? | |||
File:63 DSCF1685.JPG|80% of Felinfoel output is kegged | |||
File:65 DSCF1686.JPG|The brewery yard | |||
File:66 DSCF1687.JPG|Another view of the brewery yard | |||
File:69 DSCF1695.JPG|A plaque to mark the first UK brewery to can beer back in 1936 | |||
File:70 DSCF1704.JPG|A selection of Felinfoel cans | |||
File:71 DSCF1703.JPG|An early Double Dragon flat top can | |||
File:72 DSCF1706.JPG|An early enamel advertising sign for Felinfoel Pale Ale | |||
File:73 DSCF1707.JPG|A cask head | |||
File:74 DSCF1709.JPG|Even the company cheque looks traditional | |||
File:75 DSCF1711.JPG|A rather garish stained glass door | |||
File:90 DSCF1643.JPG|Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis look into the mash tun | |||
File:91 DSCF1696.JPG|Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis in the sample cellar | |||
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