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Whisky-making equipment

This 1763 household inventory for Ochtertyre in Perthshire records among its contents a 'Copper Staill for destilling spirits' and a large serpentine cooling tube.

Handwritten list of whisky-making equipment

The contents of the Guile House and Slaughter House from the 'Inventory of the Household furniture belonging to Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, 9 July 1763'. [Library reference: MS.21110]

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