Lochranza Distillery – A Tour, a Dram and Lunch by Bus
A few hours, from Brodick ferry terminal and back.
The route
Lochranza Distillery sits at the head of a glen at the north end of Arran, where the island's own single malt has been made since 1995.
The Distillery Tour walks you through the whole process and finishes with a dram of the 10 Year Old, and lunch is upstairs in its Casks Café. The 324 bus from Brodick stops at the gate, so nobody has to drive.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book the Distillery Tour on arranwhisky.com before you go, for a time after 11.45am if you come on the 10.55am 324 bus from Brodick (Monday to Saturday): about 75 minutes, £23.62 a head or £13 for ages 8 to 17, no under-8s on the distillery floor.
Book a lunch table at Casks Café by email to bookings@arranwhisky.com or on 01770 830264, for after the tour: lunch is served noon to 3pm every day.
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The day
Lochranza
A bus ride up the east coast past Corrie and Sannox and over the hill to Lochranza, a tour among the stills, and a long lunch before the bus back.
About five and a half hours
Lochranza Distillery
An attraction
Take the 324 bus from stance 5 at the ferry terminal: at the time of writing it leaves at 10.55am, Monday to Saturday, and reaches the stop at the distillery gate at 11.33am. On Sundays check the times on bustimes.org. Book the Distillery Tour online before you go, for a time after 11.45am. It lasts about 75 minutes and ends with a dram of the Arran 10 Year Old and a taste of the Arran Gold cream liqueur. It costs £23.62 a head at the time of writing, or £13 for ages 8 to 17, and children under 8 can't go onto the distillery floor. The visitor centre and shop are open every day from 10am to 5pm. Dogs may wait in the grounds but not indoors.
25 min on foot
Casks Café
Lunch
Casks Café is upstairs in the visitor centre, with lunch from noon to 3pm every day and last orders at 4pm for coffee, home baking and drams. Tables must be booked ahead, by email to bookings@arranwhisky.com or on 01770 830264, so book it with the tour. The 324 back leaves from the stop opposite the gate at 3.39pm and reaches Brodick at 4.17pm; the last is at 6.27pm. If the café is full, the Lochranza Country Inn is about 25 minutes' walk west into the village and serves food every day; ring 01770 830277 first.
If it rains
The tour and the café are indoors; only the short walk from the bus stop is out in the weather.