An easy going blog for easy going malts
Getting to distilleries to have a look around and do the tours is actually quite difficult. Life and work always seem to get in the way but I know I should be more grateful living in Scotland. As a bleat on about how hard life is people from all over the world manage to make […]
The question I get asked a lot is always a compound question. What distillery in Scotland should I visit and when should I go. Which distillery in Scotland to visit is very subjective I would go to anything which you have a knowledge and appreciation for their products in the first instance. Coming into the […]
July 22nd 2017 was the second ever “National Whisky Festival” event in Edinburgh. The first event was in Glasgow in January of this year but I wasn’t at that one. As a surprise I was given tickets to this event in Edinburgh which was my first ever whisky festival so I cannot comment on how […]
Last weekend I was on the Isle of Arran for a relaxing overnight stay. Arran is a large ayrshire island fairly close to the mainland which is commonly a day trip location for Scottish people looking to experience some of the unique Scottish landscape. Other than the distillery we visited the following great attractions: Auchrannie […]
Last weekend I did my first distillery visit to one of the newer crop of whisky distilleries. During the day we did the standard tour of the distillery which included tasting the new make spirit and one of the ongoing releases from the Wemyss Malts parent company. After the tour we had a lovely lunch […]
Back in October 2016 and before this blog was created I visited Auchentoshan Distillery just outside Glasgow. I was having a bit of a rough time and needed to do something that was just for me. I had never visited a distillery before but I have read extensively on the subject (as you might expect). […]
