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Hepworth & Co - Beer Station, Horsham
Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 25 October 2001
The Beer Station buildings at the old railway station in Horsham
The 1.5 tonne brewplant by LH Stainless, the pilot kit is at the bottom of the steps
Flaked maize is a standard adjunct as used a lot by King & Barnes
Grain hopper and the mill
The Alan Ruddock AR2000 two roller mill
The grist is conveyed upwards by a flexible spiral conveyor
The novel hydrator
Mashing in operation
Andy Hepworth checks the mash temperature while getting a bit dusty
The sparge arm in the mash tun
Hops weighed out ready to add to the copper
Inside the copper showing the perforated base and heating coils.
Filling the copper
Fermenting vessels, the wooden clad units are for cask products
The Spandoni horizontal leaf filter
Starting the filter wash off by removing the bell cover
The leaves caked in spent filter powder
Washing the leaves with a high pressure water jet
Empty bottles are stripped from the pallet one layer at a time.
Bottles lined up ahead of the labeller
Reels of self adhesive wrap around labels
Bottles move on the the filler
Pullman at 4.2%ABV is a major Hepworth brand
Rinser and filler are by Cime from Italy via Willis Europlant
The crowner is by Arol
Proprietor Andy Hepworth was Head Brewer at King & Barnes until 1999 when Hall & Woodhouse took over and closed it.
The team of ex K&Bers who set up Beer Station, Andy Hepworth, Paul Webb, John Tewson and Tim Goacher
