Travel Secrets Nov-Dec 2015 | Page 33

COVERSTORY #306 Edradour Distillery, Scotland From: Scotland Tourism “Edradour is a little gem of a place, a sort of distillery in miniature you want to wrap up and put under the Christmas tree” ~ Iain Banks What is so special about Edradour? For starters, it’s Scotland’s smallest distillery, set in a picture-postcard village. Located in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Edradour produces a mere 90,000 litres of Highland single malt a year, which is a pint compared to what the big ones rustle up. Dating back to 1825, Edradour, stands alone as the last stronghold of handmade single malt whisky from a farm distillery still in production today. Visitors see intimately how the making of this handcrafted ‘Water of Life’ remains a living tradition in the twenty first century. Watch whisky being made first hand amidst sights, sounds, smells and most importantly the exquisite tastes you will always remember. We had the good fortune to visit Edradour, and the aroma of the freshly malted spirit, created by a workforce of just three men, is still etched in our sensory album. November-December 2015 Travel Secrets  33