Object number
70/140
Description
A maltster's tool used for levelling off grain, Warwick Brewery, Newark on Trent.
This is a leveller used at Warwick Brewery, Newark on Trent. This is a maltster’s tool used for levelling off grain. There were two stages in malting when it was usually used, one on filling the steeping cistern to levels off the barley and skim off floating rubbish; the other to level the bed of green malt being loaded on the kiln.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Leveller // Processing grain malt // Gift Warwick Brewery, Newark via Notts County Educational Museum Service 20.2.1970 // Description: A long broom type handle attached to a flat board rather like a garden rake with the prongs filled in. Handle and board of wood, attached by iron brackets. Dimensions: Total 171cm Board: 61x7cm, Brackets: 27cm // Associated information: A maltster’s tool used for levelling off grain. There were two stages in malting when it was usually used, one on filling the steeping cistern to levels off the barley and skim off floating rubbish; the other to level the bed of green malt being loaded on the kiln. // [pencil drawing]’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9900.tif - High resolution image
