Glenturret Distillery

The visit of the Glenturret Distillery was part of the Rabbies’ guided tour I joined. (booked with some British Airways’s Avios)
The guide (staff from the distillery) explained the process and all very well, and offered a tasting. There are plenty of bottles and souvenirs to buy at their shop, at the end of the visit.

While we weren’t in time to take a tour, we visited their shop. Once the shop staff cleared a huge gaggle from a tour bus, they kindly turned their attention to us and offered us a tasting and provided us an overview of their history and bottlings. They included a tasting of their bottle your own cask and we ended up buying a bottle to take home. They also offer the option to purchase a custom personalized labeled bottle of Famous Grouse. Staff were extremely pleasant and polite despite it being the end of their work day and despite having to deal with mass bus loads of tourists throughout the day! Well done!

Dumbed-​down though not unpleasant visitors’ experience at The Famous Grouse.
If you always wanted to visit an authentic Scottish whisky distillery, do not make it the Glenturret Distillery, famous for its part of creating The Famous Grouse (a moderately inexpensive blended whisky that includes several single malts as well as grain whiskies). This is The Famous Grouse Experience, after all — except, truth be told, it is not much of an experience.
Everything here caters to the casual whisky fan, not to anyone seriously interested in how whisky is, specifically, being made. If you’re one of former, fine: Then this is perfectly adequate. But as a serious-​minded whisky lover I was let down. I learned nothing here that I didn’t know previously. Sure, if you have visited various breweries and/​or distilleries, the process itself doesn’t vary a lot between the individual makers. But still, there should be some distinguishing elements. Here, there were none. And you couldn’t even take photos inside — allegedly because of the danger of an explosion. Yeah, right. With non-​flash digital photography that’s a risk I’d be willing to take. ;)
Granted, the distillery is rather nice-​looking from outside, and it’s located in a really wonderful wooded area in Scotland. A shop and a restaurant contribute to the «visitors’ experience». Is it worth visiting if you have to drive a hundred miles to get there? Absolutely not. Is it okay if you’re just doing a day tour on a tourist coach and it’s just one stop on the way? Absolutely.

Glenturret Distillery is home to The Famous Grouse experience. Onsite they make Glenturret whiskey, one of many which is blended in the Famous Grouse. For £10 my husband and I enjoyed a tour of the small traditionally run distillery where we learned about the process and were able to sample several blends and single malts.
We drove up from Glasgow to Crieff for the visit– the distillery was very easy to find, set in a picturesque location. We enjoyed the trip and would recommend it to others!

Hmmm whiskey… Or should I say scotch. This distillery is dope, pretty small but it was a nice tour to go through. It shows you the whole process and you get to choose between three different choices of whiskey at the end; famous grouse, snow grouse, and black grouse. It’s a nice little tour out in the middle of nowhere so very nice scenery as well.

Glenturret Distillery also known as The Famous Grouse Experience is well worth the stop if you want to tour a whisky distillery while in Scotland. Our guide was fantastic with the two children in the tour group. He was also pretty great with us adults ;)
It was a good tour, although I wish it had been longer, covered more of the distillery, and provided a few more tasting options. That said… I’d still recommend it for sure. I’d recommend it for the drive alone — very beautiful, indeed.
The interactive video/​movie was a bit hokey… but fun and got a chuckle out of all of us. Of course it’d be more fun had we more whisky :)
We also enjoyed a bit of lunch up in their café — which was quite tasty. Soup, sandwiches, haggis… the haggis was definitely for the haggis expert, though — so beware the haggis!

Went on a tour at the Glenturret Distillery last week to see how the national drink of Scotland is made. The tour is exactly what you would expect of a liquor tour; they show you how barley and water are used to make Scotch at the end you get a tasting. My favorite part of the tour was the virtual tour of Scotland where they showed you were all the ingredients are picked from and how they get to Glenturret. They also show several Famous Grouse commercials at the same time which is something that I hadn’t seen before. As part of our tour we were able to taste different single malts to see how they are blended together not sure if that is part of the standard tour but it should be.
They have a little cafeteria upstairs and the group I was with even ate there. It seems like it is more cafeteria style but we had a sit down meal. I thought the food was very good for a distillery.
Scotland is full of distilleries. My advice would be to pick one, hopefully your favorite and go visit it. There is no need to visit multiple distilleries. If you are a scotch novice, Glenturret is as good as any to pick. You will have a great time and learn a considerable amount about Scotch.

Crieff is a great town to visit in the low-​highlands (You would be amazed how many places claim to be the gateway to the highlands or boast some other geographic fact as being the inspired planning of whatever tourist planning committee last had a go at putting a sign up.
That being said anyone with an interest in whisky, if you don’t have I can’t fathom why the hell you’d be in Scotland;), would likely want to visit the countries oldest distillery which distills one of the whiskys that goes into the blended Famous Grouse.
There are several tours with one to suit those with a casual interest at 30 mins tour, more in depth presentations of an hour and 75 mins are their all with a corresponding price increase but you get more chances to sample to goods:)
Our tour guide was clear, could answer questions and the information given wasn’t dry. While they obviously talk up their own item it’s not as invasive as some tours I’ve been on.E.G., you learn more about whisky rather than just their own brand. There’s a restaurant on site as well as a shop with enough Famous Grouse memorabilia to exceed the tax free part of the Sadly the pathetic 1 litre per adult limit for alcohol at the airport rather cramps your style in AZ. In addition there’s a kids play area and trails through the countryside nearby for those that may not want to take the tour.

This is one of Perthshires 5* Tourist Attractions. The distillery is located just outside of Crieff and you know that you have arrived when you are greeted by an 8ft Grouse. Glenturret is the oldest distillery in Scotland and during the tour you will find out how the Glenturret single malt is made. The distillery has been the House of Grouse for a few years and this is evident by the branding however this does not in any way detract from the experience in fact having visited the distillery both before Grouse and after I would say that is enhances the experience.
The Tour is on the expensive side however the price is comparable with other distilleries. The tour itself is excellent with an amazing audio visual show and of course the tasting. Who knew that you could smell chocolate and coffee from whisky!
The distillery shop is a good source for gifts for both yourself and others, whilst the restaurant offers welcome refreshments. In addition the restaurant offers speciality evening and party nights at selected times through the year.
This is well worth a visit and I would make the trip especially to Crieff for this, although I am sure that you will find other things to visit when in Crieff.

This is the oldest distillery in Scotland, and the Famous Grouse brand is made here, although now owned by an international conglomorate. Tours are available daily and even if you don’t socialise with John Barleycorn, it is well worth a visit. I was lucky enough to be on a tour guided by employee Alistair, who is an asset to the company with his knowledge, and customer care abilities. he took us through the whole process of whisky making, making it a fascinating and enjoyable experience. At the end there is a lovely coffee shop, where you can have a meal or just a coffee/​scone at very reasonable prices (try the soup!). Then of course there is the gift shop, and as often as not another free sample will be on offer — taste & try before you buy!, you are sure to find something for the whisky lover in your life.