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File:1 DSCF1950.JPG | File:0 DSCF2031.JPG|The St James Street entrance to the 85 acre Guinness site in Dublin. St Patrick's windmill once served the Roe Distillery and at 150 feet high is one of the tallest in Europe. | ||
File:10 DSCF1951.JPG | File:1 DSCF1950.JPG|These little sculptures were designed and installed by James P Moran who was the mechanical engineer involved in the 989 copper project. He even put his own initials on them! | ||
File:11 DSCF1952.JPG | File:10 DSCF1951.JPG|The Guinness Storehouse - note the Rotunda panoramic bar on top of the old fermenting room which once housed the world's largest FV at 12,000hL or 26 brl per inch of dip. | ||
File:12 DSCF1953.JPG | File:11 DSCF1952.JPG|The modern exterior of the brewhouse | ||
File:20 DSCF1960.JPG | File:12 DSCF1953.JPG|One of the problems of a city centre site - expensive apartments next to an industrial operation | ||
File:21 DSCF1961. | File:20 DSCF1960.JPG|There are three Buhler six roller mills working at 12t per hour on malt and 8t per hour on raw barley which is 30% of the grist | ||
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File:24 DSCF1967. | File:21 DSCF1961.JPG23.5t is mashed into each of four brewing streams every six hours. There are Steels mashers into three mash conversion vessels with a stepped infusion from 63<sup>o</sup>C before transfer into these kieves for lautering. There are three 12m Balfour tuns and a pair of 10.2m diameter vessels in tandem | ||
File:22 DSCF1962.JPGAnother view of the lauter tuns or kieves | |||
File:23 DSCF1963.JPGThe run off grant, the wort is pale as the colouring material is added to the copper | |||
File:24 DSCF1967.JPGWort is run to four 1100hL underbacks which Guinness call upperbacks prior to the copper. These are by Huppmann dating from 1989 | |||
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31 DSCF1986 Once the control room moves to fermenting all these additions will be automated | 31 DSCF1986 Once the control room moves to fermenting all these additions will be automated | ||
32 DSCF1987 Kettle finings tanks - powdered carageenan was dumped into water in these two tanks and roused with air | 32 DSCF1987 Kettle finings tanks - powdered carageenan was dumped into water in these two tanks and roused with air | ||
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49 DSCF2027 Complex pipework in the Pilot Brewery | 49 DSCF2027 Complex pipework in the Pilot Brewery | ||
50 DSCF2029 Bottling machine in the Pilot Brewery | 50 DSCF2029 Bottling machine in the Pilot Brewery | ||
55 DSCF2033 The entrance to the old Vat House No1 | 55 DSCF2033 The entrance to the old Vat House No1 | ||
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56 DSCF2035 Old wooden stout vats | 56 DSCF2035 Old wooden stout vats | ||
57 DSCF2036 Another view of the venerable porter vats | 57 DSCF2036 Another view of the venerable porter vats | ||
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61 DSCF2039 Welcome to Brewery No2 | 61 DSCF2039 Welcome to Brewery No2 | ||
62 DSCF2040 The old mash conversion vessels in Brewery No2. | 62 DSCF2040 The old mash conversion vessels in Brewery No2. | ||
65 DSCF2042 The central services building and some of the 21 fermenting vessels totalling 39,000hL | 65 DSCF2042 The central services building and some of the 21 fermenting vessels totalling 39,000hL | ||
66 DSCF2043 A bank of beer centrifuges | 66 DSCF2043 A bank of beer centrifuges | ||
67 DSCF2044 Close up of a Westfalia beer centrifuge | 67 DSCF2044 Close up of a Westfalia beer centrifuge | ||
68 DSCF2045 There are 32 maturation vessels totalling 114,000hL | 68 DSCF2045 There are 32 maturation vessels totalling 114,000hL | ||
69 DSCF2046 More maturation vessels showing the complex pipework to fill and empty | 69 DSCF2046 More maturation vessels showing the complex pipework to fill and empty | ||
70 DSCF2053 General view of the kegging line. Roundings were odd kegs which did not fill a full pallet. | 70 DSCF2053 General view of the kegging line. Roundings were odd kegs which did not fill a full pallet. | ||
71 DSCF2054 There are two Till rotary lines filling 1000 kegs per hour | File:71 DSCF2054.JPG|There are two Till rotary lines filling 1000 kegs per hour | ||
72 DSCF2055 Putting on the keg cap | File:72 DSCF2055.JPG|Putting on the keg cap | ||
73 DSCF2058 A Hyster grab truck…. | File:73 DSCF2058.JPG|A Hyster grab truck…. | ||
