Whisky Forum - Murray Quaich1 Post Scotland Trip Report

Quaich1

Hi all. I'm back in Canada after my 2 wonderful weeks in Scotland. I visited the following distilleries on my tour with The Companions of the Quaich (of which I am a member):

Glasgow Distillery
Clydeside Distillery
Lochranza on Arran
Ardbeg
Bowmore
Bruichladdich
Caol Ila
Knockdhu
Lagavullin
Laphroaig
Ben Nevis
Dalwhinnie
Glenfiddich

and visited SMWS (Edinburgh). I also really enjoyed the Pot Still Pub in Glasgow. I attended a special dinner with Jim McEwan and his wife and also presented my taste notes at a special dinner and tasting while on Islay.

I really enjoyed Inverness and a number of small villages like Pitlochry. My biggest takeaway from the trip aside from the great whiskies was the astounding vistas, geography and terrain as we traveled around Scotland; the islands and large bodies of water, the mountains, the Lochs (including Loch Ness and Loch Lomond), the rhododendrons growing wild everywhere, the lushness of the hills and valleys and mountain peaks with flowing water, the peat fields, all are etched in my mind. I was treated very well at the distilleries and had great personal interactions especially with Jim McEwan, a legend on Islay and Bruce Gordon, master distiller at Knockdhu. I particularly enjoyed Inverness and the Machrie Hotel and golf links on Islay. The variety and sheer numbers of single malts available everywhere in Scotland and particularly in Glasgow and Edinburgh are amazing. A successful journey.
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James T · Master Of Malts Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 2965

Were the newish Glasgow Distillery and Clydeside worth visiting, I still haven't been along to see them yet.

Quaich1 · Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:43 pm Post subject:

William · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:03 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you had a fantastic trip Murray.

Happy Canada Day by the way to you and all our other Canadian members whatever your plans are for today.
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Quaich1 · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:30 pm Post subject:

Olorin · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:07 am Post subject:

Sounds like a superb trip! Glad you enjoyed it. I need to get along to the Clydesire distillery. Did you get a chance to try any of their new make spirit?