Black Sheep Brewery

In the same town is Black Sheep Brewery. This is a brewery that a brother of the Theakston’s brewery family started when he left Theakson’s because he didn’t like what was going on at the time. It has a lot of different equipment it. The building was originally a brewery, then a maltster, then a brewery again. Multiple brew kits. 50-100 BBL capacity. Three I think. They also have Yorkshire squares to ferment in.The building is very old industrial. It was a little confusing, but they had a lot of old cool stuff still in use and the brewmaster was our guide, so what’s not to like?

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First, we drink and eat lunch.

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Here are some mash tuns.

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Here’s an old boil kettle

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Here is a very old mash tun

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And the hits just keep on coming. In another part of the building there are these open fermentors. Click to enlarge.

 

 

 

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Then we get to the Yorkshire Square fermentors. Never heard of these, but there aren’t many of them left in existence.

 

 

 

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This poster shines some light on the Yorkshire Squares.

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