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How to make 20,000 pints of beer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 3: Wort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 4: Hopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 6: Firkin! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. Baby beer! This tiny smidge of yeast will be fed and nurtured until it has grown
into quantities that will produce thousands of pints.
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1. Hops are actually female flower cones - pressing them into pellets saves
transport costs and makes them easier to handle mechanically.
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1. Most beers have a light malt in them.
2. Adding different amounts of darker roasts adds chocolate / toffe tones to the
flavours.
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1. A really bad photo of the malt being cleaned of grit and stones by vibrating
screens.
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1. Dust! The flaky remains of the malt get used for animals bedding.
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1. The "energy storage tank" - steam heated water, which can reach 90C.
Step 3: Wort.
The milled malt is heated and stirred (mashed) with water in the lauter tun, for 90 minutes. This dissolves the sugars and other flavours out of the solid malt, making a
liquid called wort.
The heating pattern - how hot, how long, when the temperature is changed etc - affects how much of what flavours are dissolved out of the malt, and will affect the final
flavour.
When the wort is transferred to the next tun, the solids are left behind, eventually to end up as cattle feed.
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1. An empty lauter tun.
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1. Camera.
2. Belinda.
3. Mash in the making.
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1. Tun.
Step 4: Hopping
Hops add bitterness, flavour and aroma to a beer.
Hops added early to the wort cook the longest and add most bitterness (the bitter flavourings are resins, which are harder to cook out of the hop). Hops added later
provide flavour and aroma from oils which evaporate quickly when heated.
The timing of hopping has a huge affect on the flavour.
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1. Hopped wort.
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1. Hoppers for "dosing" hops at different stages of the cook.
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1. Yeast propagation tanks. Remember that baby beer? This is where it grows up.
Extra yeast is fed to local pigs. Being alcoholic, they tend to be 'happy' pigs.
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1. Fermentation tanks.
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1. 20,000 pints of Gunhill beer fermenting. The smell is AMAZING.
Step 6: Firkin!
Beer travels to pubs in barrels.
Well, it used to. Actual barrels are quite large - 288 pints - so the vast majority of beer gets transported and sold in firkins, which hold 72 pints.
The barrels are all recycled - flushed with hot water, blasted with steam, and refilled whilst still hot.
The barrels are then moved to the edge of Southwold, to their warehouse with a living roof, ready for distribution all over the country.
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1. A freshly-cleaned firkin.
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1. The filling nozzle.
2. Tightly sealed.
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1. Firkins.
2. Pins - 32 pints for the smaller venue.
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1. Happy in their work.
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1. Visual inspection to check fines are settling.
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1. Tests for alcohol content and calories at the same time. The most common
question they get from the general public is "Which of your beers has the least
calories?"
2. As well as showing me around, Belinda had her proper job to do at the same
time.
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1. Just an old advert, but stuff like this is valuable. And haven't times changed?
Beer brewed to make invalids feel better...
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1. Beer has been brewed in Southwold for almost six centuries.
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Comments
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jonnybo111 says:
t.rohner says:
solo.card says:
I toured the Fosters brewery in Manchester many moons ago, and they are interesting places. (That brewery smell is fantastic, isn't it!)
The problem with many factories (or at least the industry I am in) is that most of the process is in sealed tanks, pipes, etc, so you only ever see the final
product.
sharlston says:
the canning process is pretty simple i can explain if you want me to?
Kiteman says:
xproplayer says:
Kiteman says:
I didn't forget an A (I live in the UK), but I did forget the years...
AndyGadget says:
Derin says:
Kiteman says:
The one that is supposed to collect drivers from fields, not from breweries...
skunkbait says:
MrMystery96 says:
At least he didn't start a face book group known only as F.U.G.U. (I did...)
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xproplayer says:
depotdevoid says:
Kiteman says:
MrMystery96 says:
M4industries says:
MrMystery96 says:
I visited a few vineyards in both canada and germany, but this was extraordinary!
Kiteman says:
Thank you!
kNeXFreek says:
gearhead1951 says:
skunkbait says:
PKTraceur says:
clark says:
Kiteman says:
xproplayer says:
discontinuuity says:
Very cool. I like to make my homebrew, and it's interesting to see on a larger scale.
I live in Golden, Colorado, where they make Coors. It's definitely not my favorite beer, but on the brewery tour they claim that their copper kettles produce
less of a metallic taste. Do you know any of the reasons why Adnams would use stainless steel rather than copper for the new vats?
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xproplayer says:
maybe something with sanitation? i know that all doctors stuff is all stainless steel.
tashiandmo says:
Kiteman says:
Yeah, copper costs like gold these days, and junkie would probably break in to steal the copper.
xproplayer says:
=SMART= says:
t.rohner says:
Although this isn't a instructable in it's pure sense, i enjoyed reading it.
You have thoroughly researched all aspects of brewing.
By the way, i have brewed 40'000 pints of beer and ale over the last 10 years...
Cheers
Yerboogieman says:
qldazza says:
qwertyboy says:
Kiteman says:
Thank you, I thought I'd try something a bit different for my 100th project.
strangebike says:
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Kiteman says:
Thank you!
ecohun says:
greendeane says:
gjm says:
gmjhowe says:
An excellent job. I think the best bit, is how great the people were, to let you go around and take pictures etc.
Kiteman says:
Kryptonite says:
xproplayer says:
Kryptonite says:
Don't worry, we got another keg! Just hold your cup out!
*BOOM!*
Cheers!
el greeno says:
You can't beat a nice cold bottle of Adnams Explorer.
Not that I've been able to find any in Thurrock (Essex) for a while...
Loving the blonde ales lately.
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