Scotch whisky Scotland's most famous exports this magical liquid is a symbol
of Scottish culture and identity and each distillery makes it differently
what's the difference between all these distilleries and how do they make each
whisky taste so good and so different join me as I attempt to visit 20
Scottish distilleries in a day Scotch whisky is produced everywhere in
Scotland but the most famous whiskeys are from here the Speyside region this
is where I start my journey on the official whisky trail it's 5:00 in the
morning right now which is why I look quite zombified whilst driving but at
least the roads are nice and quiet right morning guys it's ten past six in the
morning or thereabouts and I'm just arrived that's been Roma this is
probably the first one that's on my list and as you can tell it's shot by guys
6:30 a.m. and I'm outside Glenmore a the famous Glenmore a now judging from the
fact that the doors are wide open and the noise coming out of it I'm guessing
that someone's working here because they won't just leave the doors open so yeah
this is pretty cool I mean this is one of the bigger brands of whisky pretty
cool place
7:20 in the morning stop number 3 struck hailer now this is probably the
prettiest distillery you'll go to mainly because these cute chimneys that they've
got going on up here um yeah it kind of looks like something out of a fairy tale
I'm not kidding what around so with no F for my part this is glen key and it's
literally around the corner from Strath Iowa so yeah once you've seen one just
walk around the corner see another one so even if you don't like scotch whisky
you gotta admit this is a pretty epic road trip you get to see some pretty
cool stuff like this distillery that's right next to a graveyard for some
reason but overall this is a great excuse to see the vast and varied
landscape of Scotland and the fact that there's many distilleries that are
dotted around this is pretty epic whilst technically not a distillery one thing
that you got to see if you are doing the whisky trail here is the Speyside
cooperage now a cooperage is someplace where they make barrels so obviously as
you know whisky is made in barrels and this is where they make them all now
obviously it's Sunday and it's about five past 8:00 in the morning so it's
not open which is a bloody shame but you know this is a cool place to come if you
do like whisky if you enjoyed the process of whisky making this this is
worth a look so guys this is bad they basically turn fresh bits of wood like
Latin
into bits like that into barrels like this pretty crazy
not too far away is the world-famous glenfiddich distillery
Glenfiddich is probably the most widely consumed brand of scotch whiskey in the
world and is the largest producer of whiskey in Scotland by volume it's also
in a very picturesque place which is kind of cool they've got a bar inside so
that you can get drunk and they've got a fancy restaurant where you can eat stuff
obviously I'm driving so I have to make do with this nasty coffee instead oh
well if you've heard of possibly one scotch whisky bradden of the world it's
probably gonna be gone finish really I mean I'm here pretty early the building
doesn't actually open for another half an hour so I might see if I could find a
little the distillery here or that but this place is huge
with most of these Scottish distilleries you can actually pay for a tour of the
facilities and I decided to take the tour here and Glenfiddich you get to
learn about the history of Glenfiddich and what they do
in order to make that whiskey from where they store their grains how they create
alcohol where they store their liquids etc and the tour guide was very lovely
we learned a lot about Scotch whisky making and even if you've been to a
distillery before it's always nice to see how different companies do things
differently from how they store it in barrels to how they package and process
it it's all very interesting and at the end of the tour you also get a sampling
session where you can sample whisky and this particular guy this guy right here
he was the lucky recipients of all my whisky because unfortunately I cannot
drink and drive the shop is actually pretty cool as well and overall
Glenfiddich was probably the best tour I did on the day it's also in a very
pretty place now right next to the glenfiddich
distillery is this place Balvenie castle now I know a lot of you American friends
out there you love your castles and this this is
pretty cool I mean yes if it costs money to go around it's closed at the moment
so I can't but walking around it's pretty much good enough for me after my
little detour of castle walking I decided to visit Glenfiddich arch-enemy
The Macallan so guys I'm on my way into Macallan now for those of you who have
heard of Macallan or haven't heard of Macallan rather yeah it's probably one
of the most expensive brand if not the most expensive brand of Scotch whisky
and I'm going to go in and find out why
well so much for that as it turns out it's fully booked literally all day now
