Publication - Research and analysis

Distillery by-products, livestock feed and bio-energy use: report

Published: 1 July 2019
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781787819566

We commissioned this report in response to concerns by livestock farmers about the impact of anaerobic digestion and bio-energy on the availability of distillery by-product for use as livestock feed in Scotland.

Supporting documents

Appendix 2 - Estimated Scotch whisky by-product output

Table A1 – Scotch whisky by-product estimates

	Grain & Malt Use In Scotch Whisky Production		Conversion of by-products		Output of By Products
	000's t FW	000's t FW	t DM by-product/t FW of grain/malt	t DM by-product/t FW of grain/malt	000's t DM	000's t DM	000's t DM
	Malt	Grain (wheat or maize)	Malt spirit	Grain spirit	Barley DDGS equiv.	Wheat/maize DDGS equiv.	Total
	e	h	i	j	(e* i)	(h * j)	(sum)
1990	494	633	0.311	0.327	154	207	361
1991	473	616	0.311	0.327	147	201	349
1992	425	579	0.311	0.327	132	189	322
1993	355	554	0.311	0.327	111	181	292
1994	364	572	0.311	0.327	113	187	300
1995	392	645	0.311	0.327	122	211	333
1996	427	712	0.311	0.327	133	233	366
1997	476	756	0.311	0.327	148	247	395
1998	460	706	0.311	0.327	143	231	374
1999	399	637	0.311	0.327	124	208	333
2000	350	557	0.311	0.327	109	182	291
2001	352	563	0.311	0.327	110	184	294
2002	383	600	0.311	0.327	119	196	315
2003	375	627	0.311	0.327	117	205	322
2004	370	591	0.311	0.327	115	193	308
2005	401	633	0.311	0.327	125	207	332
2006	433	706	0.311	0.327	135	231	366
2007	527	793	0.311	0.327	164	259	423
2008	594	815	0.311	0.327	185	267	451
2009	548	678	0.311	0.327	171	222	392
2010	507	660	0.311	0.327	158	216	374
2011	582	815	0.311	0.327	181	267	448
2012	664	874	0.311	0.327	207	286	492
2013	718	938	0.311	0.327	224	307	531
2014	755	902	0.311	0.327	235	295	530
2015	723	756	0.311	0.327	225	247	472
2016	724	716	0.311	0.327	225	234	460
2017	663	658	0.311	0.327	206	215	422
2018	687	653	0.311	0.327	214	214	427
2019	711	677	0.311	0.327	221	221	443
2020	723	702	0.311	0.327	225	230	455
2021	747	739	0.311	0.327	233	242	474
2022	747	751	0.311	0.327	233	246	478

Source and references:

SRUC calculations and estimates, Alan S Gray (2018), The Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2018, Pagoda Scotland and Bringhurst et al, (2003), Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing, Elsevier.

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Email: Gordon.Jackson@gov.scot

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Appendix 2 - Estimated Scotch whisky by-product output

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