Whisky is one of the things Scotland is famous for. If you have never tried it do it here.


Mostly Scottish whiskies are divided by six regions:
Speyside

Lowlands

Highlands
Islands
Campeltown
Islay

Lowland and Speyside whiskies are usually quite smooth the further north you go the smokier the palette will become and westwards you get ‘peatiness’, especially on Islay. Islay being an island of only 25 miles length but with eight whisky distilleries: true whisky lovers heaven!

We have divided our whisky tours by whisky region and added on a Fife Tour due to the fact that Starfish Travel is based in St Andrews, Fife- the Kingdom of Fife to be precise.

 

Fife traditionally had a high number of distilleries, most of them did not survive. Currently, there are a number of new distilleries, some of which I would like to specially name:

Daftmill Distillery close to Cupar, founded by two farming brothers and so exquisite that so far it has been almost impossible to buy their first proper Whisky.

Lindores Distillery only started whisky production in 2017 but after a break of 523 years. The first record of distilling was in 1494!!!

 

There is also Kingsbarns Distillery founded in 2014 and now owned by the Wemyss family but brain child of of a local caddie Douglas Clement. The Wemyss also moved the production of their famous “Darnley’s View” gin from London to Kingsbarns. The name referring to the second husband of Queen Mary of the Scots. She allegedly laid eyes on him for the first time at the family’s home in Wemyss.

Aberlour Distillery

Balvenie Distillery

BenRiach Distillery

Benromach Distillery

Cardhu Distillery

Cragganmore Distillery

Dallas Dhu Distillery

Glen Grant Distillery

Glen Moray Disitillery

Glenfarclas Distillery

Glenfiddich Distillery

Glenlivet Distillery

Macallan Distillery

Speyside Cooperage

Strathisla Distillery

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