{"id":2434822,"date":"2004-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/uncategorized\/lochs-rocks-and-barrels\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T17:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:12:28","slug":"lochs-rocks-and-barrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/adventure-travel\/lochs-rocks-and-barrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Lochs, Rocks, and Barrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The single-malt whiskies of Scotland are a distillation of the rain-soaked Highlands and remote, sea-sprayed isles. Below, our fave picks of 18th- and 19th-century distilleries that combine the picturesque and the eminently quaffable.<\/p>\n

Single Malt Scotch Reviews<\/h3>\"Single Courtesy of ravenscroftcrystal.com<\/a><\/div>\n

\u00bbEDRADOUR (011-44-179-647-2095, www.edradour.co.uk<\/a>), concealed in the forested hamlet of Balnauld, in the central Highlands, is the smallest distillery in the country, with three distillers producing just two barrels of whisky a week. The nearby town of Pitlochry is a hub for exploring the region’s peaks, moors, and glens. TAKE HOME the ten-year-old ($54). \u00bbLAPHROAIG (011-44-149-630-2418, www.laphroaig.com<\/a>), set right on the rocky coastline, is one of seven distilleries on the sparsely populated 500-square-mile island of Islay, a two-hour ferry ride off Scotland’s southwestern coast. From September to April, tens of thousands of wintering white-fronted and barnacle geese blanket Islay’s lochs, drawing flocks of birders. TAKE HOME the 30-year-old ($344). \u00bbGLENFIDDICH (011-44-134-082-0373, www.glenfiddich.com<\/a>) operates a sprawling distillery in Dufftown, in the heart of Scotland’s river-threaded Speyside region. From Craigellachie, four miles to the south, you can rent a mountain bike and cruise 30 miles of the Speyside Way, a converted railroad track that connects five distilleries. TAKE HOME the Special Reserve 12-year-old ($36). \u00bbHIGHLAND PARK (011-44-185-687-4619, www.highlandpark.co.uk<\/a>) is located just shy of the Arctic Circle, on the largest of the 70-plus Orkney Islands. The stone buildings overlook sailboats and fishing trawlers heading out to the North Sea. A ninth-century Norse outpost, the island is loaded with Viking ruins, like the Ring of Brodgar, a spooky 27-stone circle a half-hour west of the distillery. TAKE HOME the 18-year-old ($105). ESSENTIAL PACKING: Michael Jackson’s Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch<\/EM>, fifth edition (Running Press, $28), for distillery history and exhaustive tasting notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The single-malt whiskies of Scotland are a distillation of the rain-soaked Highlands and remote, sea-sprayed isles. Below, our fave picks of 18th- and 19th-century distilleries that combine the picturesque and the eminently quaffable. \u00bbEDRADOUR (011-44-179-647-2095, www.edradour.co.uk), concealed in the forested hamlet of Balnauld, in the central Highlands, is the smallest distillery in the country, with … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"09160b6faeb0977cc747ef70d0a2ca2a","footnotes":""},"categories":[2540],"tags":[],"byline":[17],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2434822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-travel","byline-anthony-cerretani"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Lochs, Rocks, and Barrels","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/adventure-travel\/lochs-rocks-and-barrels\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/adventure-travel\/lochs-rocks-and-barrels\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_31\/I291922-1-1_whiskey.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_31\/I291922-1-1_whiskey.jpg"},"articleSection":"Travel","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sperkins-pom"}],"creator":["sperkins-pom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2004-09-01T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2004-09-01T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2021-06-29T17:12:28Z"},"rendered":"