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Ardbeg Distillery, Still House. Detail of low-wines spirit still, showing earlier method of rivet joints.
SC 416713
Description Ardbeg Distillery, Still House. Detail of low-wines spirit still, showing earlier method of rivet joints.
Catalogue Number SC 416713
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 10438
Scope and Content Still-house, Ardbeg Distillery, Islay, Argyll Ardbeg Distillery was founded in the late 18th century by Alexander Stewart, but is first recorded in operation in 1817-18. The fermented wash is heated in the stills to evaporate the spirits. The vapour rises to the top of the stills and flows through the pipes to be condensed and then re-distilled. The riveted still (left) is one of the last of its kind still in operation. To make whisky, barley is allowed to germinate into malt. This is dried, milled and mixed with hot water to make wort which is fermented with yeast. The resulting wash is distilled to produce whisky which must then be matured in casks. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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