Unlike previous years, my wife's aunt and uncle joined us on our Speyside trip, which meant a bigger AirBnB was in order. Instead of our regular base in Aberlour, this time we stayed near Elgin, and so our closest distilleries were Benriach and Glen Moray. I had visited both in the past without doing a … Continue reading Glen Moray distillery visit (May 2024)
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Deanston distillery visit (May 2024)
A stop at Deanston has now become a staple of our annual road trip to Speyside. Their tastings at Warehouse 4 offer great value for money for something that not many distilleries provide - namely, a chance to try true single cask whisky extracted straight from the cask in the atmospheric surroundings of the dunnage-style … Continue reading Deanston distillery visit (May 2024)
Glenallachie distillery visit (May 2023)
Having walked the woodland path to Glenallachie from Aberlour last year and hand-filled a bottle (an excellent 2012 finished in a Languedoc red wine cask), it was time for a more extensive experience of the distillery. Glenallachie offers a variety of tours - the Glenallachie Experience for £25, the Premium Experience for £35, and the … Continue reading Glenallachie distillery visit (May 2023)
The Glenlivet distillery visit (May 2023)
A year after our first visit to Speyside, we did the same road trip again, with a focus on different distilleries this time. The pre-booked events were a warehouse tasting at Deanston on the way up, a tour and tasting at Glenallachie, and a single cask tasting at the Glenlivet. I confess I ignored the … Continue reading The Glenlivet distillery visit (May 2023)
Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 3: Glen Moray
We arrived at Glen Moray already in a good mood after the great visits to Glen Grant and Benriach on the way. It's a relatively big distillery that's packed in a compact space in the town of Elgin, so we didn't take any photos of the distillery buildings other than these picturesque casks because the … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 3: Glen Moray
Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 2: Benriach
The walk in the Glen Grant gardens was an ideal start to the day, so it was time for more distillery visits. For the sake of completion, we first dropped by the other distillery in town, Glenrothes. We knew that there's no visitor centre or shop, so we just stopped to take this photo and … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 2: Benriach
Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 1: Glen Grant
Our last full day in Speyside was set aside for random distillery-hopping, and we decided to start it with an activity unrelated to whisky: walking in the expansive gardens of Glen Grant. The distillery is in Rothes, about 10 minutes' drive from Aberlour. We made a brief stop at Macallan first since it was on … Continue reading Speyside Road Trip Day 3, Part 1: Glen Grant
Speyside Road Trip Day 2, Part 2: Knockdhu
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
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
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