Brewery facts for kids
A brewery is a building, where beer is made or a business (brewing company) whose trade is the production and sale of beer.
Breweries can take up several city blocks, or be a collection of equipment in a homebrewer's kitchen. The diversity of size in breweries is matched by the diversity of processes, degrees of automation, and kinds of beer produced in breweries. Typically a brewery is divided into distinct sections, with each section reserved for one part of the brewing process.
The oldest brewery in the world still in operation is believed to be the Bavarian State-owned brewery Weihenstephan, found in the German city of Freising, which can trace its history back to 1040. Although the Zatec brewery in the Czech Republic claims it can prove paying beer tax in 1004.
- ISBN: 3-921690-39-0: Technology Brewing and Malting, Wolfgang Kunze, 1999, 2nd revised edition, VLB Berlin. Available at their website
- ISBN: 3-921690-49-8: Technology Brewing and Malting, Wolfgang Kunze, 2004, 3nd revised edition, VLB Berlin. Available at their website
Images for kids
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Kettles in a modern Trappist brewery
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The Alulu beer receipt records a purchase of "best" beer from an ancient Sumerian brewery, c. 2050 BC
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19th century brewery installations
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The machine room of the former brewery Wielemans-Ceuppens in Brussels
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Brewery in Hurbanovo, Slovakia
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Royal Brewery in Manchester, UK, with steel fermentation vessels
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Filling line, Radegast Brewery in Nošovice, Czech Republic
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Yuengling Brewery, a regional brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
See also
In Spanish: Cervecería para niños
