Visiting The Whiskyshop Dufftown
Whiskytips visited The Whiskyshop Dufftown in Speyside.
Owner Mike Lord invites you for an essential visit when you're around.
We would recommend a visit to the Whiskyshop in combination with the Dufftown Distilleries Walk.
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Keith and Dufftown Railway - out and about in Moray, Scotland
Debbie and I had a great couple of hours out at the Keith and Dufftown Railway recently and thought we'd share it with you.
It's only a few minutes down the road from our loverly holiday cottages at and it's a great place for the entire family. Not only can you enjoy the station and it's excellent cafe, but you can also ride the trains up and down the line.
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Dufftown to Aberlour Scottish Malt Whisky Trail
On the malt whisky trail
Organic whisky causes a stir in Scotland
Moray, Scotland -15 July, 2007
1. Wide of Cairngorm mountain range in the North East Scotland
2. Wide of Loch
3. Wide of boat in the bay of Findhorn
4. Close of Organic Scottish Whisky Benromach being poured
5. Various Scots drinking whisky
6. Wide of Benromach distillery
7. Close of Benromach distillery sign
8. Mid of whisky barrels
9. Close of Benromach organic whisky bottle
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Keith Cruckshank, Benromach distillery manager:
What makes a good whisky. Firstly you need a good traditional way of making whisky. You need experience you also need good natural ingredients like any good product. You also need good management and a good cask to mature the whisky in. And lastly you need time to mellow and mature a whisky into malt whisky.
11. Close of fermenting barrel at distillery
12. Close of distils
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Uqhuart, Benromach whisky manager
There are some organic blends available on the market but we are the first totally organic single malt whisky which we have produced at Benromach. So the water supply the bottling hall the production the yeast the casks and obviously the malt barley most importantly the entire process is certified by the Soil Association. Maybe in future years more will appear but we have managed to produce the first.
14. Various of whisky
15. Wide of whisky barrels in ware house
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ewan Macintosh, Benromach whisky manager
A good whisky will vary from person to person but really for us what we are looking for is balance. We want a whisky which is going to have a number of flavours and aroma which together will compliment and bring out the style and characteristic from the distillery.
17. Various of coopers building whisky barrels
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Garry taylor Head cooper, Speyside Cooperage
The cask it self will influence 60 - 70 percent of the final flavour of the whisky. With benromachs organic whisky it uses the characteristics of the new wood so its taking the big hits of flavour and colour out of the new wood and that's what will give it its distinct characteristics colour and flavour.
19. Garry burning organic oak barrels for taste
20. Various of coopers building barrels
21. Various of customers
22. Set up of 'Whisky shop owner and whisky critic George Crawford
23. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Crawford, Whisky shop owner and whisky critic
You know i have tried it myself and i really enjoy it. Its quite a young whisky but its good to see young whiskey's getting to the forefront in the industry. As with the organic its an interesting thing to be able to experiment with in whisky and have the facilities to do different things. So i think its a good thing obviously.
24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Bill Gibson, California, US:
I really enjoy it, it has good malting to it.
25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop,(No Name available) :
I am not sure i think it will taste like ordinary whisky .
Moray Scotland - 17 June 2007
26. Various of countryside
27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Graham Hutchon, group operations director of 'the Macallan' whisky/ Moray whisky Representative:
28. Various of pipers playing
29. Various of pipe band
30. Wide of traditional whisky barrel rolling competition
31. Various of barrel rolling competition
32. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malcolm Innes, barrel rolling competitor
It originated just in the whisky industry in the distilleries and the warehousing and also when the used to take barrels of the lorries into the whisky warehouses, that's probably were it originated from.
33. Various of barrel rolling
34. Mid of piper playing
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Nice Scottish folk music in Dufftown, Speyside, Scotland
Stramash in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland
A brief snippet of what we heard at the Stramash in Dufftown.
[Angry Welshman Live] The Speyside Line (A Caledonian adventure)
Come and join the angry welshman for a run along the recently released Speyside line route, created by Signalbox.
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Ferryhill Men's Shed and Railway Heritage Trust
The Ferryhill Men's Shed and Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust have combined to allow men in the community the opportunity to meet up and socialise as well as utilising their own skills while developing the railway.
