Whisky Distillery near St Andrews

[GeneralStore]

I love golf and whisky in almost equal measure...if you will excise the pun and while visiting St Andrews I wanted to go to a distillery.

Which are the best distilleries in the area? Anyone been and can recommend a tour for any of them?

Thanks

 

[Jimaroid]

How far are you willing to travel? There aren't any nearby to St Andrews that are open to the public yet. Honestly, St Andrews isn't a good base for distillery tours.

Tullibardine is probably the easiest to get to, it's near Gleneagles/Auchterader. But I'd probably bite the bullet and go further afield and look at the lowlands or speyside distilleries. They're both 2-3 hours drive away if you're lucky with traffic.

 

[GeneralStore]

Willing to travel about an hour at the most. We are heading to Edinburgh for a day afterwards though, are there any near the city?

 

[FairwayDodger]

Generally not traditional whisky areas. Try this...

http://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/map/Scotland/

 

[patricks148]

TBH, i can't think of Many in the central belt, most are either Speyside, Highlands or West coast. and a few lowlands.

There's Glengoyne north of Glasgow that has a nice visitor centre.

 

[NWJocko]

Glenkinchie distillery is about 20 minutes outside Edinburgh in East Lothian.

Not my favourite malt tbh but about the closest you'll get.

 

[BrizoH71]

Tullibardine and Strathearn distilleries are likely the easiest for you from around Perth, or Pitlochry a wee bit further afield.

Glenkinchie as said already for Edinburgh, but the Scotch Whisky Experience on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (up by the Castle) is decent although it isn't particularly cheap.

 

[Wildrover]

Don't think this place is open yet but will be soon, played golf a couple of times with Doug Clement who owns/runs it. Its at Kingsbarns and he is looking to cater for people on golf trips who also want to visit a distillery. Looks really good and I'm looking forward to visiting next year.

http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2...elcomes-copper-pot-stills-scotch-whisky-news/

 

[GeneralStore]

Thanks very much for all the information

 

[ManinBlack]

Willing to travel about an hour at the most. We are heading to Edinburgh for a day afterwards though, are there any near the city?

There's a museum of whisky in Edinburgh where you can taste samples http://www.scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk/