Drambuie or "An Dram Buidheach" is The Drink That Satisfies in Scottish Gaelic: The stories of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) and the Jacobite Uprising of 1745 are part and parcel of any visit to the Scottish Highlands. Charlie's insurrection ended in a defeat at the Battle of Culloden, but his flight from Scotland after the uprising continues to be the stuff of legends. One such legend surrounds the creation of Drambuie, a malt whisky liqueur well-known to drinkers around the … [Read more...]
Enjoy life's small victories, says Edradour
August 13, 2009 by
Scotland's smallest distillery: No visit to Scotland is complete without a visit to a whisky distillery and this morning we visit Edradour, Scotland's smallest distillery. At Edradour, the local water, the finest malt and age-old skills combine to produce a ‘wee dram’. Edradour is nestled in a pocket glen in the hills above Pitlochry in the Southern Highlands. When we say that it's the smallest distillery in Scotland, it's no exaggeration as only three men are responsible for the … [Read more...]
