Macallan Visit
And so I head this post with a picture of the empty countryside. Have I lost it? Is there nothing
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Lightly Peated
Whisky, Blabber 'n' Smoke
Author: David
The Deer and Glen Garioch
The stills of Glen Garioch still carry the image of a deer, which used to be the distillery’s emblem. This
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Glen Garioch of Oldmeldrum
Many distilleries have remote and beautiful locations: beside rivers, on the edge of the sea, nestling into the mountainside. There
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John Barleycorn: a ballad
Every time we lift a glass of whisky to our lips make a connection with myths and legends from the
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Choice, Marketing, Glen Ord, and Bees
I am in the supermarket and my needs are simple – a bottle of shampoo. Nothing too fancy, just something
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I Visit Speyside
Sun is setting at the end of our first day and we look out from the small cottage in which
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Glenlivit, Tourism, Romance
Some distilleries have embraced the idea of being a visitor attraction, others not so much. Cafés are surprisingly rare, as
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Glenlivet & Typography
For reasons I can’t explain I am writing up these notes of my Speyside visit 8 months late. I am
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Cragganmore
It is a small turning off the A95 and if there hadn’t been a brown tourist sign for Cragganmore I
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