Rolling out the barrel has taken on a new significance at a busy Keighley pub.
A new means of storing and moving beer barrels has been installed in the cellar of the Royal Oak pub at Keighley.
The Timothy Taylor-owned pub at Damside is one of the Keighley brewery's busiest managed houses. But it has the smallest cellar in which to store and set-up the large number of barrels needed to meet the demands of its thirsty customers.
The cellar could not be extended, so an answer had to be found. Andrew Daykin, Timothy Taylor's tied estate manager, took the problem to trade suppliers Chadburns of Bootle.
They came up with the ideal solution - an adaptation of a motorised racking and crane system which frees up floor space and allows even the most delicate members of the bar staff to move barrels around.
The system holds 16 barrels, eight on top of eight, and each of the barrel cradles is on runners which allow them to be moved for loading and removal.
The cradles can then be connected to a pneumatic hoist capable of lifting up to 250kgs.
Royal Oak manager Paul Tordoff says: "The system is fantastic. It gives us twice as much storage space and the barrels are easier to set up."
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