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To follow this tour, start with the stairs leading up
to the doorway in the center of your screen.
The Brewhouse is made up of all the
equipment used to actually brew beer. The first vessel to the left of the
stairs is the
Mash/Lauter Tun. This is where the cracked malted barley is
mixed with hot water to produce the sugary liquid called wort (pronounced
wert) that will eventually become beer. The bottom of this vessel has a
screen that allows the liquid to be pumped into the Brew Kettle while the
barley gets left behind to eventually be used as cattle feed for several
local ranches. To the left of the Mash/Lauter Tun is the Brew Kettle. This
is where the wort is boiled and the hops are added. This vessel has a steam
jacket that allows us to boil the 1100+ gallons of wort that makes up one
batch. The final vessel is the Whirlpool. After the wort has been pumped
here, it is spun until all of the solids are gathered in a cone at the
center. We can then pump just the wort into the Fermenters and leave the
solids behind. It takes about 5 ½ hours for us to brew a batch of beer with
this equipment. Because we can start a brew in the Mash/Lauter Tun while
another brew is in the Brew Kettle, we can brew between five and six batches
of beer in a day. Let’s leave the Brewhouse now and head to the Fermenters
for the next stop on our tour. |
