Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Brewhouse, second floor, interior View of domed rivetted coppers from SE showing the oldest (originally open) Copper no. 1 (makers plate attached to steam outlet: 'RG Abercromb ...

Description Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Brewhouse, second floor, interior View of domed rivetted coppers from SE showing the oldest (originally open) Copper no. 1 (makers plate attached to steam outlet: 'RG Abercrombie & Co Ltd Engineers, Coppersmiths, Brassfounders Alloa') in background and Copper no.2 (bottom half 1985, top half pre-dates the late 1940s) in foreground. To left is the cast iron Mash Tun with modern stainless steel cover. The cast iron body probably dates from about 1870. Here the cracked corns of malted barley from the hopper or grist case above are 'sparged' or mashed with hot liquor (water) in the Mash Tun before the liquid extract of malt or 'wort' is run into the underback and thence by pipes or hose to the coppers. Here, the wort together with hops (manually added) are boiled together. The wort is then run into the hopback on the first floor where all hop solids are removed, before being pumped to the wort receiver on the fourth floor

Date 26/8/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 2491776

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 61061 CN

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