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View of concrete steeps )with drain covers removed) and grain chute from malt-loft above
SC 340752
Description View of concrete steeps )with drain covers removed) and grain chute from malt-loft above
Catalogue Number SC 340752
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 62093
Scope and Content Steeps inside Benriach Distillery, Elgin, Moray Benriach Distillery was built in 1898 but bought out and closed in 1900. It was reopened after 1965 when it was rebuilt by Glenlivet Distilleries Ltd. It was sold to Seagram Company Ltd of Canada in 1977. These concrete steeps are used to soak the barley to help it germinate into green malt. Once the barley is properly soaked, the water is drawn off through the central channel and the barley falls through trap doors into waiting hoppers. To make whisky, barley is allowed to germinate into green malt. This is dried, milled, and mixed with hot water to make wort which is extracted and fermented with yeast. The results are distilled to produce raw whisky which is then matured in casks. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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