Benrinnes Distillery Exterior view from south of main production block of distillery, showing (left to right) Tun Room (item 6), Boilerhouse Chimney (item 7b), Boilerhouse (item 8), cast-iron worm tan ...

Description Benrinnes Distillery Exterior view from south of main production block of distillery, showing (left to right) Tun Room (item 6), Boilerhouse Chimney (item 7b), Boilerhouse (item 8), cast-iron worm tanks (item 7A), and rear of Still House (item 7). Digital image of D 39111 CN.

Date 25/11/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 736046

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 39111 CN

Scope and Content Main production block from south, Benrinnes Distillery, Moray Benrinnes Distillery was established in 1826, only to be washed away in the great floods of 1829. It was rebuilt again in 1835 by William Smith & Co. It was rebuilt in 1955, Saladin Maltings were installed in 1964, and the number of stills was increased from three to six in 1966. The whisky produced is used as part of Crawford's blended Scotch, and also released as a single malt. This shows the boiler house chimney and boiler house (left). On the right are the cast iron worm tanks which condense the alcoholic vapour produced in the stills (located in the adjacent building far right). Most of the structures making up the distillery are between one and two storeys high and have harled walls and sky-lit roofs. Worm-tub condensers are metal tanks containing cold water and coiled copper tubes known as worms. The water used at the distillery comes from Ben Rinnes, a 840m-high mountain which overlooks the site. Water flows down as snow-melt in the Scurran and Rowantree Burns. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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