A set of redundant open round fermenters still in situ
Four 60brl conditioning tanks in the Lions Den pilot brewery used for beers transferred from the larger brewery
The Premier Stainless Systems skid mounted brewplant in the Lions Den.
Four 10 brl conical fermenters in the Lions Den
A plate and frame filter works at 17 brl per hour
The mimic panels sits between the two brew vessels - a mash tun and split copper and hot liquor tank
The Robix two roller mill grings 400kg for each mash
A series of sterile filters
The 'six in a row' bottling machine by Millennium Bottling
Self adhesive labels for a celebration beer for the promotion of the local soccer team
One of a pair of Porteus malt mills in the main brewery
Grist cases above the mashing stage
Steels masher with the control panel beyond
Britain's only surviving Strainmaster or Nooter Tun. An Anheuser Busch invention this 10 tonne unit was made by Meura
The 1971 brewhouse is decorated in Italian marble and swirling hop motivs
The Strainmaster on the mezzanine, the run off control points below and the copper in the foreground
Head Brewer Martin Dutoy at the brewhouse control panel
A general view of the brew vessels
Checking the wort gravity from the Strainmaster.
There are five pumped run offs
Close up of the wort flow
Inside the Strainmaster are five run off pipes fitted with perforated lobes to filter the wort.
A view of the lobes through the vessel manway. After sparging each level is shut off in turn and the grains discharged through bomb bay doors
The two coppers are fitted with percolator tubes with directional shoes at the top to promote a 'good rolling boil'
DSCF2661 Cheers to a beer with 18% crystal malt in the grist
DSCF2662 There is a technique to tackling the formidable head. Head Brewer Martin Dutoy and Ops Director Steve Wilson have a go
DSCF2663 A farinator cut of the incoming crystal malt, looking for no burnt corns and no light ones either
Nimmos XXXX The Nimmos pump clip originally brewed at Castle Eden some five miles away
Roaring Lion Roaring Lion pump clip
strongarm A new Strongarm pump clip
xcamerons bitter clip Camerons Bitter pump clip