Whilst we are in Scotland .........

Jul 05, 2004 14 Replies

We want to visit some distilleries.



We wondered if anyone knew of any that are in walking distance of a camp site or that can be accessed by bus or train.



What about the Malt Disney Whisky tour that I believe goes from Aviemore is it any good what are the costs.


Uzytkownik "gwyn" napisal:

Within walking distance from which camp site? And what distance is your walking distance? Will be glad to help, but I'm afraid there is a camp site within a walking distance from virtually any distillery in Scotland ;-)

Cheers, Rajmund

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The Bells Blair Athol Distillery in Pitlochry is near the train station (London to Inverness GNER). The Edradour distillery is at the back of Pitlochry a few miles.

Uzytkownik "gwyn" napisal:

Still don't know whereabouts in Scotland you are...

Cheers, Rajmund

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Well If you go to Oban there's also a destillery in town

Steffen

We've just returned and very much enjoyed the Oban Distillery tour in Oban on the west coast. The Distillery is no more than a 5 minute walk from the Oban train station.

Have a great trip!

Go to Bladnoch , Raymond has a camp site at the distillery !!!

A few distillerys I've visited 'by train':

- Ben Nevis Distillery near Fort William; 15 min. walk from the train station in Fort William - IIRC there is also bus stop near the distillery.

- Oban Distillery in Oban; 5 min. walk from the train station in Oban.

- Glen Ord Distillery near Muir of Ord; 15 min. walk from the train station in Muir of Ord.

and some more which should be easy reachable by train:

- Strathisla Distillery in Keith

- Benromach Distillery near Forres

- Clynelish Distillery, Brora

- Blair Athol Distillery, Pitlochry

HTH, urs

Taking a moment's reflection, Steffen Bräuner mused: | | Well If you go to Oban there's also a destillery in town

I believe that's less than 1 mile from the train/bus depot too! ;-)

Thanks to everyone that replied I think I'll be off to the blair atholl distillery near the campsite at pitlochry

Uzytkownik "gwyn" napisal:

Now you're talking... While in Pitlochry you cannot miss Edradour - the smallest Scottish distillery and arguably the most ... I don't know ... cute one. With just a pair of virtually mini-stills, just three people operating the whole operations (mind you, there will be considerably more of them taking care of the visitor centre), and superb whisky. I last visited Edradour shortly before it was taken over by Signatory, and at that time admission to the distillery was free of charge. Hope that hasn't changed. And you got a complimentary dram _before_ visiting the rest of the works. So you could just skip the boring stuff and join the next group of visitors for another dram... ;-))) Just kidding, there is nothing _boring_ about Edradour.

Cheers, Rajmund

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I know I'd much prefer to visit this but its the walk that puts me off. There is no chance of drink and drive so we have to go by road 2 miles or across trackless wooded terrain or so it seems from the OS

1:25000 map. Has anyone done the walk from Distillery to Distillery? I don't suppose theres public transport ?

Uzytkownik "gwyn" napisal:

Believe me it's worth it. I've seen them both, and Edradour would be my first choice to visit. Also, 2 miles is not that far away. You could always get a lift - there are lots of whisky buffs on their way there (in their cars, that is).

Cheers, Rajmund

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I went and it was well worth it you get a free dram and no admission price, In the shop I went for sinatorys no chill filtered edition of edradour looking forward to trying it.

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