Mash House (5), view from W of Mash Tun. Digital image of C 3866 CN.
SC 732221
Description Mash House (5), view from W of Mash Tun. Digital image of C 3866 CN.
Date 26/4/1993
Catalogue Number SC 732221
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 3866 CN
Scope and Content Mash tun from west, Balmenach Distillery, Highland Balmenach Distillery was formally established in 1824, when legend has it James Macgregor was visited by an exciseman who advised him to 'take out a license on yon peat shed' in which he had been illicitly distilling whisky. Like most distilleries it has been renovated and has changed hands several times in the course of its history, before being 'mothballed' in 1993. It was acquired by Inver House Distillers in 1997, and is now once more in use. This shows the mash tun, a large circular tank with domed copper lid in a special building called the mash house. Within the tank, ground, malted barley, (grist) is mixed with hot water to create a fermentable solution of malt sugars called wort. This is washed in clean water and the solid residue (draff) sold off as cattle feed. The wort is cooled and injected with yeast before fermentation in wooden tubs called washbacks. From here, the resulting clear liquid is distilled and condensed before maturation in wooden casks for over three years. Balmenach whisky has been used as part of the Johnnie Walker blend, and is also released as a single malt in selective bottlings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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