Lightly Peated

Macallan Visit

And so I head this post with a picture of the empty countryside. Have I lost it? Is there nothing

The stills of Glen Garioch still carry the image of a deer, which used to be the distillery’s emblem. This

Many distilleries have remote and beautiful locations: beside rivers, on the edge of the sea, nestling into the mountainside. There

Every time we lift a glass of whisky to our lips make a connection with myths and legends from the

I am in the supermarket and my needs are simple – a bottle of shampoo. Nothing too fancy, just something

Sun is setting at the end of our first day and we look out from the small cottage in which

Some distilleries have embraced the idea of being a visitor attraction, others not so much. Cafés are surprisingly rare, as

Well this is very smart. You drive into the visitors car park with neatly tended verges with trees and face

For reasons I can’t explain I am writing up these notes of my Speyside visit 8 months late. I am

It is a small turning off the A95 and if there hadn’t been a brown tourist sign for Cragganmore I