Scotch Whisky Trail - Scotland's Famous Highland Distilleries

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Scotch Whisky is the most revered alcoholic drink in the world. But how is it made and what makes Scotch whisky taste so good? If you are a whisky fan, join me on the official Scotch whisky trail as I show you around 20 Scotch whisky distilleries the Speyside region of the Scottish Highlands. Worth a look even if you don’t drink Scotch.
By the way, whisky produced in Scotland is spelt with no ‘e’. Whiskey spelt like this is of Irish/American descent.
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@monroeyearbook8618 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, Ninh! Coming from the US in a few months to tour the distilleries and this video is so helpful! Keep it up!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Leslie, I'm glad you found this video useful. I'm so happy that you're coming to Scotland, I think you'll have an amazing time! My recommendations are Macallan, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet. The first two are less than 10 minutes apart in the car and Glenlivet is about 25 minutes away from each. But there's plenty of distilleries in between so you'll be spoilt for choice. Be sure to subscribe and check out my other videos for more like this! :)

@ignacio1320 4 жыл бұрын

Wawww thank you for your video. It takes me back to Scotland. I have been there last year . A discovery adventure which blown my mind away from me 💪🏻. Love from Argentina 🇦🇷 + Escocia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like this video. Check out my channel for more like this :)

@seufalopa 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! It inspired me to visit the Whisky Trail. It’s in my bucket list.

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

Great - hope you had an amazing time!

@richardagnew4959 3 жыл бұрын

Oohh, you did a Highland tour as well as the Islay one! Bliss! :)

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you! I think I could have done the Speyside trail a little better - like the Islay one, but there's always a next time!

@cypresscreekhsband1992 5 жыл бұрын

Love these videos

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that man, thanks! Could do with a lot more views and subs though! :)

@rebeccashearer3392 2 жыл бұрын

to anyone intrested in this type of tour that you can hire a coach for the whiskey trails quite cheap, so you can sample as much as you like and not worry about our drink driving laws :), lovely vid!

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

That is correct yes. I briefly mention this at the end of the video. Be sure to check out my other video on the Islay Whisky Trail.

@shanemanchester 3 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic vid, m8. Me and some pals walked The West Highland Way a few year ago, visited a couple of distilleries. Not as many as you though. 😀👍😀 Keep up the great work. 👍

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - be sure to check out my recent video on Islay, visiting all the distilleries there. 👍

@glock31357sig 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, deeply enjoyed it! Cheers

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@CushdelaCush 4 жыл бұрын

That'd be heaven on Earth for me!

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Time to come! Especially in the Speyside region, some of them are literally right next door to each other!

@channelkerr 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid, thanks!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, much appreciated. Check out my channel for more like this :)

@hectordariomonaco 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing trip! I have had follow your trail in an Scotland map... I hope to make the same trip! Thanks!

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! Enjoy your trip along the whisky trail.

@kaloyanski Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, cheers!

@UltimateBucketList Жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated!

@kentonjazz3 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I work at Glenfiddich distillery, next door is the great Balvenie and kininvie all with-in a 2 minute walk. May be next time !!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find Balvenie for love nor money. Sat Nav must have taken me the wrong way. But I love Glenfiddich - great distillery and now it's pretty much all I drink. Thanks! :)

@MuppeSixtyFour 4 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList : Stumbled on your video and got very jealous. Had to go downstairs afterwards and console myself with a selection from my Balvenie collection. ;-)

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

@@MuppeSixtyFour Balvenie do great whisky's!

@JamchesterBoozle 4 жыл бұрын

Ultimate Bucket List what It’s within pissin distance

@csabah.6251 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kellyplumb7024 3 жыл бұрын

Next journey let me know, I will be happy to join! Lol My Pop is a Craig, I should visit the homeland soon..👣👣👣☀️

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

I did an Islay Whisky tour about six months ago (see the video) - pretty epic. I have plans to go back to Whisky country soon!

