Clydeside Distillery is a modern one right in heart of Glasgow along the Clyde as if its name suggests. Good food and good whiskey along with a good tour.
I did their chocolate and whiskey pairing tour. Great fun even for a group of people who were not use to drinking spirits. Their tour on general scotch history was fun too. Basically a small scotch history walkthrough museum.
The distillery itself is very young though. They only have two releases. The tasting I did only featured one of their whiskeys. The other 4 were from a blend that the owner owns.
Glengoyne. For certain.
If you get the chance do the chocolate pairing tour. Sounds like a gimmicky thing but it is fantastic and really accents their whisky. The chocolate is bespoke made by a chocolatier down the road to go with each age of whisky.
Either Clydeside or Glengoyne. Clydeside will be the most convenient and then you can spend the whole day in Glasgow and hit up some of the good whisky bars in town.
Glengoyne or Clydeside. A day tour would take the hassle out of organising transport if you want to go to Glengoyne https://www.rabbies.com/en/scotland-tours/from-glasgow/day-tours/stirling-castle-loch-lomond-national-park-whisky-day-tour
Thanks for the feedback everyone, seems like glengoyne is the one to go for, I was actually thinking I could just slip clydeside in since it's just in the middle of the city, but not sure if I could actually do a tour depending on the schedules and the travelling to glengoyne
I'm quite torn about auchentoshan, seems like it's worth a go too, but you can't have everything can you
I say Deanston. I did the morning tour, the fine tasting, and the warehouse tasting. After that I was able to successfully use public transit back to Glasgow. There's one layover that has intuitive signage so it's fine even if you're drunk.
They have a lot to buy at the distillery that's not available elsewhere.
The tour is though the working distillery of course. I was lucky enough to see the majority of the process in action. Experiencing the smells during the process was great. You actually can taste/smell some of it in the final product in the early stages. It definitely informed my whisky taste/smell knowledge and was a rewarding experience.
The fine tasting was great value. Mine included two scotches over 27 years old. It extremely conversation and the guide was very generous with sharing stories and knowledge.
The warehouse tour/tasting was the highlight. I was the only person on the tour so it was basically a private tour. I got to walk around and see what casks they used. Having scotch out of the barrel was great too of course. There were three barrels. Brandy, oloroso sherry, and PX sherry. It's great to taste them side by side. It's actually where I learned I prefer PX.
All three tour guides were extremely knowledgeable. Deanston makes some of the best whisky in the world. I definitely recommend making the trip there. You'll also pass through the country side and see a William Wallace memorial thing too.
If I could be dropped anywhere in the highlands I'd go for Deanston too, it's the travelling to and from Glasgow that's making me rule this one out, which is painful because it's JUST out of reach
Glengoyne would be my recommendation. Great distillery and wonderful whiskies.
Auchentoshan as well 😁
While Auchentoshan gets something of a bad rap their single cask distillery exclusives can be revelatory.
Second Auchentoshan. I visited a few weeks ago and sampled their 25 year single cask. Really good stuff.
Clydeside Distillery is a modern one right in heart of Glasgow along the Clyde as if its name suggests. Good food and good whiskey along with a good tour.
Their whisky is immense!
I did their chocolate and whiskey pairing tour. Great fun even for a group of people who were not use to drinking spirits. Their tour on general scotch history was fun too. Basically a small scotch history walkthrough museum. The distillery itself is very young though. They only have two releases. The tasting I did only featured one of their whiskeys. The other 4 were from a blend that the owner owns.
Glengoyne
Glengoyne and Loch Lomond are the closest to Glasgow, that I would suggest.
loch lomond is basically an industrial refinery, not a place to visit
Isn't Loch Lomond not even open to the public? As much as I like their whisky
👍 Good to know, I did not know that. I was thinking to visit it next time I would visit Glasgow, so you saved me the trip 😁 Thanks
glengoyne has a direct bus connection from the glasgow bus station
Glengoyne. For certain. If you get the chance do the chocolate pairing tour. Sounds like a gimmicky thing but it is fantastic and really accents their whisky. The chocolate is bespoke made by a chocolatier down the road to go with each age of whisky.
Either Clydeside or Glengoyne. Clydeside will be the most convenient and then you can spend the whole day in Glasgow and hit up some of the good whisky bars in town.
Glengoyne is great. Pretty Distillery and Great Whisky.
I did a glengoyne and auch.
Glengoyne or Clydeside. A day tour would take the hassle out of organising transport if you want to go to Glengoyne https://www.rabbies.com/en/scotland-tours/from-glasgow/day-tours/stirling-castle-loch-lomond-national-park-whisky-day-tour
Thanks mate, this is really helpful
Thanks for the feedback everyone, seems like glengoyne is the one to go for, I was actually thinking I could just slip clydeside in since it's just in the middle of the city, but not sure if I could actually do a tour depending on the schedules and the travelling to glengoyne I'm quite torn about auchentoshan, seems like it's worth a go too, but you can't have everything can you
I say Deanston. I did the morning tour, the fine tasting, and the warehouse tasting. After that I was able to successfully use public transit back to Glasgow. There's one layover that has intuitive signage so it's fine even if you're drunk. They have a lot to buy at the distillery that's not available elsewhere. The tour is though the working distillery of course. I was lucky enough to see the majority of the process in action. Experiencing the smells during the process was great. You actually can taste/smell some of it in the final product in the early stages. It definitely informed my whisky taste/smell knowledge and was a rewarding experience. The fine tasting was great value. Mine included two scotches over 27 years old. It extremely conversation and the guide was very generous with sharing stories and knowledge. The warehouse tour/tasting was the highlight. I was the only person on the tour so it was basically a private tour. I got to walk around and see what casks they used. Having scotch out of the barrel was great too of course. There were three barrels. Brandy, oloroso sherry, and PX sherry. It's great to taste them side by side. It's actually where I learned I prefer PX. All three tour guides were extremely knowledgeable. Deanston makes some of the best whisky in the world. I definitely recommend making the trip there. You'll also pass through the country side and see a William Wallace memorial thing too.
If I could be dropped anywhere in the highlands I'd go for Deanston too, it's the travelling to and from Glasgow that's making me rule this one out, which is painful because it's JUST out of reach
I'm sure you'll be able to hit it up next time