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Derby Malt Vinegar Brewery

Submitted by Chris Allen

Name	Derby Malt Vinegar Brewery
Distance	0.23 miles from DE22 1BP
Description	200 Kedleston Road. A proper malt vinegar brewery that made beer then oxidised the ethanol to acetic acid in acetifiers where beer dripped over wooden twigs against a flow of air. A mould on the twigs performed enzymatic oxidation. A steam engine drove the plant and remained in use until at least 1985. it is now at Derby Industrial Museum.
Photographer	Chris Allen
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