Adnams plc - Gallery 30 May 2007

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DSCF5596 A metre has been added to the height of the building to the right of the Adnams signage - notice the slightly darker brickwork and window in the roof compared to the 26 June 2001 photos DSCF5600 The corner with Victoria has been tidied up and a full height window installed DSCF5602 Entrance to the brewery yard DSCF5605 The warehouse at Reydon - this is the loading bay side DSCF5606 Loading vehicles from preassembled pallets DSCF5608 Closing the curtain sides DSCF5609 Inside the main warehouse area showing the two metre deep glulam beams DSCF5610 Incoming trailers arrive through an airlock to avoid temperature fluctuations DSCF5611 Stock for the retail trade including CO2 cylinders DSCF5613 Detail of the glulam roof beams which are 48m long DSCF5614 A fork lift truck loading a trunking trailer DSCF5617 General view showing the warehouse construction DSCF5619 The retail vehicle bays DSCF5620 A trunking tractor and trailer DSCF5624 A close up of the sedum green roof and two solar panels which provide 80% of the site's elecricity needs even in sunny Southwold! DSCF5625 Windblown grass seeds have settled amongst the sedum DSCF5628 Close up of the laminated structure of the glulam beams DSCF5631 A view of the distribution offices in the end bay DSCF5637 The site effluent is dealt with through a reed bed system DSCF5638 General view of the site showing the warehouse on the right with vehicle maintenance and Tech Services offices on the left. DSCF5640 The new Huppmann brewhouse - the silo on the left feeds the wet mill DSCF5642 Looking down on the wet mill DSCF5643 The copper vapour heat is recovered in the heat exchanger on the left DSCF5646 Head Brewer Mike Powell Evans with his new plaything DSCF5649 Another view of the copper vapour heat recovery equipment DSCF5654 Wort from the lauter tun is collected in a pre-run tank and heated to almost boiling on its way to the copper using this heat exchanger DSCF5658 There are four pots for adding hops, salts and copper finings. A flow of wort collects the solids from the pots to add them to the process DSCF5660 Underneath the 5.2m diameter lauter tun - the large pipes feed the mash in and the 'spokes' collect the wort to a central point. The green bit is part of the central spindle which moves up and down and circulates the raking arms. DSCF5675 Two spent grains silos - two these days as the law demands they must be in place cleaned DSCF5687 Another view of the remodelled brewery frontage - compare with 26 June 2001 view DSCF5690 Brewery on the left and fermenting vessels on the right - there are now 19 compared to the nine back in 2001