When in
scotland be sure to stop by the
MacAllan distillery. How to find it? Easy: Do as I did. I
drove through the
highlands on a road littered with
dead rabbits. (The
frequency of cars on these roads lead me to suspect, that every car (including the one I drove) must at least have
killed five rabbits).
Then, suddenly, you pass a
sign that says: "The MacAllan Distillery, Visits by Appointment only".
You then enter the driveway, drive for a couple of minutes past
gigantic trees,
lush greens (i.e. lush, scottish landscapes) and finally come to the main building (a 17th or 18th
century house.
Enter the building, find the receptionist and plead: "I know, we don't have an
appointment, is there a chance to get a
tour anyway?"
"You are lucky, the tour just left. Drive in this direction and you'll catch up with them"
So off we went, looking for the "tour". And there it was: A
female tourleader and two
german tourists. We attached to the group (doubling it in size immedidately) and followed the lady around the premises.
What we got was the
best ever tour of a
whisky distillery. We saw things, you don't see in other distilleries, we tasted things and learnt how to use the
tastebuds in your
mouth while using
the nose. We walked for two hours, four people in a group and saw, smellt and felt how
whisky is made.
The
wee dram really wouldn't have been necessary - for
In any other
distillery you get 50 people in 30 minutes and a
wee dram. We got a piece of
Scotland