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Brew 72

The scene of today's action, Villages Brewery, Deptford, SE8.

Dan's already got the first batch of the day going from the mash tank to the kettle.

Previous day's beers in the fermentation tanks.

Cleaning the fermentation tank ready for the first batch.

Huw72 arrives for the day's work.

Looking into the mash tun.

One of many inspections for quality control.

Where the good stuff can be sampled!

Dan shows Huw what's going the kettle, where the first batch will be transferred soon.

DJ Huw at the controls.

So this is the beer patch bay!

Dan explains the process to Huw.

The first batch coming out of the mash tun.

Cleanliness is the word.

All the wort has been transferred to the kettle so it's time to empty the mash tun ready for Huw's batch.

Out it all comes. Three bins full.

Getting the mash tun clean ready for the Huw's batch.

Still emptying.

I see no ships!

Setting the controls for the kettle.

Inside the clean mash tun.

The beer 'patch bay'

What happens if I press this one?

Inside the grain hopper.

In go the bags of grain.

Checking the flow of the water into the mash tun.

Starting the mash tun going.

Later on Simpsons malt goes in.

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