the reason why is because apparently this the visitor sense of the new
visitor center behind me has only been open for about four weeks so everyone's
coming and everyone's booking in about so yeah didn't actually get to do a tour
but what I did manage to do is get a lady lovely lady called Alana she
basically gave me kind of a any carat or around the bits that I could see 1.2
million seriously
on whiskey coming I don't know my wish yet and well I bought I bought a bottle
I didn't actually steal it as a frustration I actually bought this so
yeah this is going to friend of mine too bad I didn't do the tour if you do want
to do a tour live I've got booked in advance obviously I couldn't get to
Macau and so I'm here at Glen Grant instead now even though the tour was ok
and the facilities weren't anywhere near as good as the ones in Glenfiddich the
tour was just okay but I would have much rather sin The Macallan this guy right
next to me here he couldn't get it to Macau in either so there you go but
overall there's a lot more distilleries to see tenth one that I've been to today
I can't remember but you might be thinking well then aren't you not bored
of God so many distilleries well the answer is no and the reason why is
because each distillery does it differently and it's really interesting
to kind of figure out what they do to make that whiskey taste or different
movie that section of the whiskey trail there are distilleries of virtually
within yards of each other so finding loss of distilleries isn't particularly
difficult except that they're all closed this one however wasn't the cardio
distillery is the main source of where Johnnie Walker sources their blended
Scotch the tour was great except that you couldn't film or take photographs
throughout the tour which I found a little ridiculous but the tour was
actually pretty good so I've just done the tour at car do the tour of the day
fortunately they gave me a sample sort after drink it and drive drunk really
informative talk loved the lady presenting it and
I'm gonna go feed some cows because they have highland cows on sites which is
kind of cool no and before you ask they don't put cows in their whiskey to make
it taste good they're just there for pets apparent win so guys check this out
I've got a pack of digesters and apparently highland cows like digesters
McVitie's brown digesters check this out check out this guy I'm going to feed you
hello highland cow I'm going to be your biscuits oh hello I've always wanted to
feed a Highland cow so I could tick that off my bucket list already they're
pretty cool except if they get horny on you but I decided to visit a couple of
other distilleries and at this point I'm getting a little tired so yeah it's not
open because you know it's getting to the end of the day it's about half-full
and everything sure so I've just arrived here the Glen limits I think this is
gonna be the last stop of the day because it's now 5:00 p.m. this do you
know what I lost count at the amount of distilleries I've been to today I'm just
gonna check this place out take view pictures was he will go now I
actually just missed the last tour of the day by literally about 20 minutes
but you do get to see free of charge their exhibits for the history of
Glenlivet their core range and why they seemingly are the most popular brand of
Scotch whisky in North America overall the Glenlivet if I had a chance
to do this I probably would because it looks fancy
looks nice and after that you know what I decided to drive home the scenery on
the way home was amazing and I highly recommend that you do this once in your
life especially if you like scotch whisky okay Nate I'm sold what do I do
well unfortunately if you do want to do the whiskey trail you're most likely
going to have to drive because there's no buses trains etc that go to these
remote Scottish towns cost to do the tours they're very reasonable and with
most of them you get a sampling session afterwards so definitely worth the price
of admission is there anything else I need to know yes if you do want to see a
specific distillery tour like The Macallan bock in advance to avoid
disappointments Scottish drink driving laws are strict so if you do want to
chance it that's up to you but the legal limit for alcohol is actually less than
what it is in England and even if you're not a whisky drinker this is a pretty
cool place to go if you have enjoyed this episode please be sure to like
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suggestions I will go ahead and do that so guys thank you very much for watching
and we'll see you in the next episode I suppose they're all old-fashioned I
guess but this one in particular and he looks like he's from the sixteen
hundreds i've got looking because there was only two people in my particular
tour group but as you can tell there's lots of people that actually pile up
here so and they're all laughing at me now because i'm presenting on camera but
i don't care i don't care
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK