Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay. Reconstruction drawing of original layout of Bruichladdich Distillery c.1900, including distillery complex, malt-loft and malting floor of North West malt-barn, maltin ...

Description Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay. Reconstruction drawing of original layout of Bruichladdich Distillery c.1900, including distillery complex, malt-loft and malting floor of North West malt-barn, malting floor of South East malt-barn and distillery building. Insc. 'GDH'

Catalogue Number SC 346436

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 10625

Scope and Content Diagram of 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. This is how the north west malt barn was laid out. Barley was soaked in the tanks or 'steeps' (d) to promote germination. It was then spread out on the malting floor and left for seven to fourteen days until it germinated and became green malt. 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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