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yogi59: Our Guide "Rocky" For the "Port Of Leith Distillery" Tour
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yogi59: Rocky describing how malted barley is precisely milled to maximise the extraction of sugars
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yogi59: Rocky then showed the malted grain and the grist produced by the milling process
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yogi59: Water from the City of Edinburgh Water Supply and from a borehole under the distillery and stored in these tanks
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yogi59: The water is used to mash the grist to produce a "porridge"
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yogi59: This is the hot water tank
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yogi59: The next stage of the process is on the floor below
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yogi59: The large stainless steel vessel is the mash tun
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yogi59: The grist is transported from the floor above using gravity and a scroll conveyor into the mash tun
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yogi59: inside the mash tun
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yogi59: Fermentation vessels at The Port Of Leith Distillery.
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yogi59: Route Valves at The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: HMI for PLCs controlling the Process
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yogi59: Visitors get the oportunity to obtain a small sample of new make spirit
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yogi59: Some Vessels are suspended from the steel structure of the Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: The Wash Still at The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: The Spirit Still at The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: The Wash Still and The Spirit Still at The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: The Wash Still and The Spirit Still at The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: Rocky Standing Next To The Wash Still at the Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: The Spirit Safe At The Port Of Leith Distillery
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yogi59: Two Fermentation Vessels Suspended From The Port Of Leith Distillery Structure
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yogi59: Factors dictating the flavour of a whisky?
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yogi59: The Port Of Leith Distillery