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Distillery tours
in Aberdeenshire.

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Tours from barley to bottle.

A distillery tour is a fine way to spend an afternoon in Aberdeenshire. A small distillery a mile from Balmoral, given its royal title after Queen Victoria came to call, still makes whisky the traditional way. In the foothills between Aberdeen and Perth, a Highland distillery of 1824 shows you every step from mashing to the warehouse. Both finish with a dram. Book ahead, especially in summer, and ask for a sample to take home if you're driving.

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Quiz18 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?

Distillery of the day15 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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Quiz12 hours ago

In the mid-1950s the distillers at Fettercairn found a way to make a purer spirit. What did they do?

Lunch9 hours agoAberdeenshireThe 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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New at Fettercairn Distillery7 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
Quiz4 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?

QuizJust now

Sir Alexander Ramsay, the founder of Fettercairn distillery, campaigned for the Excise Act of 1823, which licensed whisky-making. Whom did he take on as his first stillmen?

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