Does whisky/alcohol vapour explode?

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I don't think this is the case, though. There are distilleries (e.g. Dalwhinnie, Edradour, Cardhu, Talisker, Glen Grant), where you are told in no uncertain terms that no photography is allowed, flash, no flash, digital or traditional - for safety reasons. And then it does not matter whether the plant is working (i.e. there are highly concentrated alcohol vapours in the air) at the moment or not. There are others, like Ardbeg (or Jura, Glenfiddich, Tomintoul), where you can take flash pictures even if the distillery is currently working _and_ distillation is in progress. Those who have been to Ardbeg know how confined the space in the stillhouse is, making for extremely high concentration of vapours during distillation. Several flash pictures that were shot during my last visit - by myself and by other visitors - certainly didn't cause any trouble, nor did Stuart Thompson, the manager, as much as blink when we were at it. Obviously there must be some other reason for the flash ban in some distilleries, undiscovered by mankind as yet...

Cheers, Rajmund

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Rajmund M.

On Talisker in 2001 even digital video camera was not allowed to be used (allowed in, but to be switched off) On Edradour in 2003, I videotaped the complete tour without remarks, but no distilling took place at the moment, so maybe that was the reason. Or they maybe changed the rules with the new owners. But again at Dalwhinnie no foto or video, and no mobile phones.

On Laphroaig in 2002, you could take foto or video as much as you liked, didn't bring the camera though, because I thought it was banned:-( On Strathisla, Glenfiddich, Tobermory and Springbank in 2003 foto was allowed, but mobile phones should be switched off.

So I think it has to do with company policy rather than the danger of blowing anything up. The risk most certainly were higher in old days, when the stills were heated by open flames. But again it could be, that the policy has to do with insurance - just a wild guess.

Others have taken pictures at every distillery on Islay during the festival, but maybe the rules are bent a little with so many visitors at the distillery open days. I would think that Lagavulin and Caol Ila had same policy as Talisker and Dalwhinnie, since it is the same company.

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I think dust from the barley would be a bigger concern than alcohol, although without floor maltings not much dust should be around.

Grain silo's burn and explode from time to time due to nothing more than static electricity.

As I have never been to a distillery, I am not sure how barley is handled in the other distilleries (that don't use floor maltings).

Jim

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