Felinfoel Brewery - Gallery

• A distant shot of the Felinfoel Brewery on the outskirts of Llanelli in South Wales
  A distant shot of the Felinfoel Brewery on the outskirts of Llanelli in South Wales
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  The brewery logo on the gates
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  The brewery tower showing the malt hoist
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  The brewing tower dates from 1878
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  All the windows are now plastic for reduced maintenance
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  David John a local entrepreneur built a brewery in his back garden in 1878
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  Another view of the Felinfoel brewery buildings
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  Muntons is the sole malt supplier
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  Timber cladding in the malt loft right at the top of the tower
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  The four roller Boby malt mill grinds 2.5 tonne in 90 minutes. Note the old belt drives still in situ
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  The grist case inscribed with 'MB' for malt bin
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  A close up of the 'MB' lettering
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  Looking down on the bottom of the grist case, the Steels masher and the top of the mash tun
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  A closer look at the mashing machinery
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  The makers plate on the masher - Wilson & Co of Frome in Somerset
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  A gauge plate for the liquor tanks
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  The 1980 copper by Briggs
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  The external calandria
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  15% of the grist is Ragus invert block. This is the dissolver before the copper
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  Beside the sugar dissolving vessel is the mash tun underback
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  Detail of the mash tun run off taps
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  Looking down to the hop back from the copper stage
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  The brewhouse control panel!
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  The hop back is by Pontifex
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  Another view of the hop back
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  Inside the hop back
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  View of the copper, SDV and underback
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  A tidy hop room
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  The fermenting room with open vessels
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  Rousing an open fermenter
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  Sample jar and saccharometer storage
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  Cask washing
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  Cask steaming
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  Two station Porter Lancastrian cask racking line
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  The cask washing shed
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  One of seven horizontal maturation/bright beer tanks
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  Carlson plate and frame beer filter
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  Any ideas what this is?
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  80% of Felinfoel output is kegged
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  The brewery yard
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  Another view of the brewery yard
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  A plaque to mark the first UK brewery to can beer back in 1936
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  A selection of Felinfoel cans
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  An early Double Dragon flat top can
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  An early enamel advertising sign for Felinfoel Pale Ale
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  A cask head
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  Even the company cheque looks traditional
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  A rather garish stained glass door
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  Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis look into the mash tun
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  Brewer John Reed and MD Philip Lewis in the sample cellar