Cold storage
Going by the barbed wire you'd think that these casks might actually be full of whisky, and that the coating of frost was part of the secret alchemy that turns barley, water and yeast into the water of life. They're certainly precious enough - many are old sherry casks from Spain, or Bourbon casks from the USA - but they're all empty, and stored in these pyramids until they're needed.
Each cask is stamped with the name of the distillery, or group of distilleries - in this case the Highland Distillers - a serial number, and the year in which the cask was filled. I think I can make out 1994 on one, and possibly 1988 on another. Their turn will come round again.
Great Post! I really enjoyed the pictures. It's always so interesting to peek into other people lives and what they see.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, both of them. Btw, enlarging images should be easy to set in WP, which Jackie uses, so she should be able to work it out, but thanks anyway.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to have one to turn it into an element of deco for my living room :)
ReplyDeleteJest not, Kiji, of course you can buy all sorts of things made from the casks once they're no good for maturing whisky. (J'ai entendu dire que les ecossais sont radin...}
ReplyDeleteLove the pyramid of Bourbon casks! We visited 2 of the distilleries in Kentucky last summer (I did a post) and it was pretty fascinating. My husband loves Scotch even more so I've been showing him your posts :-)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your creativity, Linda. Great shots!
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