Website gives details of the team behind the distillery, its current products, Experiences you can have at the distillery, including a one, three or five-day course in distilling.
VisitingStrathearn Distillery is open to the public, but doesn't have a visitor centre. They are however happy to receive visitors by appointment - so please phone first to see if it is convenient. See website for more details.
Vital Stats
Distillery built on farm, which the distillery hopes will one day grow the barley for the distillery. They describe themselves as probably the smallest distillery in Scotland. They do everything on a very small scale, with minimal mechanical help - let alone computers! The malt store is a pile of sacks of grist; the washbacks have no switcher to keep the foam down, but they can be cooled using a water jacket. The water used for distilling is from the tap! The wash is about 12%, and the low wines about 33%. The distilled spirit drains into a bucket and is then transferred to a larger receiver by hand. The stills were made in Portugal.
They have experimented with peated malt, and triple distillation. The preferred casks for maturation are 50 litre virgin oak casks - filled at 58% to get the sweeter notes from the casks. The distillery has also been distilling rum. Malt Madness scotchwhisky.com |
Getting ThereClick the map's Google logo to go to Google Maps - for Directions, Street View etc.
Maps: Open Cycle Bing Glenturret Tullibardine Aberfeldy Edradour Road to distillery is off the A85, 2 miles from Methven (no sign at the end of the road - signs are for Bachilton and Strathearn Eventing - see below). There's also access from the South via a rough track from the Tibbermore - Balgowan road. Nearest station (9 miles) - Perth (PTH) (Live Train Times) RangeNo regular bottlings of whisky yet, the inital release has sold out. But there will continual release of more casks during 2018. They also sell Uisge Bheatha - 28 day to 6 month old spirit aged in small Cherry, Chestnut, Acacia, Apple, Pear and Mulberry casks (see below)!
They have also produced gin, vodka, cider brandy and calvados. CyclingNearest bike shops and services in Perth:
Perth City Cycles 42 Princes Street 01738 639346 JM Richards 44 George Street 0871 974 8592 The Bike Station Unit 11, Mid Friarton Business Park 01738 444430 |
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Strathearn Distillery are available on Flickr at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/martynjenkins/sets/72157689169111966