The story of how I came to be a whiskyphile is long and involved, however I will start as always at the beginning. My first taste of whisky would have been sampling […]
You never forget your first bottle of whisky
Barry Bradford
About me? I am a Whisky Educator, Travel-Tourist and Blogger. I blog tasting notes about (mostly Scotch) beer and whisky at The Whiskyphiles. I keep progress of my travels via the Alfred Barnard Society. Based in Livingston, Scotland I do most of my dramming at the University of Edinburgh Water of Life Society and Scotch Malt Whisky Society.
Welcome to The Whiskyphiles
The Whiskyphiles is a blog about the love of whisky. Whisky is handcrafted and every cask produced is unique, leading to a diverse range of flavour sensations and styles. Having realised I […]
Deanston Distillery Visit
Deanston Distillery Visit Our most visited distillery, I have actually lost count of how many times we have dropped in. Sadly this year (2017) is probably the first since our original visit […]
Tullibardine Distillery Visit
Tullibardine Distillery Visit Visited on 20th April 2012 for the first time, successive visits have occurred but only participated in the full tour on our initial visit. At the time they were […]
The Glenlivet Distillery Visit
The Glenlivet Distillery Visit Our 6th Distillery visited and 3rd tour occurred at the famed The Glenlivet Distillery. Claimed as one of the first legal distillers in Speyside and fierce defenders of […]
Cragganmore Distillery Visit
Cragganmore Distillery Visit Another stop, sadly due to Cragganmore having restricted visiting days, it was actually closed to visitors on the day we were there (4th September 2011). As we were in […]
Cardhu Distillery Visit
Cardhu Distillery Visit Our 4th Distillery and second full tour occured at Cardhu on 4th September 2011. Thanks to joining the ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ during out tour of Dalwhinnie just […]
Tormore Distillery Visit
Tormore Distillery Visit More of a stop than a visit as Tormore is not open to visitors. On our first venture into the Speyside region we left Tomatin and took the A95. […]
Tomatin Distillery
Our second Distillery visit and another Highland distillery. Stopping in at Tomatin on 3rd September 2011 for a brief visit. This was made possible by our staying in a local B&B during […]
Dalwhinnie Distillery
Dalwhinnie Distillery Our very first recorded distillery visit and tour took place on the 2nd September 2011 at the Highland distillery at Dalwhinnie. Afforded one of the most spectacular views of many […]
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