Shilling Brewery, Glasgow, Scotland
Bar with mash-tun at left. Tonight, I am posting information on the Shilling Brewery in central Glasgow , Scotland. This is a micro-brewery located inside a refurbished pub. The brewery’s mash-tun is actually located behind the bar and thus the first part of the brewing process is visible to customers. Finished product for sampling Brewing Process Key ingredients are water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Malted barley is mixed with hot water in the mash-tun to create the mash. The resulting mash is allowed to stand to produce wort. Wort is a liquid extract from the brewing process which contains the sugars that will be fermented by the yeast to produce alcohol. The brew is boiled with the hops.Latter provide a variety of complex bitter flavours and blend of aromas. The boiled wort is then strained to remove the hops then cooled before moving on to the fermenting vessels. The cooled wort is fermented using special brewers yeast in a special vessel. The fermentation pr...