Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay. Interior, view of malt-barn steeps.
SC 340754
Description Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay. Interior, view of malt-barn steeps.
Catalogue Number SC 340754
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 13036
Scope and Content Steeps inside malt barn of Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay, Argyll Bruichladdich Distillery was built in the 1880s. It is a good example of a distillery in one go to a carefully thought out plan. These cast iron 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.
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/340754
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © RCAHMS
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
