Some of the team at Exeter Brewery
were on hand to take delivery of an exciting new piece of kit. The 20 brewery barrel fermenter with a 4,000
litre capacity is made in stainless steel, and has been manufactured in the UK
to a bespoke design. Now taking the
total of fermenters at their site on Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter to five; it
will be used to brew their full range of seven beers including award-winning
ales. The brewery distributes to around
400 customers across Devon and more recently into parts of Cornwall and
Somerset, with around 75 per cent of its beer going off in casks and the
remainder sold in bottles.
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| The Exeter Brewery Team - Jon Knox, Alan Collyer, Jeremy Kivell and Jake Williams |
The first independent brewery in
the City for nearly 50 years, Exeter Brewery is owned by Managing Director Alan
Collyer. Under Alan’s
stewardship, the company has enjoyed
rapid growth in the last seven years, and particularly since moving to the new
site.
Alan Collyer, Managing Director – Exeter Brewery says: “It’s always great to receive new equipment.
It gives the staff a real buzz as we all know it means greater flexibility in
our production as well as increased brewing capacity. I am immensely proud of
our team; we all work hard and these new fermentation vessels are a tangible
demonstration that the hard work is bearing fruit. Demand is growing for all
our ales, particularly our Avocet brand, which, as Devon’s original Organic
real ale, has a unique flavour and seems to have attracted the attention of
many drinkers. Since we first introduced Avocet in 2008 its popularity has
grown, including in France, where we have exported bottled ale for the last
three years.”
Photo by Martin Witham
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