Interior. Detail of 2 mash tuns in mash house.
C 24080 CN
Description Interior. Detail of 2 mash tuns in mash house.
Date 1994
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number C 24080 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 738484
Scope and Content Mash house from north-east, Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Moray Glenfiddich (meaning 'valley of the deer' in Gaelic) was established and built from scratch by William Grant and his family in 1886. They fitted second-hand stills bought from Cardhu distillery, and the first spirit was produced on Christmas day, 1887. In 1963 it was the first whisky to be marketed outside Scotland as a single malt, and remains the most popular single malt in the world. This shows two mash tuns, one with a domed copper cover with central ventilation tube, and the other open showing its revolving mash-stirrers. These huge vessels are used to mix grist (ground malted barley) with hot water to extract the sugars. The liquid from this stage is known as 'wort', and the solid residue, or 'draff' is extracted for use as cattle feed. The wort is cooled and fermented with yeast in the washbacks. The wash from this stage is then distilled in copper stills and condensed to produced a clear spirit. This is then matured for at least three years to attain a rich golden colour and complex flavour. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Colour negative
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