@kimdayneful 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty neat video dude!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dayne, much appreciated. Check out my channel for more like this :)

@Flurb_Xray 3 жыл бұрын

I watched Islay first. Now I come back to start ;-) Nice video as well. I really good job making this videos in quality, performance and cutting! Having a sip of whisky right now. Slàinte Mhath! Btw.: I like your sense of humor! :D

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! I think if you get a chance to come here, it's totally worth the trip. Slàinte Mhath!

@Flurb_Xray 3 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList Yeah, I am really looking forward when traveling from Poland to UK is easier after COVID. As I sad in the Islay video, I would like to combine some hiking with whisky-tasting. Hiking through all the Highlands would be very challenging... but when traveling to Islay I pass by in Glasgow, and there I can hike the West Highland Trail until GlenGoyne. And in the Lowlands around Glasgow are also plenty of distilleries.

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

@@Flurb_Xray Yeah that's a cool plan. If you're in Glasgow (which you'll need to drive past in order to get to West Scotland), I highly recommend the tour at Auchentoshan and Glasgow Distillery co. Really good!

@Flurb_Xray 3 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList Yes, Glasgow most likely will be my destination airport. So Auchentoshan was on the list, thanks for the tip with the Glasgow Distillery Co.. So my current simple plan is to arrive in Glasgow, stay a day for tours in Auchentoshan and Glasgow Distillery. Next day hiking to Glengoyne. Then traveling to Islay and stay there for a few days for a nice and relaxed hiking tour to all distilleries there.

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

@@Flurb_Xray Sounds like a great plan!

@arthurmiller9434 4 жыл бұрын

great presentation.

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Check out my channel for more like this :)

@xiaoxingzhang8549 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you like this video. If you do come to Scotland, I highly recommend visiting Glenfiddich, The Macallan and The Glenlivet - I think you'll be pretty amazed!

@xiaoxingzhang8549 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, for sure I will visit Scotland one day! Btw, Glenfiddich, Macallan and Glenlivet are used to be my favorite scotch whisky. Now I am prefering Glendronach, Laguvulin and Talisker. @@UltimateBucketList

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure I'll visit those distilleries one day. There's always this summer!

@scottclarke1350 3 жыл бұрын

Nice fly-by of the scotch whisky trail ninh! I actually work in the scotch whisky industry up in speyside, it's ridiculous how packed it is with distilleries up there. On the site that has glenfiddich there's actually two more distilleries on that site! (Balvenie and kininvie) and 5 more distilleries in that little town (dufftown)

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Wow, it's funny that you mention that you work for the Whisky Trail - I was planning to come back next week / the week after to complete some of the ones I didn't do. I'd love special access to some of these distilleries - do you have any ideas on how to do that?

@scottclarke1350 3 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList You're welcome, I enjoy the channel! It depends what kind of "special access" you want to get. I get special access to them for my job but that's based on the distilleries themselves asking me to come in for specific things to work on, although we do sometimes go just to have a look at things we're interested in learning about! The most obvious and sensible way I could think of to do it would just be to call up the distillery (probably just the visitor's centre but if you can directly call the manager try that) in advance and mention your channel (no. of subscribers, how long you've been going, the purpose of your videos etc.) and mention that you want to give the scotch whisky industry and their distillery in particular some exposure on your channel by filming some of the equipment/processes/people. You'll likely have to follow some guidelines with regard to what equipment you use and where and also COVID restrictions will probably make it trickier than normal and may cause some distilleries to just turn you away. I would think you'll have more luck with the smaller, less well known and independently owned distilleries (e.g. ballindalloch, benromach, Glen moray, Glenallachie, Glenfarclas) but try as many as you can since some will be more in favour of it than others.

@elisabethkulbingerneebobvo7229 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@thumbsstrike3430 3 жыл бұрын

not only scotch whiskey but Japanese , american , Indian and Taiwanese whiskeys are also gripping the market with its taste and quality , a tough competition ahead 😊

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Especially Japanese Whisky, which is very nice.

@thumbsstrike3430 3 жыл бұрын

you must try whiskeys of amrut, Paul john and rampur variants

@steveboy7302 Жыл бұрын

Yes but iScottish is the original

@thumbsstrike3430 Жыл бұрын

@@steveboy7302 all are original and have own unique taste

@shrikesari 4 жыл бұрын

Ninh explains Distillery hopping!

