The bottles are placed on brushes and rinsed in hot water. 150 bottles can be rinsed in an hour, but it requires two people – one loading, the other...
Production line, capping machine in action
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the Brussels...
The capacity of this corking machine is 3,000 bottles per hour.
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation...
Machine made by Seitz, used for filling the bottles.
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the...
Production line, labelling machine made by Jagenberg.
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the...
Capping machine for small bottles.
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the Brussels region....
A Seitz machine, for putting cork stoppers in manually. This machine is no longer used, and is dangerous (bottles can break).
Screw caps were introduced...
2,400 bottles per hour (70 cl)
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the Brussels region. This...
The bottles are soaked in hot water before being washed, in order to get rid of any alcohol. Forty bottles can be put into one tank. There are seven tanks....
An empty wooden barrel rolling on a concrete floor.
The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation in the...
