A PICTURESQUE Scots distillery will open to the general public completely following the success of its first ever public opening at this 12 months’s Spirit of Speyside Pageant.
After 126 years making award-winning single malt whiskies behind closed doorways, Speyburn Distillery in Rothes will open completely to guests from 1 August.
The brand new customer expertise will give whisky followers the possibility to take pleasure in an genuine, behind the-scenes expertise of Speyside distilling life.
The milestone choice to unlock the Distillery gates follows the success of a number of particular one-off occasions throughout the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Pageant earlier this 12 months, throughout which the Distillery crew had been delighted when tickets offered out inside 12 hours.
Along with the optimistic suggestions obtained, Speyburn secured the celebrated Finest New Occasion award on the pageant.
Up till now, Speyburn followers haven’t had the possibility to see behind the scenes and uncover first-hand how this award-winning single malt is made.
Company can sit up for an exploratory 1 hour 45 minutes tour across the Distillery, which is tucked away in a lovely leafy glen on the sting of Forres close to Aberlour.
At the moment, most of the authentic buildings, options and stonework nonetheless exist for friends to
take pleasure in, from the banks of the Granty Burn which supplies the Distillery’s water; by way of to the filling of casks for maturation in Speyburn’s conventional dunnage warehouses.
Whisky fanatics also can get an interesting peek into Speyburn’s Previous Drum Maltings: a standard maltings constructing that includes three spectacular flooring of hardly ever seen classic gear.
The excursions will even present an perception into Speyburn’s environmental credentials, and the measures the Distillery crew are taking to guard the encircling setting and make their whisky probably the most sustainably-produced available on the market at this time.
Speyburn Distillery Supervisor Euan Henderson defined that opening to guests has
been a long-held dream for the Distillery crew, and that the time is lastly proper for it
to grow to be a actuality.
He mentioned: “There’s something very particular in regards to the setting and environment at Speyburn, maybe as a result of it’s fairly a hidden distillery and one which has gone in regards to the enterprise of creating award-winning drams in a really quiet and modest method.
“However now it’s time to let the world in and we couldn’t be extra excited! There’s no artifice in regards to the customer expertise we’ve created.
“This can be a real style of Speyside distillery life that may supply an accessible and satisfying expertise for all.
“That is in regards to the individuals who make our whiskies welcoming friends into our house to share a style of Speyburn single malts and the tales and secrets and techniques of how they’re made.
“There’s 126 years of beforehand unseen distilling historical past right here simply ready to be found within the coronary heart of Speyside – so ensure you don’t miss your slot on one in every of our excursions this summer time.”
