Glenfiddich Distillery
Glenfiddich Distillery
Dufftown
Banfshire
Thursday, May 7th, on our way back to our humble caravan we spotted the sign for Glenfiddoch Distillery (part of the William Grant Group). As I recall, Glenfiddich was the second single malt I ever tasted and it has had a calling for me ever since, so, in we go for a visit. Glenfiddich came well recommended by a women we met in the Information Bureau, who said to the lovely Catherine “it’s a great tour, but wait till you visit the ‘ladies’, that sold it ! I had a job keeping up with Catherine to get to the visitors centre, first stop of course for Catherine was the ladies. She came back grinning from ear to ear “look at these photos” she said, “no time the tour has started “ says I – come on.
The tour started in the cinema with a short film on how William Grant with his sons and daughters built the Distillery with their own hands in 1886 and had it operational by Christmas Day 1887 using second-hand stills purchased from his old em
After the film show we walked further into the Bond where we were offered a nosing into a Cask containing 15 year old Glenfiddich. This was in a Bourbon cask, Kirsty also unbunged a 16 year old in a Sherry cask – Catherine liked this one a lot and asked if she could nose it through a straw ! Then it was the turn of an 18 year old Glenfiddich in a new oak cask giving off a total
Before I finish, I am sure I read somewhere that Glenfiddich had been producing spirit from heavily peated malt, can’t wait to try that sometime. Hope someone at the distillery keeps us informed on its progress. Cheers !!!
Dougie & Catherine