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Mashing

April 11, 2018

After peating, the barley is rested before making its journey to the still house for the next stage.  Our two custom built hand-operated 1.2 tonne mash tuns are put to work on a daily basis to extract fermentable sugars from the crushed barley grains.  This liquid, known as wort, is then drained off to form the basis of the Kilchoman spirit, leaving behind the spent grain known as draff which is fed to our herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle.

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