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Glendronach distillery, Aberdeenshire |
Peat played – and still plays – an important part in the making of Scotch whisky.
Malted (i.e. soaked and germinated) barley has to be dried before milling and distilling. To achieve this, distilleries have drying kilns, in which peat is the preferred fuel. Breweries have similar kilns, usually anthracite fuelled.
The lower part of the kiln held the furnace where the peat was burnt. Above this was the drying floor (a perforated metal platform) on which the malted barley was spread to dry. The kiln was topped off with an inverted cone-shaped roof. |
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