Kentish Oast

An oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing process. A traditional Oast House consists of the 'oast' and the 'stowage'. The Oast has a kiln, with a plenum chamber fired by charcoal at ground floor and the drying floor directly above. The steep pitched roof channels the hot air through the hops to the top. The stowage, an attached barn, has a cooling floor and press at first floor and storage area at ground floor Photography © Jeremy Sage

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