Visiting a whisky icon: A tour of the Macallan Distillery in Scotland

Cut into the slope of the land, the Macallan Distillery’s design takes its cues from ancient Scottish hills and maximises the aesthetic beauty of the building. — Photo: The Macallan

During my last trip to the Macallan Distillery in Scotland back in 2014, I remember one of the guides pointing vaguely in the direction of a large but gentle hill of grass, proudly proclaiming that “this is where we will be building our new distillery”.

Nine years later, I finally got the opportunity to see that ‘new distillery’ up close, and boy was it worth the wait.