Hopshackle Brewery

Hopshackle Brewery

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Unit F, Blenheim Way, Northfield Ind Estate
Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 8LD
United Kingdom

(177) 8348542

Year Established: 2006

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The brewery was made at Charles Wells Eagle Brewery in Bedford by their engineers from modified 800 litre Grundy Tanks. These are stainless steel vessels used in the food industry for a variety of uses and are often modified for the brewing industry. The brewery has a capacity of 5 brewers barrels (180 gallons). Initially the brewery was what is termed a malt extract bungalow brewery. That is to say that the fermentable sugars were provided by malt extract in a “syrup“ form rather than having a mash tun filled with grain. Bungalow, because all the vessels etc were on the same level. The brewery was installed in the Saracens Head in Cambridge initially, but was then moved to the Cox’s Yard pub in Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire. Whilst this move was being carried out the brewery was also modified to a full mash brewery by Mike Davies. The mash tun was added on a mezzanine floor, allowing the sweet wort to be run off by gravity into the kettle after the mash was complete. Having the mash tun elevated also helps with the spent grain removal. The mash tun can be rotated through 90 degrees and the grain shovelled through a chute into some waste bins below. This arrangement also saves on space as the two hot liquor tanks (HLTs) are positioned under the mezzanine floor. In fact the whole brewery only occupies a floor space of 7x3 metres!