Genesee Country Village - The Brewery
This is a front view of the W. Greive's Brewery building - a reconstruction of a c.1803 brewery which was in Geneva, NY. This is where the 200-year old process of brewing beer will be on display at the Genesee Country Museum. This building was modeled on a brewery operated by Walter Grieve of Geneva. The museum brewery will use the same practices of early brewers in western and central NY. The brewery will feature fresh water pumped through a hand-augured wooden pipe, a wood-fired brew kettle to heat the liquid and massive wooden fermentation casks. All of the equipment which you will see in the brewery was hand-made, right down to the hand forged copper top to the new brew tank and hand-augured wooden pipes. The brewery has copper kettles and learther hoses, just as breweries in the 19th-century did. The brown ale being brewed at the village is a crafted version of an 1803 ale. The village's ale is called Fat Ox Ale (the name was determined from a contest the village had). It has a moderate alcohol content between 5 & 6 per cent because museum officials said in the 1800s beer was also consumed for nourishment. The village has partnered with Custom BrewCrafters of Honeoye Falls to perfect the process that will be used in the village. Brewing will take place two days during the week as well as weekends. The village's Fat Ox Ale will be on tap at the museum's pub and eatery and is sold in pint mugs and growlers (half gallon containers). The museum's master potter has crafted special mugs and growlers for the brew. The Brewery is located in the Pioneer section of the Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road (George Street) in Mumford, NY.
Genesee Country Village - The Brewery
This is a front view of the W. Greive's Brewery building - a reconstruction of a c.1803 brewery which was in Geneva, NY. This is where the 200-year old process of brewing beer will be on display at the Genesee Country Museum. This building was modeled on a brewery operated by Walter Grieve of Geneva. The museum brewery will use the same practices of early brewers in western and central NY. The brewery will feature fresh water pumped through a hand-augured wooden pipe, a wood-fired brew kettle to heat the liquid and massive wooden fermentation casks. All of the equipment which you will see in the brewery was hand-made, right down to the hand forged copper top to the new brew tank and hand-augured wooden pipes. The brewery has copper kettles and learther hoses, just as breweries in the 19th-century did. The brown ale being brewed at the village is a crafted version of an 1803 ale. The village's ale is called Fat Ox Ale (the name was determined from a contest the village had). It has a moderate alcohol content between 5 & 6 per cent because museum officials said in the 1800s beer was also consumed for nourishment. The village has partnered with Custom BrewCrafters of Honeoye Falls to perfect the process that will be used in the village. Brewing will take place two days during the week as well as weekends. The village's Fat Ox Ale will be on tap at the museum's pub and eatery and is sold in pint mugs and growlers (half gallon containers). The museum's master potter has crafted special mugs and growlers for the brew. The Brewery is located in the Pioneer section of the Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road (George Street) in Mumford, NY.