Distillery Visits: Speyside Cooperage

Not really close to a distillery tour, but definitely not to be missed when being in the Speyside: a working cooperage that welcomes visitors to see this old craft. And it even includes a dram at the end of the tour! Although not always a single malt one...

After a video showing the history of coopering you will go to the viewing gallery which is build around the cooperage and where you can walk freely and watch the coopers performing their work below. Guides are present which will explain the work below, or answer your questions. As the workers are being paid per completed cask you can be assured there is a lot to see. Once a cooper is finished a cask will be tested with steam. In the back the apprentices are working on smaller casks learning the craft.

A shop is available on site with wooden products of casks that have been used to its maximum, like garden barrels for plants and wooden chips for barbecuing! A cafe is also available.