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From field to can: A look inside Farmery Estate Brewery through pics

Posted by Adam in Dining, 8/18/2019

From a 2013 appearance on reality show Dragons’ Den to today, Farmery Estate Brewery has come a long way in six years. Now one of 12 ‘Star Attractions’ in Western Manitoba, the Warwaruk brothers’ farm-to-table operation has seen their Neepawa location grow as a tourist stop while having their product show up on more and more store shelves and at local events

The brewery offers regular tours, one of which I had a chance to take in this past week with camera in-hand to get a first-hand look at the process that starts in the field with locally-grown hops and barley that later go into the brewing process at their Neepawa facility. 

The best of the pics I was able to take on that tour are included in the gallery below. 

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Beginning in the hopyard, where the brewery grows its own hops

A wide look at a portion of the hopyard located just East of Neepawa

The climbing plants are trained vertically in rows

The plants tower 18-22 feet high, supported by reclaimed Hydro poles

A handful of hop flowers that, along with barley, are a key ingredient in the brewing process

Signage East of Neepawa that points the way

The estate brewery’s location in Neepawa on Highway 5

Entrance to the main building, with a patio and food truck out front

Our tour group gets ready to head inside the production area

Inside where a brew of Belgian-Style Wheat Ale is underway

A sample of barley shown to the tour group

The brewmaster hard at work

Oranges and coriander used in making Belgian-Style Wheat Ale

Onto the next room where product is fermented, stored, canned and packaged

Well-labelled vessels help give those on tours perspective for what they’re looking at

A wider look at vessels in-use

Extracting yeast from the tank; live yeast is re-used up to 12 times

Cans are filled with product using the automated canning system

Staff oversees as cans go through one-by-one

A closer look. On this afternoon cans are being filled with Malted Root Beer Soda

After filled, cans pass through a pasteurizer

and through to the end for packaging

cans reach the end of the line

Pallets of product ready to go out

Chilled inside the front retail area; currently 13 varieties

Beyond beer and soda

and a selection of merchandise at the increasingly popular tourist attraction
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