Branston Brewery The history of a small village brewery: How it may have operated and the possible reasons for its demise – (including a short history of the families involved). Paul Hickman Contents List of figures Page 2 Introduction Page 3 The Kirtons Page 6 The brewing processes Page 14 Alfred Healey Page 33 Frederick Ryley Page 39 Possible reasons for the demise Page 44 of Branston Brewery Epilogue Page 59 Appendices Page 64 Bibliography Page 78 All material contained herein is copyright to the author, and may not be reproduced without written permission from him.
[email protected] 1 List of figures Front cover A small Victorian brewery c1880. Gourvish, T.R. & Wilson, R.G. (1994) The British Brewing Industry 1830-1980, Plate 77, between pp. 486-487. (Branston Brewery may have looked like this). Figure 1 Tegg`s engraving, illustrating the close connection between agriculture and beer production (c1800). Figure 2 Domestic brewing equipment (1808). Figure 3 An eighteenth century English country brewery. Figure 4 The Old Rectory, Branston. Figure 5 Contents page of The London and Country Brewer (1750). Figure 6 Floor maltings. Figure 7 Head of a brewer`s mashing oar. Figure 8 Steel`s patent mashing machine. Figure 9 A French brewery (1760). Figure 10 A London porter brewery (1820). Figure 11 An early open copper. Figure 12 The brewhouse at Painswick, Gloucestershire. Figure 13 Moreton`s patent refrigerator. Figure 14 Banovallum House, Horncastle (1866). Figure 15 Banovallum House, Horncastle today. Figure 16 The workforce of a typical small Victorian brewery. Figure 17 Hogarth`s engraving of Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751).