You make the beer here?

At Stewart's Brewing Company we handcraft all of our ales & lagers on site on a 7 barrel Peter Austin system, imported by Pugsley Brewing Supplies.  House beers are open fermented.  The brewery is able to produce seasonals from Belgium, Germany, France & England thanks to Ed "Eyeball" Engineering.  Our brewers take great pride in the beer they make.  They produce real beer for real people!  For a better view of our brewery & how we make the beer, come in to the pub!  In the meantime, you'll have to make do with these photos.

 

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The mill.  We auger grain from here into the next vessel. 

Milling barley provides access to the sugars that are essential for the yeast.

 

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This here is the mash tun.  This is where hot water & barley meet to interact.  They get together & have a heavy party.  They leave behind a sweet, sweet liquid called wort.  The wort is then pumped to the kettle.

 

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This the hot liquor back.  Basically it's a hot water heater covered in some cool wood.  When you cover a hot water heater in wood, you need a cool name. 
This is a kettle.  The wort is brought to a boil in this vessel.  Hops are added at this stage of the brew process.  They may be added again, but that's a different story altogether.  So, the wort boils for awhile, hops are added, then we move on to the next step.

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It's not some crazy bhang.  It's a hop percolator.  Here whole flower hops are combined with the wort to generate a "hop tea".  The beer is transferred through this vessel on its way to the fermenter (sometimes).
This is open/closed fermentation.  Depending on the beer, we ferment our beers from 2-12 weeks.  Stewart's house beers are open fermented.  Our brewers utilize all sorts of contraptions to create a closed fermentation process.  Sometimes they even use a closed tank.  

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Vitamin B!  Yeast, the fungus that makes alcohol from sugar.  Leaves a bit of CO2, but who doesn't have a little gas after eating?

 

Everyone who makes beer needs a snake farm.  Ours flourishes under the supervision of one guy.  His name is Loco Rico.  Actually, this is our cold room.  We condition & serve the beer from here.  

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Here is a photo of one of our serving tanks.  From here, the fruits of our brewers labor are offered.  This is the last step before our beer reaches your glass.  Just as a point of reference, this entire process has traversed approximately 50 feet.
These are some of the beers we make.  Lift glass, tilt to an angle appropriate to your liking, smell & drink!  

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This is the simplest concept of our brewing process.  Making beer is far more complicated than in the details listed above.  It's also a tad simpler.  For a more in depth comprehension, you should visit our pub. 

 

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Revised: 01/14/09.