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Distilleries
in Aberdeenshire.

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Aberdeenshire

Malts from the north-east.

Some of Scotland's oldest working distilleries are in Aberdeenshire, and several welcome visitors. There's a small distillery a mile from Balmoral, given its royal title after Queen Victoria came to call, and one of the oldest in the country in the middle of a market town. A distillery by the sea at Sandend has been brought back to life after years of silence, and another in a quiet glen near Huntly is known for its sherried malts. Book tours ahead, and choose a driver.

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Distillery of the day18 hours ago

Glen Garioch Distillery.

One of Scotland's oldest working distilleries, making whisky in the middle of Oldmeldrum since 1797.

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Quiz15 hours ago

Before Royal Lochnagar, a man called James Robertson tried to make whisky legally in the parish of Crathie, on Deeside. What happened to his distilleries?

New at Fettercairn Distillery12 hours ago

Fettercairn Distillery has rebuilt its Chelsea Flower Show garden, The Angels' Share, in its own grounds.

It won a Silver-Gilt medal at Chelsea this year and now stands at the distillery for visitors to walk through.

Photograph: Sujata Rana on Google MapsSee Fettercairn Distillery · Aberdeenshire
A pairing9 hours agoAberdeenshireRoyal Lochnagar DistilleryBalmoral Castle, 1.0 milesAberdeenshireFettercairn DistilleryEdzell Castle, 4.7 milesAberdeenshireThe GlenDronach DistilleryHuntly Castle, 6.1 milesAberdeenshireGlen Garioch DistilleryTolquhon Castle, 4.1 milesAberdeenshireGlenglassaugh DistilleryFindlater Castle, 1.6 miles

A castle and a dram.

The distilleries with a castle within ten miles: the tour in the morning, the ramparts after lunch.

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Distilleries7 hours ago

Royal Lochnagar Distillery.

One of Scotland's smallest distilleries, a mile from Balmoral, founded in 1845 and named Royal after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited in 1848.

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Quiz4 hours ago

Royal Lochnagar distillery, beside the Balmoral Estate on Deeside, won the right to call itself 'Royal' after a visit in 1848. Who came?

In Aberdeenshire1 hour ago

Steve Denham, a dry stane waller from Alford, mends the walls between Balmoral and Abergeldie, and is flown out to St Kilda for the same work.

One winter he spent four months on a circular dyke near Royal Lochnagar Distillery known as the Elephant's Graveyard.

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LunchJust nowAberdeenshireThe Arch Café and Bistro500 yardsAberdeenshireSinclair’s Larder4.1 milesAberdeenshireWesterton Farm4.6 miles

Lunch near Fettercairn Distillery.

The three good places closest to it: The Arch Café and Bistro, Sinclair’s Larder and Westerton Farm.

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