Still House: view from E of spirit safe (made by Alex Grant of Dufftown). Digital image of C 62014 CN.

Description Still House: view from E of spirit safe (made by Alex Grant of Dufftown). Digital image of C 62014 CN.

Date 1994

Catalogue Number SC 738439

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 62014 CN

Scope and Content View of spirit safe in the still house, Glendronach Distillery, Aberdeenshire Glendronach Distillery was founded in 1826 by a consortium called the Glendronach Distillery Company. After a serious fire in 1837 the site was restored by Mr Walter Scott who had learned the trade at Teanininch Distillery. Glendronach was bought by Captain Charles Grant in 1920, sold to William Teachers & Sons in 1960, was mothballed in 1996 and re-opened in c.2002. This shows the spirit safes in the still room which were made by Alex Grant of Dufftown, and are locked by Customs & Excise Crown padlocks. They contain hydrometers which measure the specific gravity (alcohol content) of the spirit flowing from the stills, and vessels to divert the 'heart' of the run of liquid from the stills to the sprit vat before maturation in casks. The local Duke of Gordon was responsible for persuading parliament that the only way to beat the illicit whisky traders was by introducing fair licensing laws. His appeals led to the formulation of the 1823 Excise Act which allowed many illicit distillers to legally produce whisky in a more productive, professional manner. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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