Hawkshead Brewery Co - 22 January 2013
Hawkshead Brewery Co, Staveley, Cumbria - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 22 January 2013
Hawkshead was founded by radio presenter Alex Brodie in the village in 2002
Best sellers - Hawkshead Bitter 3.7%ABV from 95% pale malt and 5%crystal and late Celeia Windermere Pale 3.5% only 8o colour and late citra
Red 4.2%ABV, 45o colour; Brodie's Prime 4.9%ABV, 50BU with late Cascades; Dry Stone Stout at 4.5%ABV
Lakeland Gold is 4.4%ABV, 45BU with late First Gold and Cascades; the 1000th mash used four New Zealand hops - Green Bullet, Motueka Risaka and Nelson Sauvin
Red is the biggest bottle brand psckaged by Robinsons. Holdens do the others
The brewery moved across Lake Windermere to Staveley in 2006 to the Mill Yard with some 20 artisan establishments
The brewhouse steaming in the background. A bar was planned above it but the adjoining property became available for a beer hall.
A typical January day in Lakeland
Two 115hL unitanks in full view of visitors
View without cars parked in front
Malt from Thomas Fawcett
Fulton vertical boiler
The 20brl Moeschle brew plant, copper on the left, grist case and mash tun on the right
The brew plant from the other side
Close up of the switch over board below the brew vessels
Hops and malt display for visitors
Product displays for visitors
Novel use of an old ISO transitank - moving spent hops
Lots of grains to shovel up
A pair of the five 'square' fermenters
Two 115hL unitanks - the little vessels is for pitching and yeast collection to save having to provide high level access
The Commodore Cask Force rocking cask washer
Casks for filling and some of the six conditioning tanks
Microdat single head racker with peristaltic control of finings and beer input.
Sample casks
Finished goods
The Beer Hall
Note the 2013 prices
Tapas to go with the beers
Bottled beers of the world for sale
The hop wall in the Beer Hall
Proprietor Alex Brodie on the left with Matt Clarke the Kiwi Head Brewer and the malt wall
