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Façade of the 1893 brewery
The brewhouse and whirlpool at night
The brewhouse and whirlpool by day
A party of vistors inspecting the mash tun
Inside one of five new 150 enclosed squares. Note the manway at the rear end to facilitate hosing off residues
Pumped sampling loop on the new FVs
A pair of new conical fermenters
Seepex pump to push spent grains from silo to farmers wagon
There are 36 wooden firkins for the St Kew pub in Wadebridge
The casks are maintained by Wadworth since the cooper retired
A pair of yeast storage tanks from Wrexham
Using a Palamatic manual handling aid on the cask line
Rented casks for more distant customers
Two new 75brl bright beer tanks by Moeschle
Sterile filtration by dominickhunter and carbonation by Moravek
Plaque on the new bottling line
General view of the 4800bph bottling line
Depalletising the empties
Empties on the way for a rinse
Empties marshalled into single file
Shrinkwrap end of the tray and shrink machine
A turntable for stretchwrapping
Loading casks for the St Columb depot 12 miles away
Simon Jackson, Chief Executive of the Institute of Brewing and Head Brewer Roger Ryman
Guillermo Alvarez from San Antonio in Texas