Arkell's Brewery - malt mill
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Arkell's Brewery - malt mill
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 8 Mar 2023
The company has commenced guided public tours during 2023 and these are to be recommended as our guide was excellent. The start of the brewing process is the milling of the malted barley in this roller mill that is driven by belt from an electric motor. The brewery originally used a steam engine in the basement but this has not been in regular use since the 1950s. The milled barley known as grist is then elevated and transferred to the grist case above the mash tun.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.59223
Longitude
-1.762635