The brewery is located in the cellars of this former grocer's shop and cornchandlers
Like Postman Pat, brewer Terry Kenyon feels he's a really happy man.
Exterior shot of the Riverhad Brewery Tap showing Ossett's head brewer, probably texting his wife.
The hot liquor tank can be seen from outside. The windows to the right indicate the former use of the building.
The bar of the Riverhead Brewery Tap.
Riverhead mash tun - small capacity means brewing takes place most days of the week
The Riverhead copper is heated by three electric immersion heaters, of which two are in use at anyone time, with the third as a stand-by.
paraflo or heat exchanger, used for cooling the wort - in the process, cooling water gets heated up and is pumped up to the hot liquor tank to give the next brew a head start.
the hot liquor tank where water heated through the cooling of the boiled wort in the heate exchanger or paraflo is stored ; this saves energy and time for the next brew.
view of hot liquor tank from 'brewhouse'
fermentation vessels
Premium Mild in fermenter
3.8% Butterley Bitter in fermenter
This Premium Mild leaves a tough brown coating to be scrubbed and scoured off the fermenter before its next use.
Whose malt? Fawcetts' of Castleford of course!
FVs 1 to 5 and an essential drainage channel
Many microbrewers get by with hoses that they move from fermenter to fermenter, but in such a cramped workplace, fixed pipework is a must.
spiral staircase - there's a hoist to and from street level in the cellar beyond
If you were thinking what a chore it must be to lug all those casks and malt sacks up and down that spiral staircase, the actual answer is in the centre of this picture.
Basically it's one cellar for both brewery and pub.
presentation of commemorative certificate
Wakefield CAMRA Chairman presents Riverhead brewer Terry Kenyon with his first ever CAMRA certificate.
Riverhead brewer Terry Kenyon in contemplative mood
Ossett's head brewer and Wakefield CAMRA member Paul Spencer - no, it wasn't like the inspector calling - the Ossett team don't seem to work like that.
stillage for the busy bar upstairs
pure enjoyment
It's not just blokes who come on Wakefield CAMRA trips.
view from the top of the spiral staircase showing Wakefield CAMRA members lingering over their samples
Riverhead brewer Terry Kenyon
One of the beers brewed by Riverhead for Merrie City 2007 is called Mark's Monkey, so this poster at the top of the stairs leading down to the brewhouse caused some amusement.
photo by Bob Whitehead
