Timothy Taylor News

NEW BREWERY NEWS

New £2 Million Expansion Scheme
Week 1
Week 2 & 3
Week 4
Week 10
Week 11
Week 15
Week 17
Week 19
Week 24
Week 25
Week 28
Week 33
Week 52

TIMOTHY TAYLOR’S £2MILLION EXPANSION

27th January 2003

This year Timothy Taylor's Brewery is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history - as well as the most expensive. Costing nearly £2 million pounds, we aim to increase our Fermenting Capacity and automate our Racking (filling casks) and Loading Systems.
To increase the amount we can brew, we are adding 4 new Fermenters. They will be the same, as those put in 2000, which give us the option of fermenting the beer like our traditional Open Fermenters or storing the beer like normal Maturation Tanks. We shall be able to brew over a third more than we can produce at the moment.
The Racking Machine will mean that we can reduce the amount of hard physical work such as barrel rolling and lifting empty casks. It will be more efficient than our existing machine and will give us greater flexibility during our operations. More importantly, it will be a much quieter operation and therefore disturb our neighbours less in the early mornings.
A Palletiser and a Loading Table will mean we can load our Dray Lorries and store our stock easily and efficiently on Pallets or "Locator Boards".
If you want to watch the progress of our development, then click on to John Barleycorn to see a weekly record on how our project is progressing.

WEEK ONE

30th January 2003

We started work on our new extension on January 20th and we hope that the building will be completed by the end of July. The equipment will be installed from May onwards and we hope that it will be working at the end of August, with commercial production beginning a little later.
First comes the demolition of the old Loading Bay and "Foreign" Beer store (Lagers and Stouts for our Tied Estate). Afterwards we shall excavate the area to be developed and then the building will start in earnest.
Here are the pictures after the first week of demolition. There are more to come in the following weeks.

Click to enlarge

The Way We Were

WEEK TWO

The whole of the Loading Bay and Foreign Beer Store has been demolished.

WEEK THREE

February 7th - The site has been levelled and is being prepared for piling and foundation work. The remotely operated robot is packing down some of the infill.

WEEK FOUR

14th February 2003

The piling has been done to underpin the foundations that will be built over the next three weeks. Over 40 columns were put in as shown in the pictures. The Piles are driven from the ground surface to the bedrock: up to 11 metres in depth. We are indebted to our Structural Engineer Paul Hutchinson (of the Hutchinson - Whitlam Partnership in Ilkley) for his calculations which led to the piling being efficiently carried out.

The next few weeks will see further excavation and foundation work. Accordingly, the Progress of The Brewery Expansion will continue when Walls and Girder Work are begun in about a month's time.

Click to enlarge

WEEK TEN

28th March 2003

The Foundations have now been completed by our Main Contractor R.N. Wooler & Co.of Keighley. Next week sees the arrival and erection of the steel girders which will support the new building.

Click to enlarge

WEEK ELEVEN

4th April 2003

What a difference a week makes! Girder Work for the Structure of the new Building has been erected this week. You can now see the outline of the Extension. The work was carried out under Hambledon's Steel of Richmond, Yorkshire. Next Week will see the Girders accurately aligned and blockwork begin.

Click to enlarge

WEEK FIFTEEN

Week 15 May 2nd

The Blockwork has been done on the top floor. Here will go the New Fermenters in the middle of May. Everything is ready now for the Cladding which will take place before then..

Click to enlarge

WEEK SEVENTEEN

Week 17 - May 17th:

At last the building is ready to take delivery of the New Fermenting/ Storage Tanks. Four were made by Bibby's of Halifax and just squeezed through our gate.
Next each one was lifted into position by a huge crane.
Finally they were all on their plinths -Safe and Sound.

Click to enlarge

WEEK NINETEEN

Week 19 - 30th May:

Now that the Fermenters have been installed, the Cladders and Roofers can work on the outside of the frame of the building.

Click to enlarge

WEEK TWENTY FOUR

Week 24 - July 4th.

The Cladding has been completed and the Building is all but finished. The Principal Contractor Norman Wooler (R.N. Wooler Ltd. of Keighley) is ready to hand over the project to the Engineers who have been appointed to manufacture & install the equipment. The scheduled date for the first pieces of machinery to arrive was 7th July, so the Building is ready just in time!

Click to enlarge

WEEK TWENTY FIVE

Week 25 - July 11th.

The first parts of the machinery are delivered - the Frame for the Racking (Cask Filling) Machine and Turners to "upend" the Casks.

Click to enlarge

WEEK TWENTY EIGHT

Week 28 - August 1st .

The Building is complete and our thanks go to the following: from left to right - Paul Hutchinson (Structural Engineer), Mike Regan (Architect), Dave Kettlewell (Woolers - The Principal Contractor)

Click to enlarge

WEEK THIRTY THREE

Week 33 - September 5th

The Cask Filling Machine, Conveyors, Tanks and Pipework have been assembled. The Filling Machine or Racker by Esau Heuber, the Conveyors by Microdat and the Pipes and Tanks by Bibby's. It is now time to connect the electronic wizardry that will operate the machinery

Click to enlarge

TIMOTHY TAYLOR’S £2MILLION EXPANSION

Week 52 - January 5th 2004

After a year the whole New Development has been completed. The New Fermenting Tanks have been working since August 2003. The New Cask Filler (Racker) and New Warehouse have been in constant use since November 2003. The Palletiser and The New Labeller/Bung Presser were working just before Christmas. These new pieces of equipment will help us at Taylor's brew and distribute our beer efficiently and hygienically for the future. A big thank you comes from us to all the Builders, Engineers and Contractors who supported us through this huge and complex project.

The Filling Machine, The New Labeller
and Bung Presser

The Palletiser and The Flexitruck
in The New Warehouse.