The Nailsworth Brewery
Commercial brewing has returned to Nailsworth after a period of 96 Years in the form of a six-barrel micro brewery.
But what is a micro-brewery and what does the six barrel bit mean?
Well, as the name suggests, it is a 'small' or 'minute'
(Collins Concise Dictionary) brewery. And as for the 6 barrels,
it has nothing to do with casks or kegs, but the unit of measurement used to
denote the volume of beer a brewery can brew in a single brew. A 'barrel' equates
to 36 gallons (288 pints) or 163.66 litres (if you are that way inclined).
So a six barrel-brewery means that we can brew 216 gallons (1,728 pints) or
981.96 litres in a single brew. This might sound a lot, but within the brewing
industry we are still 'small' beer!
So what has changed since the time of the original Nailsworth Brewery? Well, not a lot really. They brewed with Nailsworth's finest spring water, malt, hops and yeast and nothing else, just like us! No automation or computers in their day, just like us! They were an award wnning brewery, just like us! We even
dress the same!
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