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Basically yes.

@craigstephens4909 4 жыл бұрын

Take a Rabbies tours Speyside guided tourwho visit 2 or 3, all organised & no driving so enjoy the samples!

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I heard of Rabbies. Good piece of advice.

@craigstephens4909 4 жыл бұрын

Missed one- Lindores Abbey distiiliary, that makes 5!

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of Lindores Abbey?

@craigstephens4909 4 жыл бұрын

Rabbies tours actually visit 4 distilliarys over 3 days, Dalwhinnie, Benromach, Cardhu & Glenlivet with other attractions, from Edinburgh

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a decent tour.

@xiaoxingzhang8549 5 жыл бұрын

Also, Strathisla Distillery is the main distillery for Chivas Regal.

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

I believe so, yes. Chivas Regal is quite nice and it's reasonably priced when it's on offer. Strathisla itself was very pretty - would have loved to have done a tour that day, but sadly it was closed. Thanks again!

@nmpd1972 4 жыл бұрын

McVitie's Digestives... loved even by Highland cows. Who knew? LOL

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

I know, right?

@michaelzimmermann2354 5 жыл бұрын

Poor guy missed Balvenie Distillery just 30 seconds away from Glenfiddich ( on your feet)

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Actually I didn't. I went, recorded me saying a few words outside and realised when I got home that the camera didn't record. Bummer.

@user-br6jv7rq7s 5 жыл бұрын

Ninh I suggest that you go to oxford as it is a great city

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

I've actually been! A couple of weeks ago I went to Stonehenge and I got some footage of Oxford, but it was pouring with rain and I honestly didn't do that much there. Certainly not enough to make a full video out of. Cool city though, thanks for the tip!

@mikekonczal6283 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Added to my list. How about some Irish whiskey?

@UltimateBucketList Жыл бұрын

Sure! If I ever get to Jameson, I'll be sure to do one there!

@dutchfan1 3 жыл бұрын

Digestives... HA!!! We sell those at my supermarket in Florida. 😎

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds about right ... yep!

@dr.phil-federalinspector6023 3 жыл бұрын

Very Interesting..but u did not show it being made??? That is what I wanted to see. I like the top 5 whiskeys...they are quite expensive here in the USA..so I have to save up...my last bottle of Glenlivet was around 90.00 us dollars...so i sip it...lol...

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I was going to feature it in my next Whisky Trail video. It'll be out shortly.

@iyanev 5 жыл бұрын

Distillery tours have one and only one rule, find a driver!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, they don't enforce this! They tell you to not drink and drive, or find a designated driver - but they will not refuse you service or samples.

@oceandrew 4 жыл бұрын

Uber?

@MuppeSixtyFour 4 жыл бұрын

Luckily I never learnt to drive, so I'm always the Designated Drinker.

@aikidragonpiper71 4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever visited the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky ?

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Not yet, but I'd love to do that!

@keithlordofalbascotland3371 4 жыл бұрын

Bourbons very popular here with gays

@aikidragonpiper71 4 жыл бұрын

@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 In the USA Bourbon is popular with everyone no matter what their sexuality is. Many Scotch and Irish whiskeys use used American Bourbon barrels to age their spirits and of course Sherry Berrels too. Even in Japan Bourbon is popular. A $20 Bourbon in the USA is a $100 in Japan and that in US dollars in Japan. I like Scotch too but it very expensive here and is a rich man's drink here. Although there are some Bourbons like Pappy Van Winkle that can go for as high as $5000. My favorite Bourbons a Wild Turkey 101 ,Knob Creek Small Batch ,Elijah Craig and Evan Williams BiB Bottle in Bond.

@gman5986 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tour and video. May I ask what is your heritage is as you look Asian with a strong British accent!

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, much appreciated. My parents are Chinese, who lived on the border between China and Vietnam. They moved to England where I was born, hence forth. Check out my channel for more videos like this :)

@thomasnever2552 9 ай бұрын

I guess I would need two weeks. 😮

@UltimateBucketList 9 ай бұрын

You need a bit of time, yeah. If you want to do tours of every single one of them, they are available but they're very samey.

