Old Pulteney Distillery

A lovely tour by our wonderful guide Gordon, a perfect length introduction to the production of whisky without too much of an information dump which was appreciated. The tasting at the end is well presented and classy looking, just too strong for me unfortunately haha.

Had a great time and learned a lot about how my most beloved brand makes its single malt whisky. Funny enough, the house I stayed in at Wick had walls that matched the very bottle I bought at the distillery!

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.

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.

An amazing experience and I would highly recommend it! This is my 4th distillery tour and there's still so much to learn and of interest. Our guide Kathy was super friendly, kind and incredibly knowledgeable. We got the £15 tour which is an hour, plus you get two drams and a free tulip glass. Having said that, you can stay as long as you want after and ask as many questions as you want so we were there for 2hrs in total!

I had a great tour today! The guide George explained everything brilliantly, gave lots of interesting information and made a few jokes along the way. It wasn't easy to take in all the information, see this charming distillery (adore it might be a bit too much) and take as many photos as possible. I can look at the photos later at home with a nice dram of the excellent Old Pulteney 15 (the Huddart is probably no longer available) and remember the great time! Thank you very much!

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!

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.

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.