74 DSCF2057 ..which can handle 30 kegs at a time | File:74 DSCF2057.JPG|..which can handle 30 kegs at a time | ||
75 DSCF2056 Thirty 30L kegs destined for rail distribution | File:75 DSCF2056.JPG|Thirty 30L kegs destined for rail distribution | ||
80 DSCF2060 There is no smallpacking on the Dublin site. The drive through tanker bay handles 50 road tankers daily | File:80 DSCF2060.JPG|There is no smallpacking on the Dublin site. The drive through tanker bay handles 50 road tankers daily | ||
85 DSCF2062 Perry Atkins CO<sub>2</sub> liquefaction plant for gas recovered from active fermentations. | File:85 DSCF2062.JPG|Perry Atkins CO<sub>2</sub> liquefaction plant for gas recovered from active fermentations. | ||
86 DSCF2072 A drum roaster for making the coloured extract | File:86 DSCF2072.JPG|A drum roaster for making the coloured extract | ||
90 DSCF2077 Odd sectins of the 600mm gauge railway remain | File:90 DSCF2077.JPG|Odd sectins of the 600mm gauge railway remain | ||
91 DSCF2081 The old railway used a spiral tunnel under James Street to change level between the riverside part of the site and the brewhouse | File:91 DSCF2081.JPG|The old railway used a spiral tunnel under James Street to change level between the riverside part of the site and the brewhouse | ||
92 DSCF2078 The pedestrian tunnel under James Street is still in use | File:92 DSCF2078.JPG|The pedestrian tunnel under James Street is still in use | ||
93 DSCF2082 Seamus McGardle, head of Beverage Blending Agents with his map of worldwide Guinness operations and Project Brewer Gerry McGovern is on the right | File:93 DSCF2082.JPG|Seamus McGardle, head of Beverage Blending Agents with his map of worldwide Guinness operations and Project Brewer Gerry McGovern is on the right | ||
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[[category:Brewer & Distiller International Gallery]] | [[category:Brewer & Distiller International Gallery]] | ||
25 DSCF1968 1989 vintage Huppmann copper/whirlpools | |||
26 DSCF1969 A view of the famous Harp insignia through the hop grist chutes to the coppers | |||
27 DSCF1970 Inside the brewhouse control room which was about to move into the fermenting block over the road | |||
30 DSCF1985 Hop pellet bags are slit and crushed to remove any lumps before addition | |||
Revision as of 10:54, 7 July 2016
The St James Street entrance to the 85 acre Guinness site in Dublin. St Patrick's windmill once served the Roe Distillery and at 150 feet high is one of the tallest in Europe.
These little sculptures were designed and installed by James P Moran who was the mechanical engineer involved in the 989 copper project. He even put his own initials on them!
The Guinness Storehouse - note the Rotunda panoramic bar on top of the old fermenting room which once housed the world's largest FV at 12,000hL or 26 brl per inch of dip.
The modern exterior of the brewhouse
One of the problems of a city centre site - expensive apartments next to an industrial operation
There are three Buhler six roller mills working at 12t per hour on malt and 8t per hour on raw barley which is 30% of the grist
- 22 DSCF1962.JPGAnother view of the lauter tuns or kieves
- 23 DSCF1963.JPGThe run off grant, the wort is pale as the colouring material is added to the copper
- 24 DSCF1967.JPGWort is run to four 1100hL underbacks which Guinness call upperbacks prior to the copper. These are by Huppmann dating from 1989
There are two Till rotary lines filling 1000 kegs per hour
Putting on the keg cap
A Hyster grab truck….
..which can handle 30 kegs at a time
Thirty 30L kegs destined for rail distribution
There is no smallpacking on the Dublin site. The drive through tanker bay handles 50 road tankers daily
Perry Atkins CO2 liquefaction plant for gas recovered from active fermentations.
A drum roaster for making the coloured extract
Odd sectins of the 600mm gauge railway remain
The old railway used a spiral tunnel under James Street to change level between the riverside part of the site and the brewhouse
The pedestrian tunnel under James Street is still in use
Seamus McGardle, head of Beverage Blending Agents with his map of worldwide Guinness operations and Project Brewer Gerry McGovern is on the right
25 DSCF1968 1989 vintage Huppmann copper/whirlpools
26 DSCF1969 A view of the famous Harp insignia through the hop grist chutes to the coppers
27 DSCF1970 Inside the brewhouse control room which was about to move into the fermenting block over the road
30 DSCF1985 Hop pellet bags are slit and crushed to remove any lumps before addition