Islay, Bruichladdich Distillery; Interior View of mash tun
SC 572921
Description Islay, Bruichladdich Distillery; Interior View of mash tun
Date 1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 572921
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Bruichladdich Distillery, near Port Charlotte, Islay, Argyll (Argyll and Bute council area) This Islay Malt whisky distillery was founded in 1881 by Robert Harvey and Co, whose partners also owned the Yoker and Dundashill distilleries. They probably built it to supply highly peated whisky for their own blending operations. This view shows the mash tun, of the traditional type. The revolving rakes are to the right, and on the left is a stack of the perforated floor plates though which the wort drains. The holes in the floor below are used for discharging draff - spent grain. The distillery was closed from 1929-37 and was purchased in 1938 by a group with American connections. It was eventually, after several changes of ownership, bought by Invergordon Holdings Ltd, whose successors, JBB (greater Europe) plc still own it. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/85/10
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