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Welcome to Elgoods at Wisbech
Inside the main entrance
The brewery was built in 1795
John Elgood took over the brewery in 1877
Note the louvres in the three first floor windows to control the airflow to the open coolers
The brewery weathervane
Around the site
The brewery offices from the gardens with the brewhouse on the right
The botanical gardens
The gardens have 10,000 visitors a year
Beautiful lawns and time to sit and ponder
A walled part of the gardens
A view of the brewery yard
Under the spreading chestnut tree
The malt store - all malt is Maris Otter
The grist case dates from 1910 according to the label
The Steels masher
What the gear inside a Steels masher looks like
A well bashed directing chute for the masher
The belt gear is still in situ
The copper
The copper manway door tells us it was fabricated by Pontifex
A liquor tank float gauge board
The square hop back with a stainless lining dating from 2005. The plates are dated 1950
If the old disused coolships were removed there would be a big hole in the floor!
The copper base and the rectangular hop back beside the old coolships
The 10 brl mash tun used for seasonals, small runs and trials
Top of mini brew copper with grist auger for mashing in behind (oh and a vacuum cleaner!!)
An unusual annular cooling panel for an 80brl FV which is lowered through the trap door once the yeast has been removed.
Makers inscription on the underback which is now stainless lined. It is thought to be the 1795 vintage hopback
Geo Adlam of Bristol, another ancient brewery fabricator
Wort taps by Pontifex on the main mash tun, circa 1912 with new stainless steel header tube above
Rousing an open fermenter
An attemperator panel in an open fermenter
General view of the fermenting room
Old yeast storage tank and acid wash water bath
Two station racking range and jackback
Inside the ale stores
Elgoods casks
The beer filter by Filtrox
The Gimson two lane keg filler - note the size difference between a 50L and a 5 gallon keg
Four of the six 20 brl Kaspar Schulz racking tanks
The brewery boiler by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln
The company crest
Visitors this way please
Production Director Alan Pateman
Chairman Nigel Elgood with two of his daughters; Jennifer Everall is Co Secretary and Belinda Sutton is MD
The MD Belinda Sutton pulls me a pint ...
...so does the Production Director Alan Pateman
The brewery cat takes a nap
Cambridge Ale
Golden Newt
Greyhound Ale
Pageant Ale
Black Dog