Discover the perfect dram
Sample some of Scotland's finest Malts
The Water of Life
Experience a distillery tour and tasting while staying at Assynt House.
Clynelish Distillery, Brora, Sutherland.
Interactive tours and tasting with breath-taking views. Built in 1819 by the Duke Of Sutherland so that the local crofters would not be selling their grain to illegal whisky makers!
Whisky Tours
Tain's Glenmorangie Whisky is made by the Sixteen Men of Tain on the picturesque shores of the Dornoch Firth. They offer tours of the distillery and a taster session afterwards. Try some of the different cask finishes.
Balblair Distillery, Edderton, Tain. Founded in 1790, Balblair is the second oldest working distillery in the industry. Balblair will also come to Assynt House for a personal tasting experience, please contact us to find out more.
Tomatin Distillery, founded in 1897, the distillery boasts 12 stills and at one time had the largest capacity of any whisky distillery in the world.
Glen Ord Distillery, Muir of Ord. Watch the distillers at work creating malt whisky. Guided distillery offers guided distillery tours, special tasting tours, an exhibition, and a shop selling
rare malts.
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