General view from NE of mash house.

Description General view from NE of mash house.

Date 8/6/1992

Catalogue Number B 74126

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 736117

Scope and Content Mash house from north, Glenlochy Distillery, Fort William, Highland Glenlochy Distillery was built in the 1890s next to the River Nevis, and used water power in its early years. It was bought in 1953 by the Distillers Company Ltd, and distillery housing erected (which has now been converted to a guest house). The site lost its link to the rail network in the 1970s, and was closed in 1983. This shows the mash house, where the malted barley is mixed with hot water in vessels called mash tuns. The four-storeyed tower is built of brick and has a band of decorative brickwork below the metal-clad roof. The metal chute was used to pour waste products from the fermentation and distillation processes into waiting wagons. The wash from the mashing and brewing stages is then distilled by heating it in large copper stills until the alcohol vaporizes. After passing through a condenser, the 'heart' of the clear spirit run is put into oak casks. Maturation for three years or more in bonded (locked) warehouses gives the whisky its golden colour and distinctive taste. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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