Interior. View of tun room.

Description Interior. View of tun room.

Date 15/5/1996

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

Catalogue Number SC 742497

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 68587 CN

Scope and Content Washbacks in the tun room, Knockando Distillery, Moray Knockando Distillery was founded in 1898 by the Knockando-Glenlivet Distillery Company but closed 1900-4. The floor maltings were discontinued in 1968, and the works were renovated in 1969, when the number of stills was increased from two to four. Distillate for blending is matured elsewhere, but Knockando single malt is matured on the premises. This shows a pair of washbacks which have been reconstructed using Oregon pine. The wooden staves are held in place by iron bands. Wooden lids prevent the fermenting malt sugars and yeast within from frothing out over the top of the vessel. Malt whisky is made by mixing ground, malted barley with warm water to begin the fermentation process. The malt is drawn out of the worts (malt sugars), which are then cooled and yeast added to ferment the mixture further. This liquid, called wash, is then distilled from 'low wines' (once-distilled spirit) to unmatured whisky in pear-shaped copper vessels before maturation in wooden casks. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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