Dufftown itself will have a few places ,Aberlour is a few miles away and I have stayed in the Highlander Inn in Craigellachie which is a real whisky haven .Easy to get a bus to Dufftown and a short walk to the Distillery if you don't want to drive From £29 per person. The others are Dufftown, Mortlach, Glendullan, Balvenie and Kininvie distillery. Dufftown is in the heart of the Speyside whisky trail and it’s the largest exporter of whisky in Scotland. The Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means "valley of the deer" in Scottish Gaelic, which is why the Glenfiddich logo is a stag.. Glenfiddich is the world's best-selling single-malt whisky and also the most awarded at the International Spirits Challenge. Or visit during the famous Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival in April/ May, and get involved in some of ... • Glenfiddich Distillery • Speyside Cooperage The beautiful Loch Garten. Speyside Whisky & Moray Firth Coast (Inverness): Explore the town of Elgin and its incredible wee whisky shop, and visit both Benromach Distillery and Glenfiddich Distillery, before heading back to Inverness. Glenfiddich (Scottish English: [ɡlɛnˈfɪdɪç]) is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky produced by William Grant & Sons in the Scottish burgh of Dufftown in Moray. Scotch Whisky is produced all over Scotland and can be broken down into 6 regions, Highlands, Speyside, Lowlands, Campbeltown, Islay and Islands. Today the company is still run by his descendants and as the first whisky to truly market itself as a single malt, Glenfiddich now accounts for about 30% of all single malt sales worldwide. Browse the listings in our Scotland's Whisky Distillery Map below to learn more about Scottish whisky distilleries and find a behind-the-scenes whisky tour near you. Glenfiddich Single Malt Whisky A colossus, Glenfiddich was established by William Grant in 1876, with the first spirit running off the stills in 1887. Scotch is like Wine in that the location of where it's produced makes a big difference to how it tastes, looks and smells even though it's … Where a whisky is made can have a huge bearing on its flavour, everything from the source of the water to the presence of peat in the local area will come through in the taste. In 1824, this distillery’s founder, George Smith, was granted the very first legal license to distill spirits in the valley through which the river Livet flows — which is the literal translation of the Gaelic name of both the area and distillery, Glenlivet. Visit: Glenfiddich. Glenfiddich Distillery stands just to the north of Dufftown, on the western side of the valley of the River Fiddich. The Glenlivet Distillery. Whisky Trail and visit some of the area’s top whisky attractions? Playing host to more than 50 distilleries in Scotland, Speyside has the greatest concentration of malt whisky producers compared to every other whisky producing region. Number of distilleries: Over 60 Most famous Speyside whisky: Macallan, Dalwhinnie, Glenlivet, Glenfiddich Typical flavours: Apple, vanilla, oak, malt, dried fruit Speyside is located in the northeast of Scotland surrounding the River Spey, and while it’s one of the most famous of Scotland’s whisky-producing areas it’s actually classified as a sub-region of the Highlands. There are six distilleries surrounding the village, the largest being Glenfiddich, named after the nearby river Fiddich. Glenfiddich is pronounced with a hard ch as in the Scottish loch (IPA [x]) and means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich bottles. 08 09 Auchroisk Distillery LOCATION Mulben, Dufftown, Moray, the Highlands. From the visitor car park you cross the road and approach the attractively laid out distillery, passing bonded warehouses and one of the still houses en route to the entrance to the visitor centre.