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Watercolor illustration of an empty, broad, shallow copper-lined coolship beneath louvred brewery windows, with a gravity feed pipe overhead.
Equipment

Coolship

A coolship (Dutch koelschip) is a broad, shallow, open vessel that cools hot wort before fermentation. In Belgian lambic brewing, its open surface exposes wort to the brewhouse environment; materials and results vary.

Tanks and vats
Senne River Valley
Reference-grounded editorial illustration of a whole horizontal coopered wooden cask resting on wooden chocks, showing its convex staves, hoops, end head and bunghole.
Equipment

Coopered barrel, cask and large wooden vat

Coopered vessels use shaped staves and hoops, but portable barrels, large foeders and upright wooden vats serve different roles. Materials and uses vary by place and process.

Barrels and casks
Jerez de la Frontera