Interior. Mash House: view from SE of underback, mash tun and grist hopper.

Description Interior. Mash House: view from SE of underback, mash tun and grist hopper.

Date 1994

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number C 62024 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 738447

Scope and Content View of underback, mash tun and grist hopper from south-east, Glendronach Distillery, Aberdeenshire Glendronach Distillery was established in 1826 by a consortium called the Glendronach Distillery Company. After a fire in 1837, ownership passed to Walter Scott, Captain Charles Grant in 1920, William Teacher's & Sons in 1960 (who added two more stills) and finally to Allied Distilleries Ltd who re-opened it in c.2002 after its temporary closure in 1996. This shows, from right to left, the grist hopper, which stores ground malted barley ready for dispensing; the mash tun, where water is added to the grist; and the underback, where wort (fermentable malt sugars) is stored before being fermented in the washbacks. The local Duke of Gordon was responsible for persuading parliament that the only way to beat the illicit whisky traders was by introducing fair licensing laws. His appeals led to the formulation of the 1823 Excise Act which allowed many illicit distillers to legally produce whisky in a more productive, professional manner. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Colour negative

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