WORT AND WASH The wort is cooled and pumped into large tubs known as 'washbacks'. Here the various yeasts are added to develop Glenmorangie's unique flavour. Over the next two and a half days, nature does her work. You are in the Wash Room To begin with, the bubbles plop softly, but soon the wort starts to seethe. A frothy head begins to form and the liquid rises in the foaming commotion, so much so that it sometimes has to be fought back with mechanical flails - a job that was once done by small boys armed with heather switches. In the old days, when yeasts were less than stable, the noise was like a storm at sea. Go on to the Distillers Craft.

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