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For completeness, here is Roger's Brewer and Distiller International article
A distant shot of the Felinfoel Brewery on the outskirts of Llanelli in South Wales
The brewery logo on the gates
The brewery tower showing the malt hoist
The brewing tower dates from 1878
All the windows are now plastic for reduced maintenance
David John a local entrepreneur built a brewery in his back garden in 1878
Another view of the Felinfoel brewery buildings
Muntons is the sole malt supplier
Timber cladding in the malt loft right at the top of the tower
The four roller Boby malt mill grinds 2.5 tonne in 90 minutes. Note the old belt drives still in situ
The grist case inscribed with 'MB' for malt bin
A close up of the 'MB' lettering
Looking down on the bottom of the grist case, the Steels masher and the top of the mash tun
A closer look at the mashing machinery
The makers plate on the masher - Wilson & Co of Frome in Somerset
A gauge plate for the liquor tanks
The 1980 copper by Briggs
The external calandria
15% of the grist is Ragus invert block. This is the dissolver before the copper
Beside the sugar dissolving vessel is the mash tun underback
Detail of the mash tun run off taps
Looking down to the hop back from the copper stage
The brewhouse control panel!
The hop back is by Pontifex
Another view of the hop back
Inside the hop back
View of the copper, SDV and underback
A tidy hop room
The fermenting room with open vessels
Rousing an open fermenter
Sample jar and saccharometer storage
Cask washing
Cask steaming
Two station Porter Lancastrian cask racking line
The cask washing shed
One of seven horizontal maturation/bright beer tanks
Carlson plate and frame beer filter
Any ideas what this is?
80% of Felinfoel output is kegged
The brewery yard
Another view of the brewery yard
A plaque to mark the first UK brewery to can beer back in 1936
A selection of Felinfoel cans
An early Double Dragon flat top can
An early enamel advertising sign for Felinfoel Pale Ale
A cask head
Even the company cheque looks traditional
A rather garish stained glass door
Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis look into the mash tun
Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis in the sample cellar
