Wickwar Brewery - 21 February 2006

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Wickwar Brewing Co, Gloucester- Photographs taken by Roger Putman - 21 February 2006


  • The brewery was founded by Ray Penny in 1990

    The brewery was founded by Ray Penny in 1990

  • The original

    The original

  • Mr Arnold and Mr Perrett amalgamated in 1887

    Mr Arnold and Mr Perrett amalgamated in 1887

  • A couple of Wickwar bottle labels

    A couple of Wickwar bottle labels

  • An advertising card for BOB, the biggest seller, it is named after Ray Penny's house - Brand Oak Bitter

    An advertising card for BOB, the biggest seller, it is named after Ray Penny's house - Brand Oak Bitter

  • Ray Penny started brewing in the old coopers shop over the road from Arnold Perrett's brewery which was used as a cider plant at the time

    Ray Penny started brewing in the old coopers shop over the road from Arnold Perrett's brewery which was used as a cider plant at the time

  • The Cotswold stone brewery buildings date from 1860, the door leads to the brewery offices

    The Cotswold stone brewery buildings date from 1860, the door leads to the brewery offices

  • The office door

    The office door

  • Brewery spent grains trailer and the pipe gantry which used to take cider across to packaging in an adjacent building

    Brewery spent grains trailer and the pipe gantry which used to take cider across to packaging in an adjacent building

  • The brewing area is light and airy. Grain is stored in 150kg tote bags

    The brewing area is light and airy. Grain is stored in 150kg tote bags

  • The visitors bar in the old coopers shop

    The visitors bar in the old coopers shop

  • The Fulton vertical boiler

    The Fulton vertical boiler

  • The brewery CIP plant

    The brewery CIP plant

  • Another view of the CIP plant

    Another view of the CIP plant

  • Tote bags of Warminster Maris Otter malt are lifted above a grain hopper and a two roller mill

    Tote bags of Warminster Maris Otter malt are lifted above a grain hopper and a two roller mill

  • The brewplant is from BTB and dates from 1997, it was originally installed at Oakhill in Somerset. Here is the mash tun

    The brewplant is from BTB and dates from 1997, it was originally installed at Oakhill in Somerset. Here is the mash tun

  • Details of the top of the 1,000kg mash tun

    Details of the top of the 1,000kg mash tun

  • Rope and disc grist conveyors

    Rope and disc grist conveyors

  • The copper almost on the boil

    The copper almost on the boil

  • Wort heat exchanger

    Wort heat exchanger

  • Six dish bottomed 50brl fermenters

    Six dish bottomed 50brl fermenters

  • Underneath the fermenter top staging

    Underneath the fermenter top staging

  • The yeast storage cabinet

    The yeast storage cabinet

  • Inside the yeast storage cabinet

    Inside the yeast storage cabinet

  • Oxygenating the wort

    Oxygenating the wort

  • A wort collection sample

    A wort collection sample

  • A mobile Filtronic pump is used to crop the top yeast

    A mobile Filtronic pump is used to crop the top yeast

  • The steps leading down to the cellars. The old brewery was built into an old quarry

    The steps leading down to the cellars. The old brewery was built into an old quarry

  • Three station cask washer

    Three station cask washer

  • Two lane racking arrangement

    Two lane racking arrangement

  • The pressurising arrangement to prevent fobbing during cask racking

    The pressurising arrangement to prevent fobbing during cask racking

  • In the cellars

    In the cellars

  • More casks in the cellars

    More casks in the cellars

  • Head Brewer Philip Downes

    Head Brewer Philip Downes

  • Proprietor Ray Penny

    Proprietor Ray Penny

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