Detail of old beam-scales, formerly used for weighing casks and contents.
SC 342414
Description Detail of old beam-scales, formerly used for weighing casks and contents.
Catalogue Number SC 342414
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BN 1607
Scope and Content Beam scales at Glenlivet Distillery, Banffshire Glenlivet 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. The beam scales were used to weigh the cask both before and after it was filled with spirit. In some of the smaller distilleries this is still done. 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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