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Skye, Carbost, Talisker Distillery, interior. Tun Room: view from South-West showing the six wooden washbacks; also showing a party of visitors on guided tour of distillery. Digital image of C 24385

SC 741044

Description Skye, Carbost, Talisker Distillery, interior. Tun Room: view from South-West showing the six wooden washbacks; also showing a party of visitors on guided tour of distillery. Digital image of C 24385

Date 1994

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

Catalogue Number SC 741044

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 24385

Scope and Content Washbacks in the tun room, Talisker Distillery, Skye, Highland Talisker Distillery, the only single malt distillery on Skye, was established in 1830 by brothers Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill. It was renovated 1880-7, and expanded in 1900. Triple distillation was abandoned in 1928 in favour of double distillation, in common with most other Scottish distilleries. After a fire in 1960 most buildings were replaced, but the distillery's maltings were demolished in 1972. This shows the tun room which contains six wooden washbacks, large vessels used for the fermentation of wort (malt sugars) with yeast. This creates a chemical reaction as the sugar turns to alcohol, and froth rises up to be contained by the wooden lids. A group of tourists are being led on a guided tour around the distillery. Talisker is named after the family home of the original founders, and refers to a nearby mountain called Thalas Gair, meaning 'sloping rock' in Norse. The distillery stands on the shores of Loch Harport, and once had its own pier and tramway to the lochside for loading purposes. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/741044

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 1) Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

Group Level (551 1/4) National Survey Programmes

>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7) Threatened Buildings Survey Programme

>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7/22) Threatened Buildings Survey 1994

>>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7/22/14) Talisker Distillery

>>>>> Item Level (SC 741044) Skye, Carbost, Talisker Distillery, interior. Tun Room: view from South-West showing the six wooden washbacks; also showing a party of visitors on guided tour of distillery. Digital image of C 24385

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