Once again I got out to check out some Portland breweries during the annual Zwicklemania. This year I visited several breweries in downtown and North West. The route was Lucky Lab on Quimby to Deschutes Brewery in the Pearl to McMenamin Crystal Ballroom to Pints and over to Portland Brewing. I finished up by driving back to St. Johns and seeing Occidental Brewing. I picked up little bits of new information at each stop. First time I saw a brewing system using a separate Lauder. This was at Deschutes where they pack a lot of brewery in a small space.
Lucky Lab Grain Bins
Lucky Lab Mash Tun and Kettle
Lucky Lab Fermenters
Lucky Lab Conditioners
Lucky Lab Kegs tapped for serving
Deschute brewery has a gain bin on the roof. It feed through a mill to this holding bin.
At Deschute Mash Tun and Kettle are one.
the mash is moved to the lauder for separation from the wart and then through filter and a whirlpool for further separation. It is then moved back to the Mash tun that now works as the kettle.
At Deschutes everyone had a chance to sample the aroma difference between bittering and aromatic hops.
A fermenter at McMenamin Crystal Ballroom
Pints mash tun and kettle.
Pints Fermenters
Portland Brewing has a couple of large Mash tuns they brought over from Germany
Portland Brewing whirlepool separator
Portland Brewing fermenters
Portland Brewing runs their beer through a DE filter.
Portland Brewing Conditioners
Portland Brewing bottling line
Portland Brewing testing lab
Occidental Brewing mash tun and kettle
Occidental Brewing Fermenter
Occidental Brewing has started canning a couple of their German style beers.
