This photo was taken on my walk around the Blair Athol Distillery. The seventh distillery on my visit has a basic and enhanced tours like many of the distilleries. The way that I prefer to travel with my flight home being the only certain booking, I did not book ahead to see a distillery unless it was the only way in to the distillery like Aberlour in Speyside.
The downside of this is the lost opportunity for a wide scope of tastings at a given distillery.
If you prefer a more scheduled tour, I would recommend you buy a copy of the book called
"Discovering Scotland's Distilleries" by Gavin D. Smith and Graeme Wallace.
The big question then becomes 'Who will drive today?"
Distillery number seven Blair Athol offered a 12 year old single malt as part of their standard tour. It was a lovely fruity sweet dram that I would be happy to have in my drinks cabinet.
Blair Athol distillery had Bell's Whisky signs displayed prominently. This is a blended whisky that they help produce.
The eighth distillery is up the hill from Pitlochry. I was told that it's a short bike ride. It was indeed short because I was off the bike in no time pushing the dratted thing up. Living in the flat part of Southern Ontario has me deconditioned for this kind of activity. Please pardon the break, a whisky tasting is about to intrude!
