Food and Drink Experience Days: This whisky tour of Edinburgh is a celebration of Scotland’s ‘water of life’ and the role the city played in bringing it to the rest of the world.
Explore the history of Scottish whisky while walking Edinburgh’s Old Town—and sample a few wee drams in the candlelit Megget’s Cellar!Tours depart from Mercat Cross, on the Royal Mile, where you’ll meet your expert guide for the afternoon.
While you walk, they’ll begin telling the story of how whisky became the national drink.
Over the course of the tour, you’ll hear how King James IV—the world’s first famous whisky drinker—granted Edinburgh a monopoly on its manufacture, and how the 19th century changed the production process forever.
You’ll also discuss local pioneers, like George Ballantine and Andrew Usher Jnr, who helped to put Scottish whisky on the map.
Finally, during the latter part of the tour, you’ll descend into Megget’s Cellar for a guided tasting of four unique spirits from different whisky-distilling regions—Speyside, the Highlands, Islay and the Lowlands.
Nose and taste your way through Scotland and leave feeling every bit the whisky connoisseur! The Whisky Tour of Edinburgh is an enlightening afternoon for visitors and locals alike, and it would make a unique experience gift for whisky lovers.
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