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A small group inside a distillery still house between gleaming copper stills

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Private whisky tours and tastings in Inverness, Scotland

Your Highland whisky day, planned around you.

Tell us who's coming and how you like your whisky. Our team in Inverness designs a private distillery day for your group, collects you, and ends it with a tasting in our Cellar.

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  • Private tours from Inverness
  • Local guides
  • Pickups arranged
  • Iconic names and hidden gems
  • Every tour ends in our Cellar
  • Beginners and enthusiasts welcome

Your Highland Whisky Passport

Five quick questions. One day made for you.

Answer five easy questions about your group and your taste. We'll turn your answers into a private plan for your day, free.

  1. 1Experience
  2. 2Your trip
  3. 3Your taste
  4. 4Wish list
  5. 5Your details

Your answers only go to the Grand Drams team in Inverness, to plan your day. Privacy policy

Grand Drams · Inverness

Highland
Whisky Passport

2027

Takes about 2 minutes. It's free, and nothing is booked until you say so.

Private and chauffeured

Sit back and sip. A local guide does the driving.

  1. Relax

    Driven door to door

    We collect you from your hotel, or wherever suits your trip, and bring you back. Nobody in your group has to skip a dram to drive.

  2. Learn

    Guided by whisky people

    Grand Drams is run by Beau Wallace and Jane Manson. Jane grew up on a Black Isle farm growing barley, and they bottle their own single casks. Your guide tells the stories as you go.

  3. Find

    Doors you wouldn't find

    Our guides know the famous names and the quieter gems most visitors never discover on their own.

A Grand Drams guide in a kilt driving through green Highland fields
Collected, driven and guided, door to door.

How your tour comes together

We don't sell packages. Your day is planned by Inverness whisky experts who bottle their own.

  1. Three Grand Drams glasses raised in a toast
    01

    Fill in your Passport

    Two minutes. Your group, your dates, how you take your whisky and the distilleries on your wish list.

  2. A Grand Drams host and a guest smiling with a bottle
    02

    We design your day

    Our team in Inverness plans a private itinerary around you: which distilleries, in what order, at what pace, and where we collect you.

  3. A dram being poured into a Grand Drams glass at the bar
    03

    Your free quote

    By email, or a call at a time that suits you. It costs nothing to ask.

  4. The Grand Drams driver smiling from the car outside Glenfarclas distillery
    04

    The day itself

    Collected, driven and guided. It finishes with a relaxed one-hour tasting in our Cellar in Inverness.

The day, from Inverness to Speyside

Scotland's busiest whisky region sits about an hour from our door.

Morning

We collect you

From your hotel in Inverness, the airport or wherever suits your trip. Pickups are arranged around your timings and group size.

Mid-morning

East along the Moray coast into Speyside

Speyside is the heartland of Scotch: river, glens and distillery after distillery. Your guide tells the stories on the way.

The giant painted Benriach name on a whitewashed warehouse wall

Through the day

Iconic names and hidden gems

A mix built around your palate and wish list. Some days that means the famous stills, some days a small distillery you'd never have found.

The stone Aberlour Glenlivet Distillery sign under a pointed slate turret A weathered slate sign for Speyburn

Late afternoon

Back to our Cellar

Every tour ends with a relaxed one-hour tasting at our boutique on Old Edinburgh Road. Time to compare notes, and maybe find a new favourite.

A tasting table laid with glasses and a charcuterie board in the Grand Drams Cellar

Short on time?

Taste Scotland in our Cellar.

Guided tastings in Inverness for beginners and enthusiasts alike. A good fit for a cruise stop, or a day when you'd rather stay in town.

Planning from the US

Good questions, straight answers.

Calling from the US

011 44 1463 210427

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm in Inverness

sales@granddrams.com

How much does a private tour cost?

Every tour is private and built around your group, so we quote each one. It's free to ask and there's no obligation. Tell us your rough budget in the Passport and we'll plan to it.

Can you collect us from our hotel, the airport or a cruise ship?

Pickup points can be arranged depending on timings and group size. Tell us where you'll be in your Passport and we'll plan the day around it.

Can we choose which distilleries we visit?

Yes, add as many as you like to your wish list and we'll suggest the best mix for one day. Visits depend on each distillery's own schedule, so we confirm what's open on your date and suggest the best alternatives if one isn't.

We're new to whisky. Is that OK?

Completely. We make whisky approachable for everyone, from first-timers to collectors, and we guide you through each dram at a comfortable pace.

What's the time difference?

Inverness is on UK time, usually 5 hours ahead of New York and 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.

Do we pay in dollars?

Our prices are in pounds sterling (GBP). Dollar figures on this page are estimates at today's exchange rate, so your bank's rate may differ slightly.

How far ahead should we get in touch for 2027?

As soon as your dates start to take shape. The earlier we hear from you, the more choice you have on days and distillery visits.

Why is it spelled "whisky"?

In Scotland it's whisky, no "e". Ireland and the US mostly write whiskey. Same love, different spelling, and a good story for the drive.

Let's plan your Highland whisky day.

It takes about two minutes. We'll plan a private day around your answers and send you a free quote.

Plan my whisky tour