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Banks Brewery Tour
The tour starts at the Rachel Pringle Bar on Brighton for a short video and then on to the
old brew house. The huge copper kettles are examined close up, peering deep inside the
vessels which for 32 years were integral to the manufacturing process. Banks is a pilsner
type lager, with its own unique character specially brewed to satisfy. The blend of
Australian and british malts creates its fine taste. The Barbados water, naturally
filtered through limestone rock is the second most important ingredient.
Brewery Tours
Now the vessels are stainless steel. Each vessel holds 14,000 litres of brew. The
production begins each morning at 5 a.m. Brewing starts with the mashing of malt with
water at a controlled temperature in the Mash Turn. The temperature of the mash is then
raised to 69 degrees Celsius at which point the naturally occurring enzymes in the malt
converts the barley starches to fermentable sugars. Upon completion of this process it is
necessary to remove the insoluble particles or "spent grain" from the mixture. This is
done in the Lauter Turn which acts as a large sieve. The spent grain that
is left behind is sold to farmers as animal feed.
Computerized Beer Brewing
The filtrate from the Lauter Turn is known as wort. The wort is transferred to the kettle
where it is boiled and sugar and hops are added. At the end of the boil, the hopped wort
is rapidly cooled at 12 degrees Celsius at which point the yeast is added at the
fermenters. The production of beer through fermentation lasts approximately ten days. The
yeast is then removed and the beer is stored or "lagered" for conditioning. Lagering lasts
for approximately eleven days at which time the lager is filtered cold into the bright
beer tanks ready for bottling. The bottled beer is pasteurized for forty minutes during
which time the bottles are heated to sixty degrees Celsius, stabilizing
the content for storage at room temperature.
The Brewery has a state-of-the-art laboratory. The level of quality control is critical to
maintaining the high standard of Banks Beer and all Banks products.
From Beach to Brewery
One can't spend every day - all day at the beach, sunning and surfing. The Brewery Tour is
one of the favorite must see excursions. Studying the development of the island's industry
and sampling of the product makes for a very enjoyable experience.
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