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Brad finished grinding the malt and looking at the Fairbanks Morse scale with 5000 pounds on malt weighed out ready to mash in the next brew.

DSCF6118.JPG All done cleaning the malt bin.ThumbnailsBrewer Brad finished grinding out 5000 pounds of brewers malt.  The scale is right on.All done cleaning the malt bin.ThumbnailsBrewer Brad finished grinding out 5000 pounds of brewers malt.  The scale is right on.All done cleaning the malt bin.ThumbnailsBrewer Brad finished grinding out 5000 pounds of brewers malt.  The scale is right on.All done cleaning the malt bin.ThumbnailsBrewer Brad finished grinding out 5000 pounds of brewers malt.  The scale is right on.

This 1908 malt scale is connected to the Allis-Chalmers malt mill on the 3rd floor above this room.. The malt mill grinds out 200 pound of malt per minute and needs to be stopped manually next the the scale. In the year 2021 this scale is still in use. Talk about old school brewing!

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