Distillery Visits: Arran

This modern distillery on the isle of Arran is situated just outside of Lochranza. The whole distillery consists of two square building with ornamental pagoda rooftops. The first building is build entirely for tourist purposes. Once entered you are greeted with a field of barley and a little bridge towards a bothy where you will take place at the start of the tour to see the a bit too commercial video. As always it does have some nice scenery, so we'll take it for granted ;)

Next on the tour is the second building which is build for production. The washbacks, mashtun, stills, all are conveniently situated in a single room. Our guide, wearing Arran tartan, guides us swiftly from left to right with the standard descriptions for the production processes.

Time to head back to the first building for our complementary dram. The ladies have a choice to have a whisky cream instead, something Sandra takes with pleasure! Naturally, once the tour is over we find ourself in the shop where they have a large collection of different goods related to whisky and clothing. The restaurant upstairs can be recommended, the more so as it has a wonderful view through the large panoramic windows.

A small tip: a little further up the road you can hike up a beautiful glen to the water source of the distillery: Loch na Davie.