WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS PETE GODING
The wild Aberdeenshire peninsula — and, further north, the isles of
Orkney — is windswept and, for large swathes, coated in golden barley
fields. This ancient crop, with its roots in Neolithic times, is used to
produce Scotland’s legendary whisky. From the farmers’ harvest through
the time-honoured distillery process, this is the story of barleyScotland
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