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Aberfeldy Distillery
Edinburgh & Scotland

Whisky Month, a region at a time - The Highlands

01 May 2024

The Scottish Highlands are without doubt the most famous of Scotland’s regions.  From misty glens and majestic mountain peaks to the gurgling streams, waterfalls and expansive lochs, there couldn’t be a more evocative backdrop to the distilleries from the region.
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Campbeltown
Edinburgh & Scotland

Whisky month a region at a time - Campbeltown

01 May 2024

Once the prolific centre of distillation the region has gone from 34 distilleries in its Victorian heyday to 3 now, the region’s turbulent history owes much to the boom of steam travel and transport followed by the bust of Prohibition and the Great Depression.
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Bowmore Distillery
Edinburgh & Scotland

Whisky month a region at a time - Islay

01 May 2024

Feis Ile is the Islay Malt & Music Festival, as it otherwise known, takes place during the last week of May each year.
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Protecting our environment image with bee hives and grass
Sustainable Whisky News

Earth Day - 22nd April

18 Apr 2023

It’s World Earth Day on 22nd April, so to celebrate we thought we’d have a look into the Scotch whisky industry
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Susan Morrison CEO, Angela Dineen, Operations Director and Julie Trevisan-Hunter Marketing Director
People

Inspiring whisky women past, present and future

31 Mar 2023

Women’s History Month is celebrated each year in March, with International Womans Day, also falling on March 8th every year. During this time, we feel it is important to highlight a few of the incredible Women of Whisky.
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Butterscotch pudding at Amber Restaurant
Whisky Recipes

Butterscotch pudding with a Drambuie cream

05 Dec 2023

Here at The Scotch Whisky Experience, our onsite Amber Restaurant and Whisky Bar is all about using the best and most beautiful Scottish produce out there
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View of Edinburgh from Braid Hills.
Edinburgh & Scotland

A whisky walking tour of Edinburgh

14 Mar 2023

Walking is great for both your physical and mental well-being. In the past few years we’ve seen a rise in the amount of people heading out for a stroll around their local areas
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Group of women who work for The Scotch Whisky Experience, pictured out side of the building.
People

International Women's Day - The Women of SWE

07 Mar 2023

International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on the 8th of March. Here at The Scotch Whisky Experience we are proud to work in an industry that empowers people of all genders and is ever-changing, evolving towards a more diverse workforce.  
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Isle of Raasay with Distillery in foreground
Sustainable Whisky News

World Wildlife Day

02 Mar 2023

Here at SWE, we love to champion our friends and all their hard work! So to celebrate World Wildlife Day on March 3rd, we thought we’d take a look at some Scotch whisky distilleries that have made it part of their mission to protect, reintroduce and enhance Scotland’s wildlife.
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Whiskies of the month - Auchentoshan and coco dusted almonds
Whiskies of the Month

Whisky and Chocolate - the perfect match!

20 Feb 2023

Here at the Scotch Whisky Experience, we are here to inspire a global passion for Scotch whisky. We are driven to help change perceptions, widen knowledge and explore flavours.
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Six Nations - Scotch Whisky bottle "The Murrayfield"
Edinburgh & Scotland

Six Whiskies To Enjoy During The Six Nations Rugby

16 Jan 2025

Whether you are celebrating or commiserating rugby is always a wonderful occasion for supporters from the six nations to get together…over a good dram of course!
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City of Edinburgh view
Sustainable Whisky News

How to make your visit to Edinburgh more sustainable – 5 top tips

06 Feb 2023

Edinburgh is an incredibly walkable city, it is hilly, but just take your time, explore and enjoy our world heritage site.
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