@mangeof8230 4 жыл бұрын

Shouldve brought some buddies to drive for you, though you might've ended up positively smashed at the end

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

It would have been cool - I'll consider that for the next trip.

@atulbogawat5477 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously no public transport to reach there ?

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

You can get buses and trains to major towns. But these are located in rural areas so the best thing is to either drive yourself, or go on a paid tour so that you can drink and someone else can drive you.

@robindegu7294 4 жыл бұрын

did he drink anything on this tour...?

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

I baby dosed some of them, but didn't actually drink anything.

@TheNewMediaoftheDawn 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, your voice and choice of words sounds a bit like Morrissey... -strange fact.

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people say that about me and Morrissey, but I don't believe that I sound anything like him. Thanks though.

@TheNewMediaoftheDawn 4 жыл бұрын

Ultimate Bucket List Are you from Manchester? Maybe that’s the accent, even the words you choose to use, sound like his, possibly when he was younger... IMO the best scotch comes from Islay:), but I like all regions...

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNewMediaoftheDawn I watched an interview in his younger days. I can hear the resemblance, so yeah I think you have a point. Incidentally, I lived in Manchester briefly as a kid so that's probably where the similarities lie. I like Islay Whisky mainly in Winter. Laphroaig is the best from the region in my opinion, but I'm a Glenfiddich man.

@Jason52597 3 жыл бұрын

Did you not try any Whisky though?

@UltimateBucketList 3 жыл бұрын

On this particular trip, no. I was in the car a lot - but I had a whole bunch of driver drams to take home with me.

@user-qx5ss7xd1j 2 жыл бұрын

يَا رَجُلُ جَعَلَ أَعْصَابِك تَفَجَّر فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ اوبن . Open . . وَالْحَائِط فِي بَيْن الْمَطْبَخ والصاله حَقَّت جَمِيعِ الْبُيُوتِ غَيْر الْمَجَالِس وَغُرَف النَّوْم و مَوَاقِف السَّيَّارَات وَالْأَسْوَاق والمتنزات وَجَمِيع الْحِيطَان .

@ShakespeareCafe 4 жыл бұрын

Do they have uber

@UltimateBucketList 4 жыл бұрын

Probably, but I think you'll be spending a small fortune getting around the area if you're using Uber.

@muscular_ninja 5 жыл бұрын

No Johnnie walker??

@UltimateBucketList 5 жыл бұрын

Johnnie Walker is a blended scotch that draws whisky from lots of distilleries. I'm pretty sure that a good percentage of their whisky comes from the Cardhu distillery in the video (the one with the cows).

@A_TALKINGSLUG 5 жыл бұрын

Think (and hope) that was sarcasm

@davidmacgregor5193 4 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList My late father William worked at the Cardhu distillery from 1955 until 1963, we lived at 2 Cardow Cottages. The distillery owned the cottages in those days, I believe they are now privately owned. I was born in Dufftown, the malt whisky capital of the world with six working distilleries and three that have closed. By the way, Glen Moray in Elgin is pronounced Glen Murray, not how you pronounced it. Thank you for the interesting tour.

@motog4-75 2 жыл бұрын

Each distillery does it differently..... Not really 🙄 Essentially it's really all the same pretty much.

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

The method is kind of the same, but sometimes what they use, what material the stills, what shape of the stills, if they use peat is uniquely different to every other distillery. If that wasn't the case ... they would all taste the same. But they don't.

@motog4-75 2 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList the concept of production from grain to bottle is all more or less the same method with slight tweaks here & there along the way. It's like having different fonts for writing the alphabet but at the end of the day it's all a b c right?

@UltimateBucketList 2 жыл бұрын

@@motog4-75 as a graphic designer, I would vehemently disagree that all fonts are essentially the same.

@motog4-75 2 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateBucketList of course the fonts are different. What I was saying is that it is still the a b c whichever font you use.

@eyemallears2647 Жыл бұрын

@@motog4-75 nope. You should learn more before dismissing all whiskys, whiskeys, bourbons etc…. as all “a b c”. If you’re saying that they all use distillation and storage then yeah I guess they do, but the ingredients, methods and storage vary wildly. You make yourself look silly.