Dufftown to Aberdour Beach - The Scottish Adventure - Episode Ten
In this episode we travel from Balvenie Castle in Dufftown to Aberdour Beach near New Aberdour.
Aberdour beach can be found near the 19th century planned village of New Aberdour, which contains one of the oldest churches in Scotland which is believed to have been founded in 580 AD by Saint Drostan and Saint Columba.
While exploring Aberdour beach we found more swallows building their nests in the caves.
The Retro Lab's Scottish Adventure is a two thousand mile road trip around Scotland in which we continued our mission to find Britain's (and maybe even the world's) best driving roads, also visiting many castles and other points-of-interest along the way, but it didn't go quite how we had planned....
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Urquhart Castle to Balvenie Castle, Dufftown - The Scottish Adventure - Episode Nine
In this episode we travel from Loch Ness to Balvenie Castle in Dufftown.
Originally known as Mortlach, Balvenie Castle was built in the 12th century by a branch of the powerful Comyn family (the Black Comyns) and extended and altered in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Balvenie Castle served as a garrison during the Jacobite rebellion. It was abandoned in 1720s but was briefly garrisoned by Government troops in 1746.
The tower in Dufftown was previously a prison but now serves as a tourist information centre and clock tower.
As well as Balvenie castle, Dufftown is also the home of the Glenfiddich distillery and produces more whisky than any other town in Scotland.
The Retro Lab's Scottish Adventure is a two thousand mile road trip around Scotland in which we continued our mission to find Britain's (and maybe even the world's) best driving roads, also visiting many castles and other points-of-interest along the way, but it didn't go quite how we had planned....
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Miniature Railways of Great Britain..Ravack Miniature Railway at Granton on Spey ...June 2019
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This must be one of the newest miniature railways,it has only been built for a year.
The heritage centre is brand new with a gift shop and cafe.
Well worth a visit,have a meal and a train ride.
The miniature railway is set to expand further into the fir trees as well which will make for an even more enjoyable ride..
Many thanks to Ian and Mitch for showing us around.
wanging wellies at Dufftown gala
Craigellachie distillery
Impression of Craigellachie distillery in Craigellachie, Scotland.
Craigellachie is not open to visitors, yet gives a nice view from the street on the stillroom.
You can walk around the distillery and see it from all angles.
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Keith & Dufftown Railway 29th March 2013
A few of the trains coming and going at the Keith and Dufftown Railway on the 29th March 2013.
Class 108 units numbered 53628 and 56224.
Leadhills to Boat of Garten (inc Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway)
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After an early start we rode on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway to the summit and back. It was still raining and blowing a gale so we picked a carriage with a roof!
Its Britain's highest narrow gauge adhesion railway, reaching 1,498 feet above sea level.
The railway is run by volunteers and only open on selected days of the week. There is a quirky shop at the station which sells lots of railway related collectables and toys, great for the kids.
You can also visit the train shed and see the workshop.
We departed Leadhills late morning heading north on the M74 towards Glasgow. Again it was an easy drive and we only experienced a small amount of traffic congestion around Stirling where a festival was taking place.
After a bit of in-car research on Google we decided to stop at Pitlochry for lunch. Libby and Bruce slept almost the whole way after taking their travel sickness tablets.
On arrival at Pitlochry we found a small car park near the train station. We had no plans on were to have lunch so we just started walking up the high street. It was our first time visiting Pitlochry, a vibrant and busy village on the edge of The Highlands packed with shops, restaurants, pubs and tourists — like us.
We settled on McKays Hotel, Bar & Restaurant for lunch which I believe is part of a chain. Nevertheless the food was good, however due to a wedding the staff were overworked so the service was a bit slow. We would still recommend though.
Onwards northbound on the A9 up to Aviemore and Boat of Garten. This leg of the journey probably took about 2 hours.
We arrived in Aviemore and visited the local Aldi supermarket to stock up on food, snacks and drinks.
Tigh Air Na Creagan in Boat of Garten is the holiday rental Xan had found and booked for the week and what a stunning place it was.
Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
McKays Pitlochry
Tigh Air Na Creagan Boat Of Garten