Kirkwall, Highland Park Distillery, Interior View showing kiln fire

Description Kirkwall, Highland Park Distillery, Interior View showing kiln fire

Date 26/3/1980

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 570162

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Highland Park Distillery, Holm Road, Kirkwall, Orkney This distillery is said to have been founded in 1795, but the earliest clear reference to it is in 1825, when it was operated by Richard McKay. After passing through various hands it was sold in 1895 to James Grant, who enlarged it from two to four stills This view shows the kiln fire, with burning sods of peat. The hot gases from the fire are drawn through the bed of drying peat by the pagoda roof of the kiln, acting as a chimney. Peat is used as the fuel when the malt is moist and can absorb flavours. The distillery is unusual in its continuing use of floor malting to provide peated malt. The peat used is cut locally, and is associated with the heather which grows on its surface, giving a distinctive flavour to the malt. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H80/19/6

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/570162

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap