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Interior. Malt-spreading barrow (with flap down).
A 33444
Description Interior. Malt-spreading barrow (with flap down).
Date 1984
Catalogue Number A 33444
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 738409
Scope and Content Malt-spreading barrow, Glenkinchie Distillery, Pencaitland, East Lothian Glenkinchie Distillery was established in 1837 by brothers John and George Rate, who went bankrupt in 1853 leading to the closure of the site and its reuse as a cowshed. In 1880 the Glen Kinchie Distillery Company rebuilt the premises, and production began once more. The floor maltings were last used in 1968, and now house a museum of malting. The distillery continues to produce whisky for Haig's blends. This shows a malt barrow which was used to spread barley out in the malt steeps. The barrow is made from wood and has two handles to pull it along, and a lever to operate the flap at the rear (right) to dispense the load. To prepare barley for use in distilling it must first be soaked, allowed to germinate on the malting floor, dried over a peated fire, 'dressed' to remove rootlets, and finally ground in a malt mill to produce grist. This is mixed with water, washed, fermented and distilled into spirit. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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