Itinerary: Four-day cask filling whisky trip and cask ownership
27th July 2019
This year we are buying our inaugural whisky cask from the fantastic Speyside distillery of Ballindalloch. We are offering you the chance to take part by joining us on a luxury four-day whisky weekend in October 2019.
Taking part in this offer means you will get a 5% share of the cask which equates to roughly 15 bottles of your very own Ballindalloch single malt whisky. You will also be invited to join us in filling the cask at the distillery with 6 other cask owners. We originally offered the cask to our whisky club and it sold out within 24 hours.
The itinerary below outlines the full weekend cask filling and the costs for both the weekend and the cask ownership. There are other benefits to becoming a cask owner with us, including the possible upside to investing early in a future high-demand distiller, so please reach out if you want more information.
Whisky Filling Weekend Itinerary
Wednesday 9th Oct
8:00pm – Travel from London Euston to Inverness in an en-suite room on the newly refurbished Caledonian Sleeper train
Thursday 10th Oct
8:00am – Breakfast on the train before arriving in Inverness
10:30am – Private Rare & Vintage Tasting in the beautiful boardroom of Gordon & MacPhail, one of Scotland’s best independent bottlers.
12:00pm – Lunch.
1:30pm – Ballindalloch distillery visit where you will personally fill your very own whisky cask and taste rare family owned whiskies that you cannot buy anywhere.
6:00pm – Arrive Craigston Castle, the group’s beautiful exclusive-use castle for the weekend.
7:00pm – Dinner at Craigston Castle cooked for you and the 6 other cask owners by a private chef, with wine and whisky from the founder’s personal collection (expect magnums of red wine and local whiskies).
Friday 11th Oct
Breakfast in Craigston Castle.
10am – Tour of Knockdhu distillery, producers of anCnoc whisky. This is a fantastic distillery to visit as it’s operated in an old-fashioned manner.
12:15pm – Quick stop to buy some distillery exclusives at GlenDronach distillery.
1:00pm – Lunch in the village of Keith.
2:00pm – Visit the beautiful Strathisla Distillery and do the Chivas blending experience where you will learn the art of blending your own whisky.
5:30pm – Private after-hours tour, whisky tasting and cheese pairing at Glen Garioch distillery.
7:30pm – Dinner with wine pairing at Meldrum House.
Saturday 12th Oct
Breakfast in Craigston Castle.
11:00am – Visit Fyvie Castle.
12:30pm – Lunch Fyvie Castle cafe.
Transport to Inverness Airport for flight back.
What is included:
- A twentieth share in the Ballindalloch cask
- Overnight rail transport in the newly upgraded Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Inverness in an en-suite club twin room (if you are not London based other arrangements can be made).
- 2 x nights’ accommodation in your own en-suite bedroom in Craigston Castle
- 3 x cooked Scottish breakfasts
- 3 x quick lunches
- 2 x sit-down three-course dinners with wine & whisky
- All tastings and distillery visits listed
- Whiskies from Away from the Ordinary’s founder’s collection to drink in Craigston castle
- Chauffeur driven V-Class Mercedes for the entire trip
- Entrance to Fyvie Castle