Drygate Brewing Co, Glasgow - 10 September 2014
Drygate is a joint venture of Williams Bros and C&C. It is situated at the edge of C&C's Wellpark Brewery
The back bar with 25 offerings including four cask taps
The Drygate range - Bearface Lager, Outaspace Apple ale and Gladeye IPA
The brewery from the dining area
Gladeye watches your flight of samplers from the brewery
The 24hL MPV by Italy's Simatec - multipurpose vessel - mash vessel, copper and whirlpool
Note the grist conveyor only just fits in the ceiling height
The paddle creates a circular motion for whirlpool action. Botanical are held in a box on the bar
Colin Johnson with the botanicals box
Complex pipework between the MPV and lauter tun
A shell and tube wort collar to avoid botanicals getting stuck in a plate heat exchanger
Lauter tun and processing area behind
The lug indicates the position of the racking arm within the vessel
Powder dosing and Carlson filter
Two station Microdat cask washer
Old recovered 32hL tanks from Four Pure, originally at Purity
A pedal to push the filled cask away
There are over 100 world beers in the brewery shop
The brewers even make recommendations
The 250L Studio brewery for trials and corporate brew events
Jake Griffin washes a 300L poly vessel from the Studio
The outside upper deck at Drygate….
…with a view of the mighty Tennents Wellpark Brewery behind