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0 elgoods logo RGB Welcome to Elgoods at Wisbech 1 DSCF2791 Inside the main entrance 10 DSCF 2878 The brewery was built in 1795 11 DSCF 2879 John Elgood took over the brwwery in 1877 12 DSCF 2877 Note the louvres in the three first floor windows to control the airflow to the open coolers 13 DSCF 2872 The brewery weathervane 14 DSCF 2848 Around the site 15 DSCF 2862 The brewery offices from the gardens with the brewhouse on the right 16 DSCF 2858 The botanical gardens 17 DSCF 2866 The gardens have 10,000 visitors a year 18 DSCF 2867 Beautiful lawns and time to sit and ponder 19 DSCF 2870 A walled part of the gardens 20 DSCF 2776 A view of the brewery yard 21 DSCF 2788 Under the spreading chestnut tree 24 DSCF 2810 The malt store - all malt is Maris Otter 25 DSCF 2803 The grist case dates from 1910 according to the label 26 DSCF 2804 The Steels masher 27 DSCF 2808 What the gear inside a Steels masher looks like 28 DSCF 2811 A well bashed directing chute for the masher 29 DSCF 2813 The belt gear is still in situ 33 DSCF 2819 The copper 34 DSCF 2820 The copper manway door tells us it was fabricated by Pontifex 35 DSCF 2823 A liquor tank float gauge board 40 DSCF 2825 The square hop back with a stainless lining dating from 2005. The plates are dated 1950 41 DSCF 2826 If the old disused coolships were removed there would be a big hole in the floor! 42 DSCF 2828 The copper base and the rectangular hop back beside the old coolships 43 DSCF 2830 The 10 brl mash tun used for seasonals, small runs and trials 46 DSCF 2831 Top of mini brew copper with grist auger for mashing in behind (oh and a vacuum cleaner!!) 47 DSCF 2832 An unusual annular cooling panel for an 80brl FV which is lowered through the trap door once the yeast has been removed. 48 DSCF 2792 Makers inscription on the underback which is now stainless lined. It is thought to be the 1795 vintage hopback 49 DSCF 2837 Geo Adlam of Bristol, another ancient brewery fabricator 50 DSCF 2793 Wort taps by Pontifex on the main mash tun, circa 1912 with new stainless steel header tube above 55 DSCF 2833 Rousing an open fermenter 56 DSCF 2835 An attemperator panel in an open fermenter 57 DSCF 2841 General view of the fermenting room 60 DSCF 2843 Old yeast storage tank and acid wash water bath 65 DSCF 2847 Two station racking range and jackback 66 DSCF 2849 Inside the ale stores 67 DSCF 2851 Elgoods casks 68 DSCF 2779 The beer filter by Filtrox 69 DSCF 2779 The Gimson two lane keg filler - note the size difference between a 50L and a 5 gallon keg 70 DSCF 2783 Four of the six 20 brl Kaspar Schulz racking tanks 80 DSCF 2796 The brewery boiler by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln 81 DSCF 2852 The company crest 82 DSCF 2880 Visitors this way please 89 DSCF 2880 Production Director Alan Pateman 90 DSCF 2774 Chairman Nigel Elgood with two of his daughters; Jennifer Everall is Co Secretary and Belinda Sutton is MD 91 DSCF 2857 The MD Belinda Sutton pulls me a pint… 92 DSCF 2855 ..so does the Production Director Alan Pateman 93 DSCF 2815 The brewery cat takes a nap 94 Cambridge Ale Cambridge Ale 95 Golden Newt Golden Newt 96 Greyhound Ale Greyhound Ale 97 Pageant Ale Pageant Ale 98 Black Dog Black Dog