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Ryburgh under the management of David Ashmore is the largest of the
four production sites of the Crisp Malting Group and provides a unique
historical tour of the developments which have taken place within the
malting industry over the last 100 - 150 years.
The site boasts traditional floor malting facilities as well as Saladin
plant and the most modern stainless steel production plants with C.I.P.
and full process control.
Originally one of the largest floor malting sites in Europe the site,
through a program of expansion and modernisation, has become one of
the largest and most efficient malting plants in the U.K. producing
115,000 tonnes of finished malt per annum.
In addition to the main stream production plants the site maintains
a 10 tonne (steeped barley) pilot plant. This provides a useful extension
to our laboratory based research facilities and can double as a smaller
scale production plant for special products.
With production batch sizes ranging from 10 - 215 tonnes of steeped
barley there is flexibility to provide the widest possible range
of quality malts to service the brewing and food industry customer base
worldwide.
As much as possible of the barley required for the site is sourced from
the surrounding area, which is renowned for consistently producing top
quality malting barley, and is dried and stored on site or at a satellite
storage facility at Rackheath near Norwich.
Major production developments on the site have taken place with the addition of two new state of the art production
units. Each unit comprises one flat bottomed ventilated steep, two separate
circular germination vessels and a single kiln. The kilns for the two
units are fully linked to maximise energy efficiency and utilise the
same indirect thermal fluid heating system, making some of the
most energy efficient kilns in current malt production.
These plants were designed not only to make malt of the finest quality
but also to meet the most stringent hygiene standards.
All surfaces in contact with the grain in process are of stainless steel
construction. C.I.P. systems provide automatic high pressure washing
of vessel floors, walls and ceilings as well as the insides of conveyors
after each product transfer. To increase steep plant hygiene standards,
barley to steep passes through a washing screw.
All aspects of the process are recipe controlled and are tailored to
individual customer requirements. Visual inspection is still a vital
part of process control and all batches in production are sampled and
tested for moisture content by N.I.R. on a daily basis. Batch size in
these units is 215 tonnes of dried and dressed barley steeping on a
daily basis.
Link for new barley storage at Great Ryburgh |
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