Maltings: view from NW on ground floor showing floor of barley in place. Digital image of C 62028 CN.

Description Maltings: view from NW on ground floor showing floor of barley in place. Digital image of C 62028 CN.

Date 1994

Catalogue Number SC 738448

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 62028 CN

Scope and Content View of maltings from north-west, Glendronach Distillery, Aberdeenshire Glendronach Distillery was established in 1826 by a consortium called the Glendronach Distillery Company. After a fire in 1837, ownership passed to Walter Scott, Captain Charles Grant in 1920, William Teachers & Sons in 1960 (who added two more stills) and finally to Allied Distilleries Ltd who re-opened it in c.2002 after its temporary closure in 1996. This shows a layer of malt spread out on the floor of the maltings after it has been soaked. This is turned by hand using the rakes visible in the far corner of the room to ensure it gets a good supply of oxygen. As the barley germinates its starches convert into sugar. The malt is then dried in a kiln before use in the brewing and distilling industries. The malt is dressed to remove the rootlets which sprouted during germination, then ground into 'grist' in a malt mill. The grist is mixed with water, and the solids sold off for cattle feed. The 'wort' (malt sugar solution) is then fermented using yeast before the wash is distilled into spirit. It must mature for over three years in casks before it can be called Scotch whisky. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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