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The
Macallan Distillery
Established 1824
High on a hill overlooking the River Spey, with magnificent
views across to Ben Rinnes, the Macallan Visitor Centre nestles
within the glorious Easter Elchies Estate at Craigellachie.
Here you can discover the extraordinary lengths we go to, to
create our single malt Scotch whisky.
TOURS
The Experience Tour
In small groups with a maximum of ten people to ensure
a personal experience, our friendly and knowledgeable guides
will show you how we make The Macallan's rich new make spirit
and how our unparalleled investment to the finest casks, contributes
to the natural colours, aromas, and flavours that distinguish
The Macallan. The tour ends, appropriately, with a complimentary
dram of The Macallan! Tour duration: 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Pre-book: Distillery@TheMacallan.com
Precious Tour
Our Precious Tour is an extended visit of the full production
process, Warehouse 7 and ‘The Story of Oak’, ending
with a tutored nosing and tasting presentation in the Visitor
Centre across a range of Macallan whiskies! Pre-booking required.
Distillery@TheMacallan.com
Admission
Charges apply to both tour options. For details, times and
charges please contact the Visitor Centre. Tel:- +44 (0)1340
872280. Only children older than 8 years old are allowed on
the tours and each tour is limited to a maximum of ten people.
The Visitors Centre is open to visitors all year, although
opening days and hours do vary and is dependant on the distillery
production schedule.
Opening Times:
November to Easter
Open Monday to Friday
11.00 to 15.00
Easter to August
Open Monday to Saturday
09.30 to 16.30
September to October
Open Monday to Friday
09.30 to 16.30
During the summer every year, The Macallan stops production
and enters the "Silent Season" when maintenance
is carried out in the Distillery. This happens from the end
of June until the beginning of August. Unfortunately we cannot
take visitors on a Distillery Tour, but we have a limited
tour and a visit to warehouse 7, a traditional warehouse followed
by a tour of the warehouse upper floor exhibition ‘The
story of Oak’ ending with a dram in the Visitor Centre.
Please contact the Distillery for this year's Silent Season
dates: Distillery@TheMacallan.com
Christmas / New Year
The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Centre close each year
for Christmas and New Year. Please contact The Macallan for
this year's holiday closing dates: Distillery@TheMacallan.com
Getting There: From the A941, Elgin to Dufftown
Road, take the B9102 to Archiestown just north of Craigellachie.
The distillery is on your left after a mile.
Parking / Reception: Follow the signs past
the farm and through the distillery. Turn left at roundabout
into car park beside the Gardener's Cottage. Margaret Gray
and her colleagues will greet you like old friends and lead
you into a setting of great charm. The Macallan confidence
is evident as you tour the distillation of the "Rolls
Royce" of malts.
Maximum Group Size: 10
Group Bookings: Small and by appointment
only.
Enquiries: Tel: 01340 871471
Photography in Distillery: Yes
Disabled Access: Tour is not easy with quite
a few stairs to negotiate. The new Visitors' Center includes
a nosing room, allowing disabled vistors to reach the very
heart of The Macallan.
Foreign Visitors: Leaflets in French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Greek and Japanese.
Contact The Macallan Distillery
Easter Elchies, Craigellachie
AB38 9RX Scotland
Tel: +44(0)1340 872 280 |
For
300 years the Easter Elchies House, spiritual home of The Macallan,
has stood on the banks of the Spey as a symbol of Scottish fortitude,
a monument against the ravages of time. Dating from 1700, the
Jacobean Manor is the same house that is depicted on The Macallan's
packaging. Outside Easter Elchies House, a holly tree flourishes.
Amazingly this tree dates back to the earliest days of the house.
