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Report - The Robert Cains Brewery (liverpool, Oct, 2017)

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urbanchemist

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The Robert Cains brewery is something I’ve always wanted to visit - who wouldn’t want to look round this gorgeous building - but for some reason never really attempted. In fact I assumed it was on the urbex tourist trail and had probably been done many times before. Turns out this is only partly true - there have been two visits, by Speed and Clebby and The Man in Black, all with lovely pictures (apologies if there are other reports I’ve missed). There are plans to develop the place into a ‘brewery village’ with an event centre, museum, hotel etc. etc. and the building has changed a bit recently, with part of the ground floor occupied by traders stalls and building work starting in the ground floor halls.

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Anyway, one afternoon on a visit to the builder’s merchants nearby I had a quick look, saw that it was open for business and came back with a torch and a borrowed camera. Glad that I did because it turned out to be rather good value.

I started in the cellars and ended up spending quite a lot time down there. Never having been in a brewery before I was surprised how extensive these were, room after room of gloomy dungeons and tunnels, but I suppose it makes sense that a big brewery will have big cellars. The pump and boreholes were unexpected, hiding behind something which may be a tank for the pumped water. Was briefly tempted to go down the ladder next to the pump rods, but it looked a tight squeeze and I was still in my work clothes and already filthy enough.

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Pump with ladder just visible in the hole beside the pump rods - the other borehole is to the right.

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On the left a view down the side of the water tank, on the right the entrance to more rooms.

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Miscellaneous cellar stuff.

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It was possible to get into the more recent plant next door but I didn’t linger here.

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Up to check out the building work in one of the ground floor halls.

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A room full of beer - sadly sell by date 2013.

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I then went up through the various levels ending up at the tower, but not completely without incident. About 2/3rds the way up one of the staircases I noticed a little red light start to blink between the stair treads and thought oh dear…sure enough a couple of minutes later a security man came bustling up the stairs. I edged into the shadow of the next flight, stood still and was amazed when he walked right past without noticing. I’m guessing the silent alarm was for the small room nearby containing the electronics for the phone masts on the tower.

More pics of various things - while I took a lot of photos, I’ve included some which are different from previous reports.

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This one through a window into the fermenting room.

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If anyone wants to visit maybe do it sooner rather than later before development has gone too far.
 
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Six

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Nice report and pictures!

We had no issue whatsoever here on our way up to the roof so I wonder if pir / camera (whatever it was) is a new addition!
 

urbanchemist

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Well covered!

We looked for the well but never found it. Did you not fancy climbing the ladder and looking for the reputed boating lake?!

I hadn't heard of this reputed lake when I visited - but frankly I didn't really want to get stuck down a narrow well, under a brewery, with a rapidly fading torch...
 

albino-jay

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Top work! Had a nosey at this over the weekend and it was hammered? Some sort of street boozing festival thing going on? Unless i was looking in the wrong part.

Anyways top work. Getting about lately mate
 

urbanchemist

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Top work! Had a nosey at this over the weekend and it was hammered? Some sort of street boozing festival thing going on? Unless i was looking in the wrong part.

May have been something on in Camp and Furnace across the road - the whole area has suddenly become trendy, including the (newish) Baltic Market food hall almost opposite the brewery courtyard - loads of people around weekend evenings.
 

Speed

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Is the well near the boiler room then? As Dweeb said we popped back a few months ago but managed to totally miss it a second time. No pirs then.. Are you sure it wasn't a red light from the emergency lighting and the man was just a worker working on the new construction in the brew hall that seems to be progressing well?
 

urbanchemist

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Is the well near the boiler room then? As Dweeb said we popped back a few months ago but managed to totally miss it a second time. No pirs then.. Are you sure it wasn't a red light from the emergency lighting and the man was just a worker working on the new construction in the brew hall that seems to be progressing well?

Just along from the boilers as far as I remember. Whoever the guy on the stairs was, he was in a hurry and looking for something, checking rooms and testing doors as he went up. I may have been detected in the electronics room I suppose, and that brought him up.
 

urbanchemist

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Well covered dude! I really miss Cains' FA (the beer you found) I got smashed on just six pints as a teenager!
Never even tried the stuff - kept meaning to go on one of the tours before they stopped but never got round to it. Any amount of the export version there as well.

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urbanchemist

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Small update on Cains - the basement is now a rather grisly Irish sports bar, with the pump and well as features outside the loos.

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As of a couple of months ago the rest of it is still worth a look if you are passing.
 

Speed

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Did not see that coming! Bit sad we never put more effot into checking out the 'legend' now!
 

Killa

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Cool report and pics, nicely covered!
Looked up the well on the British Geological Society’s web site, here is the details:

Combined well shaft and borehole, 60.69m (200’) approx deep, but actual depth of shaft part unknown!
No mention of any lakes but who knows??

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“Well” at least they preserved them, normally would be capped off or filled in!
 

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