Interior. View of cooperage.
SC 342412
Description Interior. View of cooperage.
Catalogue Number SC 342412
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BN 1620
Scope and Content Cooperage at Glenlivet Distillery, Banffshire Glenlivet Distillery was founded in 1824 by George Smith. It was the first legal distillery in the Highlands. Because of this, Smith was under constant threat from local smugglers for several years. At the cooperage casks were sometimes made and previously used ones were reconditioned. Casks in good condition were vital for the proper maturation of the whisky. Staves for the casks are seen here leaning against the wall. 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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