THE CROWN                                                                                         LITTLE STAUGHTON
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          Brewery

          • External link opens in new tab or window Green End, Little Staughton , Bedford, MK44 2BU,
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          THE CROWN BREWERY

              IN THE SUMMER OF 2015 WE BEGAN PLANNING OUR BREWERY, AND THE JOURNEY BEGAN.

          WHERE WOULD IT FIT? HOW MUCH WOULD IT ALL COST? AND NOT TO MENTION

          THE AMOUNT OF RED TAPE INVOLVED TO ALLOW US TO BREW AND SELL OVER THE BAR.

          THE VESSELS ARRIVED IN AUGUST 2016, SO NOW THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.

          ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO DO WAS, CONNECT TO ELECTRIC AND WATER SUPPLY.

          SOURCE NUMEROUS PUMPS AND PIPE WORK, AND FIND AWAY OF COOLING

          200 LITRES OF BOILING WORT DOWN TO 23 DEGREES C.  AS FAST AS POSSIBLE,

          HOLD AT THAT TEMP FOR  AROUND THREE DAYS AND THEN DROP AND HOLD AT 8 DEGREES C.

          FOR ANOTHER 4 DAYS, SIMPLE!

          BY APRIL 2017 WE HAD EVERYTHING WORKING JUST HOW IT SHOULD, SO NOW WAS THE TIME

          TO BREW, AND YES 2 YEARS AFTER WE BEGAN WE HAD OUR FIRST DELIVERY

          OF HOPS ,MALTS AND YEAST.

          SO WITH THE HELP OF A PROFESSIONAL BREWER,WE WERE AWAY AND

          A BEER WITH NO NAME APPEARED ON THE BAR IN THE CROWN.

          THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY OUR SECOND BREW PALE.

          BOTH ARE HAVE BECOME VERY POPULAR.

          WE WILL BE ADDING TO OUR RANGE IN THE COMING MONTHS

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