Dewar’s

ABERFELDY DISTILLERY

Set between rolling lush green hills and beside the waterfall of the beautiful Pitilie Burn, Aberfeldy Distillery was first planned by the sons of John Dewar in 1896. In a way it was a homecoming for the men, as their highly successful father, founder of Dewar’s whisky John Dewar, was born just three miles away.

At the time the distillery was created, the Dewar’s brand was already a household name and the company was in desperate need of greater reserves of single malt whisky to use in its blend. The brothers enlisted the help of the leading distillery architect of the time, Charles Doig, and the signature pagoda roof he installed is still one of the most prominent architectural features of the distillery today.

The distillery offers a range of tours, including Dewar’s renowned Whisky & Chocolate experience. Taking place once a day, the experience includes a tour of the distillery and a visit to the warehouse to learn about Dewar’s double-aging technique, before finishing with a whisky and chocolate tray tasting of Aberfeldy 12-Year-Old Single Malt, Dewar’s 12-YearOld Blended Scotch and the ultra-premium Dewar’s 18-Year-Old perfectly paired with artisan single origin dark chocolate disks. The chocolate disks are made by a local chocolatier, and each whisky and chocolate match was chosen by Master Blender Stephanie MacLeod.

There is also a standard Distillery Tour; a Cask Tasting Tour, where guests are invited to sample a rare and exclusively aged Aberfeldy single cask whisky in the warehouse; a Connoisseur Tour that affords visitors with an additional tasting mat of five Scotch whiskies (15ml each); and a daily Blender’s Tour, where guests create their own blend of Experimental Batch Scotch using cask strength single malt and grain whisky.

If you’re looking for a truly unique experience, Dewar’s also host a luxury Immersion Whisky Tour once a month. The full-day event begins with a welcome coffee/tea and shortbread before visitors are escorted on a tour of the Dewar’s archive. Guests are then treated to a visit to the distillery’s water source, the Pitilie Burn, followed by a full distillery tour including tasting a single cask Aberfeldy whisky straight from the cask. A freshly made buffet lunch is provided in the elegant Whisky Lounge, with visitors then moving on to the Blending Room for a guided tasting of old and rare expressions. The day then finishes with cocktails served in a secret location on site, before guests leave with a 20cl bottle of exclusively aged single cask Aberfeldy hand-signed by the distillery manager.

Every tour includes access to the interactive heritage exhibition, where visitors gain insight into the lives of Dewar’s founders, John Dewar and his sons, John and Tommy Dewar.

ADDRESS: Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2EB, UK T: +44 (0)1887 822010 W: www.dewars.com/gl/en/aberfeldydistillery OPENING HOURS: Monday-Saturday: 10am-6pm (Closes 4pm November-March) Sundays (April-October): 12pm-4pm

TOUR DETAILS AND PRICING: Aberfeldy Distillery Tour: £10.50pp, 1hr 30mins.

Cask Tasting Tour: £17pp, 1hr 45mins.

Whisky & Chocolate Tasting Tour: £23pp, 2hrs.

Connoisseur Tour: £27pp, 2hrs.

Blender’s Tour: Take’s place only at 3pm, every weekday. £99pp, 2hrs 30mins. Bookings essential.

Dewar’s Immersion Luxury Whisky Tour: Starts at 10am and finishes at 3:30pm each month. £120pp. Max 10 people.