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Sensational Speyside

A 6 Day Whisky Tour of Speyside, the Highlands & the West Coast for a group of 7 from U.S. We started from Edinburgh city centre and after the Queensferry Crossing we made our first stop Blair Athol Distillery in Pitlochry, where the group shared some flights at the unique mash tun bar. Then it was on to Dalwhinnie for

Touring Speyside with Ingvar Ronde

Just finished another fabulous tour with my friend Ingvar Ronde the editor of The Malt Whisky Yearbook. We started in Aberdeenshire at Glen Garioch and then spent the next 5 days visiting distilleries in Speyside, before ending the tour in Edinburgh via Angus and Perthshire. There were lots of distilleries where I saw the production side for the

31 Distilleries in 10 days

An Epic 10 Day Whisky Tour Just finished a wonderful tour with my new friends Ed and Dan from Wisconsin. The tour was delayed by 18 months for medical reasons but it was certainly worth waiting for. We covered 4 of the main whisky regions, Campbeltown, Islay, Highlands and Speyside and managed a new record (for me) of 31 distilleries

Another great whisky tour

Fred Morris tour 4th to 15th June, 2025 4th June, 2025 I collected Fred and Halyna (she is known as Gala) from Glasgow Airport.  They had two very large cases and two carry on cases.   It all fitted into my boot space – just!  Coming from Florida, they took very badly to Scotland’s temperature: at their home in Fort Myers,

Another successful tour with John

11th May, 2025 I collected Amber & Nick Foster along with her parents from Glasgow Airport.  They had a lot of luggage, the boot space was full.   We stopped for a comfort break and photo opportunity at Tarbet on Loch Lomond.  We also stopped for a view of St. Conan’s kirk in Loch Awe before arriving in Oban just before

John Lamond’s blog on Keith’s tour from Sri Lanka

27th April, 2025 I met with Dougie Watson, the coach driver then collected the group from the Apex Hotel in Edinburgh. Our first stop was Tullibardine Distillery where they enjoyed a tour and tasting. On the way north, we stopped in Pitlochry for a comfort break and lunch.  The group split up and explored the town.  Then north through rain