Probably the best distillery tour I have been at so
far. After they have started the production up again, they are offering a
“Connoisseur Experience”-tour. It costs 75 $ and were led by their Global Brand
Ambassador John Cashman, and the maximum of participants was 12. We were only
8, so that was great.
Included in the tour were a trip round the old
distillery museum, and then a tour round the new distillery. At the warehouse
we got to sample 2 whiskies straight from the barrel. After that, we got to
choose which one was best, and then we were able to bottle a 20 cl bottle of
our favorite whisky straight from the cask with a valinch ourselves.
After that we went to another warehouse where we, in
total darkness, sampled a 19 year old peated whisky. This one was an absolute
delight. All the way through the tour, which by the way took 4½ hour, John
gladly told us everything about Kilbeggan Distillery, Kilbeggan whisky, the
Irish whisky history and answered any question anyone had.
After the tour there was a three course dinner, where
we tasted the Kilbeggan range. After this great tour, we went to the Kilbeggan
bar and tasted some more Kilbeggan before we went to the local Kilbeggan pubs. I will most definitely recommend this tour, and gives it 9 out of 10.
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