A whisky business

Ancient distillery shows its workings

- BY ELIZABETH HUNTER

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.