The Craigellachie Hotel
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The Quaich Bar and its wall of single malts
Whisky

Whisky at
The Craigellachie

Over 700 single malts in the Quaich Bar, and 70% of Speyside’s finest distilleries within twenty miles of the front door.

Copper stills at a Speyside distillery
Out & about

Distillery tours

Tell us what you like to drink and we’ll plan the visits and the driver.

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A Quaich Bar membership card
Free when you stay

Quaich membership

Every guest can join. Members get 10% off when they book direct, 10% off in our shop and first pick of our exclusive Quaich bottlings.

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The Quaich Bar

A cup of friendship, since the 1890s

The Quaich Bar opened over 120 years ago and now holds more than 700 single malts from Scotland and beyond. Its furniture is handmade by British craftspeople, and the bar wears a silver band designed by jeweller Stephen Webster and made by Hamilton & Inches, silversmiths to the King.

A quaich is the two-handled cup Scots have shared drams from for centuries; the name means “a cup of friendship”. King James VI gave one to Anne of Denmark as a wedding gift in 1589.

By invitation

Cask Concierge

We have access to rare casks and run a personal bottling service. Members receive a certificate of ownership while their cask rests in our local Speyside bonded warehouse, then bottle it when they choose, with labels they design themselves.

We don’t see a cask as an investment. We see it as something to pass on and share with friends and family.

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A record playing on the turntable in the Quaich Bar
Scotch Sounds with The Singleton

Choose the music

The Quaich Bar has its own turntable for guests. Choose something from the record collection and put it on yourself. Scotch Sounds is our partnership with The Singleton.

On the doorstep

The distilleries within twenty miles

A map of the distilleries around Craigellachie with visitor-centre times, tour booking links and our favourites for first-timers and collectors.

Thirty-nine distilleries, fourteen with visitor centres. The Macallan is just across the river, Glen Grant is eight minutes away in Rothes, and Glenfiddich and The Balvenie are ten minutes away in Dufftown.

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10 miles20 milesThe MacallanCardhuGlenfarclasGlenfiddichGlen GrantStrathislaGlen MorayThe GlenlivetBenromachThe Craigellachie Hotel
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Reserve a tasting or a tour

Tastings run in the Quaich Bar every evening. Tell us what you like and the bar team will build your flight. We can also plan a distillery day, with a driver, for the morning after.

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Choose your tasting and a date, and we’ll confirm by email.

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Staying with us? Book your room first and add the tasting to your stay.

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