Aberfeldy Distillery Tour
Description
Just three miles from the birth place of founder John Dewar, the Aberfeldy Distillery is the only distillery built by the Dewar family. Your experience includes a distillery tour and access to the atmospheric warehouse where you can hear about the angels’ share and how the whisky is double aged for a richer smoother flavour. Also included is the heritage centre offering a unique insight into founders; John Dewar and his sons Tommy and John Alexander. You will end the tour in one of our tasting rooms to enjoy a comparative tasting of our Dewar's Blended Scotch and our Aberfeldy Single Malt. Enjoy a dram (over 18s only) in the whisky lounge with comfy sofas and warming fire as well as free wifi.
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Itinerary
Your visit will start with a short film in the auditorium, followed by a chance to explore the heritage centre and discover more about the remarkable history of John Dewar & Sons. This part of your visit is self guided with the aid of audio guides/ipads, available in various languages. Your experienced tour guide will then take you on a tour of the Aberfeldy Distillery and warehouse so you can learn more about the whisky making magic! The tour ends with a wee dram in the whisky lounge for adults / seniors. Drivers can request a take-away pack to create a Maime Taylor cocktail at home. Your ticket does not include transport to/from the distillery. The distillery is located on the outskirts of picturesque Aberfeldy, nestled on the banks of the River Tay, 20 mins from the A9 in Highland Perthshire, 90 minutes from Edinburgh. Free parking. Additional tastings and whisky cocktails are available at the bar. You can browse the shop showcasing the full Dewar's portfolio along with exclusive limited edition single cask bottlings and fill your own bottle with a specially selected cask of Aberfeldy Single Malt. Tours take place throughout the day, present your voucher on arrival. Please note, last tour is 1 hour prior to closing, however we recommend allowing 1.5 hours for your visit. There is a cafe onsite, however your ticket does not include food - booking is not essential for the cafe. As a traditional working distillery, visitors must wear sensible footwear on the distillery tour (no high heels or open toed shoes permitted). Unfortunately dogs (except assistance dogs) are not permitted in the visitor centre or distillery. The visitor centre and heritage centre is fully accessible, however due to the historical nature of the distillery building, the tour can be adapted for less mobile visitors. A full accessibility statement is available.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- No high heels or open toed shoes permitted on the distillery tour.
- Minimum drinking age 18 years.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please note some walking is required on the tour including some uneven surfaces and stairs
Reviews(360)
The royal guide was surely very good for those who speak English fluently. But our visit was supposed to be translated into French. However, the translation consisted of a simple sheet briefly describing the manufacturing process. In short, by the end, those who spoke English knew much more than others! So, the French, do not trust the term translation in French! And I chose this distillery rather than another since the information in French is practically nonexistent, making the visit very long!
Definitely recommend the Whiskey Distillery tour! Fascinating history of Dewar's and whiskey heritage. Our guide Roy was funny, interesting and a total delight! There's an optional whiskey tasting at the end, and it was delicious.
It was nice experience to whiskey distillery plant.
Came today for my dad’s birthday and the experience was great! We arrived early so sat in the cafe part, which is a nice environment and reasonably priced. The tour started with a short film, followed by a look around the museum and then onto the guided tour. We had John who was great! He was friendly and knowledgeable, can’t thank him enough! The experience lasted about an hour and the tasting was great! I had the highball which was delicious! Overall a great experience that I would definitely recommend!
We have long been Dewar's drinkers and looked forward to this tour and ee were not disappointed. Tom was our guide and he walked us through the entire distillery process and we learned so much. After the tour we had a tasting of the Aberfeldy single malt and the Dewar's blend. Very interesting! So glad we did this!
We’re delighted to hear you’re a fan of Dewar’s and that you enjoyed your tour and tasting with us. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review - we hope to welcome you back again soon.
Very, friendly, informative staff.I had no idea of the skill that goes into making the Whiskey.Worth every penny and a great day out for family celebrations.I loved the experience.Thank you so much!
An absolute delight due to the Guide: Craig. He lifted the routine facts into his own engaging stage show which endorsed the quality of the product and its every ingredient and stage of production. Finished with his own story behind each of the whisky tasters. Top value for money and do not miss this essential part of what Aberfeldy and Scotland is all about Thank you Craig
We're thrilled to hear you had such a memorable day with us and loved your tour with Craig. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we hope to welcome you back again soon!
Excellent tour, great guide and good value
We're so pleased you found the tour excellent and good value for money. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
This was a wonderful tour and tasting experience. We do not often do distillery tours these days as we've done so many we feel like we have a pretty good understanding of the experience, but as it was our first distillery in Scotland, we thought it would be interesting to see how it differs from distilleries in other countries, and I'm very glad we decided to do so as it was one of the most informative and entertaining distillery tours we have done. There is a bit of a self-guided museum portion that was really interesting and I loved learning about the history of the marketing over the years. Our tour guide was really knowledgeable and friendly and we enjoyed it very much. The tour was also pretty accessible for me as someone with some mobility issues (I can walk no problem, but have trouble standing for long periods, but there were places I could rest along the way). The price of the tour was reasonable for the length and the amount of tastings we received, so it was a good value. And it was slightly longer than we had expected, but we never got bored as it was a very informative and fun atmosphere. There were only four of us total on our tour, but it would have been fine with more people as well.
Thank you for such a lovely review. We’re so pleased to hear you had a wonderful tour and tasting and that you enjoyed exploring the museum. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
We did a Rabbie’s tour in Scotland, and I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this company based on this experience. The drivers were super nice — genuinely lovely people — but the overall trip just wasn’t what I was expecting. I went in thinking it would be more focused on whisky tasting and distillery experience, but instead we visited two small towns, some rapids, and only one distillery. The towns were charming in their own way, but nothing particularly memorable (and I love Scotland, so I wanted to love every stop… but they were a bit “meh” for me 😅). The highlight was definitely Dewar’s Distillery 🥃 — that part was great. Really good tour, enjoyable tasting, and I am actually a fan of their whisky. If I remember correctly (after a fair bit of whisky research along the way 😂), it’s been owned by Bacardi since the 1990s, which does make it feel a bit more commercial. But to be fair, most Scotch whisky today is owned by larger companies rather than small family producers. So would I recommend it? Yes… but with expectations set correctly. If you really want that “step back in time” whisky experience, I’d personally suggest Glenturret — the oldest distillery in Scotland 🏴. That one feels a bit more authentic and historic. Scotland is still incredible — just choose your whisky tour wisely 😉
Thanks for sharing your experience. We’re really glad to hear that your visit to Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery was a highlight and that you enjoyed the tour and tasting with us. As we’re just one stop on Rabbie’s wider Scotland tours, the overall itinerary and focus sit outside of our control, but we appreciate the kind words and recommendation about your time with us.
