First of all, yes, they spell whisky without an ‘e’ here. 🙂
During the week after our trip to the windmill, I decided to find something that Andrew would enjoy a lot. Not that he didn’t enjoy our other little excursions… I just wanted to find something very “Andrew.” Then I found out something wonderful: England’s ONLY whisky distillery is in our neck of the woods! It’s only about 45 minutes away. I was so excited to tell him!
We got there with no issues (sometimes I, as navigator, miss a turn here or there), and got a full tour of the distillery. It’s a very young distillery, having only been open since 2006. They had their stills made by Scotch distillers:
They use old barrels, which contained a variety of things before (sherry, port, etc.), giving the whisky subtle flavors from the wood.
We tasted different whiskies and liquors after the tour. Even I, not a whisky drinker, enjoyed the tasting. I didn’t really like it, but I could taste differences in the ages of the whisky and between the peated and unpeated versions. Andrew got himself a set of two whiskies (Chapter 6 & Chapter 9) that came with 2 glasses. He also got me some of their blackberry liquor — yum!
And here’s a picture of Andrew as we were leaving the distillery:
On An Even Kiel 