Blow-off tube
When Ernie led us into the brewery we navigated around the towering 100 barrel fermentation tanks and hopped over numerous soft tubes that made up the piping of the Clipper City brewing system. Each one potentially carried water, cleaning solution or even blow-off from one of the fermentation tanks. One such fermenter had been filled a little more than recommended and the blow-off tube was going in full force as we walked by.
Kettle
Ernie introduced us to the afternoon Brewer Kurt Krol who was already in the middle of brewing the second half of the Peg Lout Stout. The second 50 barrel batch had already been moved to the lautering stage of Clipper City’s 3 stage 50 barrel brewing system. The mash was complete and now grains were being sparged and slowly run-off into the boiling kettle. The sheer amount of wort and grain involved meant the process could take two hours to complete. If they pumped it too fast the grain bed would compress making it impossible to get the remaining wort into the kettle to complete the boil.
Andrew adds hops
Tags: Baltimore, Clipper City Brewing, heavy seas, Hugh Sisson
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Great piece Mike. Awesome pics too.
And not only does Hugh like to hire homebrewers, he also lets them put their creative side to good use; because I’m 90% positive Kurt is the one who designed many of CC’s beautiful label art!