Glenfiddich

	The Mad Brewer '99 Glenfiddich
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	The mash tun Glenfiddich is part of the same group that owns Balvenie.
	The spirit safe. Look closely, and you can seen the spirit running.
	The visitor center They blend 9 casks aged in used bourbon casks to one aged in an old sherry cask. This may be why there is so little color.
	The visitor center is first class.
	Even the views of the surrounding country side are nice.
	A full washback. The unhopped beer starts at about 1.056, and ferements down to about 1.000 or lower, resulting in about 7.5% alcohol, and damn little residual sugar.
	A nice sign
	The stills are short and squat. The time it takes to mash, and do three runnings is 6 hours. O.G: 1.054 F.G.: 0.998 after 64 hours Initial cask strength is 63%, which reduces to 60% after 8 to 12 years. The rest is the "Angels Share".
	But they have a bunch of them
	More stills.
	If you look closely, you can see there are two different types of stills, one for the first pass, and a second still for the second pass.
	Stills everywhere.
	The tasting room
	Our tour guide.
	The washbacks are all wood!
	They are filling up this washback.
	Washback #9
	and 10 Below, a close up of the spirit safe in action. The left side is getting the middle cut, the right side is the low wines, which get recycled into the next batch.