Hooded Ram Brewing, Douglas, Isle of Man - Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 23 October 2013
Founder Rob Storey founded the Hooded Ram in 2013
The brewery is situated in an industrial unit near the centre of the Island's largest town Douglas
Biggest seller is Amber Ram
Other beers are Sovereign with only Sovereign hops, Fat Ram and Jack the Ram
The beers on the bar in the brewery
Note the 2013 prices, pity a chalk board does not have a spell checker!
The bar cellar with Cask Widge floating dispense units
The 2.5brl Oban plant originally installed
Specialist malts are stored in boxes
The recently commissioned 5brl Oban brew plant; hot liquor tank, mash tun, copper and four fermenters
View of copper and fermenters from the malt etc store above
10brl liquor tank and mash tun
The underback to the copper
The copper vapour is condensed
The wort exchanger was doubled in size as local reservoir water can reach close to pitching heat in the warmer weather
A 6hL hop rocker for very late hopping or dry hopping in FV
Smart bottle dress for 6%ABV Little King Louis
Two jetting stations to remove the soil from returning casks
Three station cask washer
Casks get a peracetic acid rinse before filling
Adding finings to the final firkin of a rack
Proprietor Rob Storey behind his brewery bar