My love affair with anCnoc has been an accelerated one: for one reason or another, I'd never tried one until I took part in an online tasting with distillery manager Gordon Bruce last month, even though I sort of knew they made my kind of whisky. There are no official tours at Knockdhu and no … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 2, Part 2: Knockdhu
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Speyside Road Trip Day 2, Part 1: Glenallachie & Strathisla
We walked from Aberlour to Glenallachie. Then we arrived at Glenallachie, look. I got a bottle there. And how about Strathisla. How about it. #homeofchives OK, so the above was just the template text I used while we were arranging the photos, but my wife remarked that it was an accurate and succinct description, so … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 2, Part 1: Glenallachie & Strathisla
Speyside Road Trip Day 1: Aberlour
The drive from Dundee to Aberlour was very pleasant overall. We decided to stick to the motorways on the East of Scotland, before turning West at Aberdeen. It took about two and a half hours including a stop, and we arrived with about half an hour to spare before my tasting at 2pm. The location … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 1: Aberlour
Speyside Road Trip: The Preamble (Glengoyne, Deanston, Tullibardine)
After two previous visits to Scotland that were part of tagging along to various friends' plans, my wife and I finally planned a Speyside trip that was exclusively whisky-related. It involved driving up from deepest mid-Hertfordshire to the town of Aberlour, with overnight stops in Moffat and Dundee along the way (the former to split … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip: The Preamble (Glengoyne, Deanston, Tullibardine)
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