NEW pictures show what goes on behind the scenes at Scotland's oldest working distillery.
Glenturret in Perthshire has been producing whisky since 1763 and has welcomed prime ministers, princes, and even Robert Burns through its doors.
The team use water from the Grampian mountain range and about 1.8 tonnes of barley for each batch - and they say the distilling process has stayed as traditional as possible to honour their roots.
Glenturret uses a copper pot still in a shape unchanged throughout the history of whisky making.
Visitor Attraction manager Alex Thomson said: "We're doing things traditionally, with old-fashioned practices and very little computerisation. That allows us to keep this manual feel to it.
"This is going to be our biggest year at Glenturret - 44,000 litres is the goal this year, and that's just a drop in the ocean for a modern whisky distillery.
"We've been here making whisky now for 262 years, which is pretty impressive, considering no one else has done it.
"In terms of production, the team are here from around 5am until about 7/8 at night.
"Ideally, we do three produ...
Glenturret in Perthshire has been producing whisky since 1763 and has welcomed prime ministers, princes, and even Robert Burns through its doors.
The team use water from the Grampian mountain range and about 1.8 tonnes of barley for each batch - and they say the distilling process has stayed as traditional as possible to honour their roots.
Glenturret uses a copper pot still in a shape unchanged throughout the history of whisky making.
Visitor Attraction manager Alex Thomson said: "We're doing things traditionally, with old-fashioned practices and very little computerisation. That allows us to keep this manual feel to it.
"This is going to be our biggest year at Glenturret - 44,000 litres is the goal this year, and that's just a drop in the ocean for a modern whisky distillery.
"We've been here making whisky now for 262 years, which is pretty impressive, considering no one else has done it.
"In terms of production, the team are here from around 5am until about 7/8 at night.
"Ideally, we do three produ...
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