Old Pulteney Distillery

The Old Pulteney has an special place in our hart. After a long drive we called for a tour and we arrived late. Non the less they gave us a personal tour around the property and teach us their entire process. After the tour we taste their incredible whisky’s and we enjoyed them all. An old distillery which breaths history …. Just go and surprise yourself with a great experience.

I don't do many reviews but I had an amazing experience here. Gordon gave a fantastic and informative tour, and Old Pultenay let you see every part of the process - not just the sanitised version other distilleries provide. 5 out of 5 and the whisky isn't bad either! Highly reccomend a visit.

We didn't do any tour, just did a tasting in the shop and visited the museum room. You can even choose from two whiskys, get them directly from the barrel, seal it with wax and write the label by yourself. Very kind and open minded staff there. Don't miss it if you are around Wick!

A Must-Do on the NC500 – Fantastic Tour at Old Pulteney Distillery! We had an absolutely amazing experience at Old Pulteney Distillery in Wick—easily one of the highlights of our North Coast 500 trip. The tour was brilliant from start to finish. Our guide, Alan, was fantastic—great fun, incredibly knowledgeable, and made the whole whisky-making process so easy to understand, even for beginners. He shared some brilliant stories from his childhood growing up near the distillery, which made the whole experience feel really personal and memorable. The tour ended with a whisky tasting that was the perfect finish to the visit. We learned so much and had such a great time—couldn’t recommend it more highly. If you’re anywhere near Wick, this is an absolute must-do!

Old Pulteney has been a main stay in my collection, so we had to visit the distillery and get a tour with a tasting. Tim our host, provided one of the top 5 distillery tours and I have been on dozens! Their process to support the condensers is unique and the distillery only drams are worth the taste. Would highly recommend and hopefully you get Tim as your host!

With so many distilleries in Scotland it's hard to find those who really stand out - like this one. First, it takes a rather long trip through the beauty of the Highlands, then this truly feels like a "small family-business distillery". Being only 2 persons we got a lovely, heartfelt tour through the distillery. This was a rare, personal experience in the best way possible. Very kind staff!

We had a very nice and informative tour with Jane as our guide. Old Pulteney is a bit of a smaller distillery compared to some others you can find in Scotland but that made the tour, in our opinion, feel more authentic, less rushed and more genuine. If you wanted to taste any of their whiskeys (or gins) you didn't taste as part of the tour, that was no problem at all and you'd get some extra information. You also get the chance to see the warehouse which was very impressive.

Visited at 15.05.2024 Very nice Distillery Vicitor Center. Friendly People, with a really warm welcome! We tried several whiskeys, all with intense and varied smells and tastes. Also the whiskey liqueur is fantastic!

I really like this place, for 6 sterling pounds a person over 21years old, the cost of the tour includes a dram tasting of 12 year old whiskey and water. We received a bonus sample of the sweet liqueur and that was a nice touch. Our group was the only tour our guide had encountered on Tuesday, march 25. Our guide was very knowledgable and patient as this is our group's first whiskey distillery visit while in Scotland. During the tour we were told not to take any pictures while in the distillery facility and that if you are a tall person (over 6 ft tall) to mind your head. From malting of the barley to the aging cask room....our group had a chance to see production on a small scale. Lots of stairs so if you are looking for a wheelchair accessible tour...there might be parts of the tour the chair will not fit. We met a funny distillery worker named Chris and his accent sounded like an American one and not Scottish...very enthusiastic guy! At the end of tour we all had a taste of whiskey. The 12 year old aged whiskey was smooth, apple aroma with a little bit of spice, low peat flavor. I bought a bottle. The other sampler was a limitedly produced pulteney liqueur, the flavor was slightly sweet and not strong in alcohol. I also bought a bottle of this liqueur as well. Overall 4 stars because we didn't get our -2.50 pound discount on a purchase of a 70cl old pulteney whiskey bottle. Other than that, we really enjoyed the tour and ambience of a small whiskey company where every worker knew each other's names. :-) Visitor centre was nice to look at as well as the its store.