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Distilling

Our distilling programme is as follows:

Mash Size 1.2 tonnes
Waters - 3

1st – 4600 litres @ 68C (Mashed in at 64C)

2nd – 1800 litres @ 80c

3rd – 4600 litres @ 90C

Washbacks

four stainless steel

1st and 2nd waters fill each to 6000 litres

Yeast 20kg of Mauri Distillers Yeast per wash back
Fermentation Time Average 100 hours
Wash Still Charged with 3000 litres
Spirit Still Charged with 1600 litres

 

Weekly Distilling Programme

Mashes 6
Distillation Runs

12   (1 wash back = 2 runs of the stills)

Spirit Reduction 69% ABV reduced to 63.5% ABV before filing
Cask Filling 18 casks per week

 

Annual Production Target for 2011 is 115,000 litres of alcohol.

distilling