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The brewery was one of the early JV
Northwest systems built. It was a 14 barrel system with (6) fermenters
and (12) 7 barrel serving tanks (grundy's)(originally 10).
 The mash tun was very large, allowing the brewers to brew
those really "big" beers. The kettle was the same shape as the
mash tun - giving it a uniform look, but not very good boils. Kettles need
to be taller than they are wider to get good boils. This one was equal, so
boils were not very good.
The custom hopback, or hopjack (that's where the name of the
pizza comes from) was used to help dissipate some of the volatile compounds
that give beer off flavors. It was also used to add hop aroma and flavor
to the beer. Wort was basically sprayed over a bed of fresh, whole flower
hops, then it filtered through and was pumped into the fermenter.
The original brewery had 1 kettle, 1 mash tun, 1 hot liquor
tank, 6 fermenters, 10 serving tanks, and 1 grist case. That equals 20
tanks. 2 more serving tanks were added to make it 22, but I personally
wouldn't count the mash tun, kettle, or grist case. But there is also a
yeast propagator, which I would count, which puts us back to 20
anyway.
Here are pictures of the fermenters, serving tanks, and the
mill and millroom
   
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