Ben Nevis Distillery Tour Review[photos]fort william-Highland-Scotland
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We took a bus about two hours from Inverness to Ben Nevis Distillery.
Honestly, we didn’t know about it, but we found it on the map, so we went to check it out.
It’s a distillery owned by Japan’s Nikka, so we got to meet a Japanese person working there too.
Here’s a look at our visit.
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Features of the Distillery
Founded in 1825, in the 1980s it went through repeated closures and reopenings, and the one who saved it was Takeshi, the nephew of Masataka Taketsuru.
Takeshi Taketsuru is said to be one of the key figures who raised Japanese whisky to a world-class level.
Ben Nevis, at 1,343 m the highest mountain in Britain, bustles with many climbers every year, and it’s at the foot of this mountain that “Ben Nevis Distillery” is located.
Ben Nevis used to make only blended whisky, but it now also makes single malt.
The flavor is fruity, like pear and green apple.
Location / Access
It was about two hours by bus from Inverness.
On the winter timetable there’s only one bus every two hours, and it didn’t match our plan so we ran late, but since we were the only ones on the tour, they started as soon as we arrived.
It’s a little before the final bus stop, so we watched the map and had them drop us off near a nearby stop.
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The Distillery’s Exterior
It’s along the bus road.
When we went in, an employee cheerfully called out to us, “Are you here for the tour?”
The Tour We Joined
They showed us around inside the distillery.
It apparently doesn’t come to Japan much, and this was our first time trying it.
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Summary
There’s a cafe inside too, where you can relax.
Near Ben Nevis there’s a town called Fort William, and if we’d had time to spare, I would have loved to go there too.