Extensive website, with history of the distillery, Easter Elchies House and the Estate surrounding it. Also includes detailed explanation of the making of The Macallan whisky, plus an opportunity to register for The Macallan Club to receive information about releases and special offers.
VisitingThe Macallan is open to the public and conducts two levels of tours, the Experience and the Precious Tour, the latter including a tutored nosing and tasting. Monday to Friday throughout the year, Saturdays between Easter and august. See website for opening times.
Vital Stats
The Macallan's address includes Craigellachie, though the distillery is actually on the opposite bank of the Spey. The Macallan's stills are "curiously" small, with steeply descending lyne arms - but there are a lot of them. A second production house was brought into use in 2009 - actually a recommissioning of the original production area. With the two production houses, there are two mash tuns of different shape and size, hence the difference in mash times.
The whole current distillery will be mothballed once the new facility, capable of 15m litres, comes on line - trial spirit runs commenced in November 2017. Malt Madness Wikipedia WhiskyMerchants.co.uk Undiscovered Scotland scotchwhisky.com |
Getting ThereClick the Google logo on the above map to access Street View, Directions etc.
Open Cycle Map Bing Map Aberlour Cardhu Craigellachie Glen Spey Distilleries Speyside Distilleries Nearest National Rail stations are Elgin (ELG) (13 miles), Keith (KEH) (14) or Huntly (HNT) (21). Live train times: ELG, KEH, HNT. From Craigellachie/Aberlour, the road to Macallan is a sharp turn back on yourself from the A94 on to the B9102 and up the hill, but it's very clearly signposted.
CyclingNearest Bike shops - Elgin
Bikes and Bowls 7 High Street, Elgin 01343 549656 Halfords Lossie Wynd N, Elgin 01343 552030 Charlie Millett Dufftown 01340 820991 Not a shop - has a page on the Dufftown.net website - provides repairs and spares - assisted Whisky Cyclist in 2014 when stranded in Craigellachie with damaged tyre, and in 2017 with a broken pedal. Bikespokes Forres 07801 365710 @ Van based mobile servicing & repairs - normally 25 miles radius from Forres, but will travel further for an extra charge |
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of The Macallan Distillery are available on Flickr.
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