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TimeSpirit

The restaurant at The Macallan Estate on Speyside, on the first floor of the distillery, with tasting menus overseen by the Roca brothers of El Celler de Can Roca.

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TimeSpirit is the restaurant at The Macallan Estate on Speyside, upstairs in the distillery's remarkable building, whose long timber roof rolls over the hillside under a cover of grass.

Its menus are overseen by the Roca brothers of El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, and whisky from The Macallan is poured alongside. You come for a tasting menu, either at lunch or in the evening, when the menu is longer, and you can choose paired wines or paired whiskies to go with it. The dining room is on the first floor, reached by stairs or a lift. The estate lies just outside Craigellachie, close to Aberlour, in the middle of whisky country, so it makes a fine end to a day among the distilleries, as long as somebody else is driving. It opens on set days only, so book ahead through The Macallan's own site.

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Before you go

Tasting menus at lunch and dinner, on set days, booked ahead through The Macallan.

Where
The Macallan Estate, Easter Elchies, near Craigellachie, AB38 9RX.
Menus
A tasting menu at lunch and a longer one at dinner, with paired wines or paired whiskies to choose.
Booking
Ahead, through The Macallan's own site, on the days it opens.
Access
The dining room is on the first floor, reached by stairs or a lift.
Phone
01340 318000

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Where it is

On The Macallan Estate at Easter Elchies, across the Spey from Craigellachie, AB38 9RX.

Close byCraigellachie and the whisky country of Speyside.
  1. A cast-iron arched bridge with castellated stone towers spans a rocky river gorge, pine-covered cliffs rising on the far bank.CraigellachieA small Speyside village where the Spey meets the Fiddich, with Telford's graceful iron bridge of 1814, two distilleries and the Speyside Cooperage close by.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. Speyside CooperageSpeyside CooperageA working cooperage near Craigellachie, making and mending whisky casks since 1947, with a viewing gallery above the coopers at work.1 mile as the crow flies
  3. The Fiddichside InnThe Fiddichside InnA tiny, unspoiled riverside pub outside Craigellachie, built for railway workers in 1842, with a garden by the Fiddich and a fine shelf of drams.1 mile as the crow flies
  4. War memorial with poppy wreaths in front of a stone church towerAberlour HotelA family-run hotel on the square in Aberlour, in the middle of whisky country, with nineteen rooms, home cooking and a bar full of Speyside drams.1 mile as the crow flies
  5. Dufftown station sign mounted on a wooden shed with railway carriage alongsideThe Keith & Dufftown RailwayBritain's most northerly heritage railway, running old diesel trains through the whisky country between Dufftown and Keith, with cream teas on board.3 miles as the crow flies
  6. Glenfiddich DistilleryGlenfiddich DistilleryThe family-owned distillery at Dufftown that William Grant built by hand in 1886, with tours, tastings, a cafe and the Malt Barn.4 miles as the crow flies
  7. DufftownDufftownA granite Speyside town laid out in 1817 round its clock tower, the self-styled malt whisky capital, with six distilleries in and around it.4 miles as the crow flies
  8. Cardhu DistilleryCardhu DistilleryA Speyside distillery founded in 1824 by John and Helen Cumming, with tours and tastings of its smooth, honeyed single malt.5 miles as the crow flies
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