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The methods and raw materials used to brew traditional British beers have remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of years. For this reason The Grainstore Brewery uses only the finest quality materials to brew its beers, with the majority being sourced from within the UK. A closely guarded combination of malted barley, brewing sugars, hops, yeast and water, all go to create a truly unique, well-balanced selection of traditional ales which build in strength and flavour through the range, with a moreishness that is a characteristic of Grainstore beers. The Grainstore Brewery uses malt made from ‘Maris Otter’ barley which is supplied ready milled by the Maltster. In the brewery, ‘liquor’, the brewers term for water, is boiled and treated prior to being ‘mashed’ with the crushed malt ‘grist’. After an initial standing time of one hour, more hot liquor is ‘sparged’ over the mash and the sweet, sugary ‘wort’ produced is run off from beneath the mash tuns’ false bottom, a set of slotted plates, into the ‘copper’. Nothing is wasted as even the spent grains left in the mash tun go to a local farm to be fed to Dexter cattle and Old-spot pigs! Once the copper is full, the wort is boiled for and hour, with a blend of English ‘whole’ hops. These hops not only give the beer its uniquely refreshing bitter flavour and hoppy aroma but also have a mild preservative effect. After another hour, the wort is ‘cast’ into the ‘hopback’ over a second addition of especially fine hops. These hops, notably Fuggle and Golding varieties are used to enhance the distinctive hoppy aroma. The wort is rested in the hopback for twenty minutes and passed through a plate heat exchanger, and is cooled with incoming mains water. The resultant hot water is recovered and used for the next brew. The cooled wort is run into one of the cleaned and sanitised fermentation vessels ready to be ‘pitched’ with our own selected strain of yeast. Fermentation, which is controlled at 21 degrees Celsius, takes three days, during which the yeast converts most of the sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. Once the desired specific gravity has been reached, the brew is chilled down and matured at 10 degrees Celsius for four days before being racked directly into 11 gallon casks. As the beer is a ‘live beer’ i.e. still contains a certain amount of yeast, a small quantity of ‘finings’ are added to each cask prior to delivery to the publican. On reaching the pub cellar, the finings speed the settling of the yeast, which together with a secondary fermentation in the cask gives the sparkling clarity and condition expected of Grainstore Beers.

Established in 1925, Duncan & Toplis has grown into one of the largest independent firms of chartered accountants in the East Midlands region. Our 10 Offices are located in Lincolnshire (Boston, Grantham, Lincoln, Louth, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, and Stamford), Leicestershire (Melton Mowbray), and Nottinghamshire (Newark). Our people Across our group of companies we employ approximately 345 people. Information about key members of our team can be found here. Our size and structure means we are able to deliver a range of services you would expect from a larger firm, but with the personal contact and value associated with a smaller firm. Our people are specialists in their respective fields, whether in accountancy and audit, taxation or VAT, payroll, human resources or IT services. Our clients Our clients are typically SMEs, family run businesses and private individuals to whom we provide a high level of expertise in sectors including agriculture, academies, caravan parks, food, haulage and logistics, medical, property and construction and renewables. We act as auditors, accountants and tax advisers to a wide range of clients, providing services such as bookkeeping, VAT, tax returns, corporate tax advice, annual and management accounts, audit, payroll and HR. As and when needed, our clients can also call on us for specialist services covering corporate finance, litigation support and forensic accounting, valuations and wealth management. We take great pride in getting to know our clients' businesses inside and out, and aim to be a partner you can trust to provide strength, direction and value for you and your business. Our sister companies We also offer a wide range of sophisticated financial and business support services through sister companies that include: Castlegate Financial Management Ltd: Independent financial advice and financial planning services. Queensgate Management (East Midlands) LLP: High-level financial management and turnaround solutions. Bishopsgate Corporate Finance Ltd: Corporate finance advice. Fidentia Services LLP: Administrative service for Namecos and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) underwriting at Lloyd's. Datcom LLP: IT solutions, consultancy and support. Enabling access to international markets through established professional contacts In 2011, we became a member of Kreston International, the world’s 13th largest global network of independent accounting firms. Our membership enables us to work together with like-minded independent firms to meet our clients’ needs, wherever in the world they need assistance.