It’s one thing to meet your heroes…
Last week, I was up in Rothes, which is in the Northeast of Scotland. I flew to Aberdeen from Birmingham – with an unscheduled stopover in Edinburgh because Aberdeen airport was temporarily broken – and then took a 90 minute drive into the countryside and out to the river Spey.
I was there in my role as whisky blogger. The Glenrothes distillery is doing a competition starting in October for four people around the world to win a week working at the distillery, doing all of the things that go into making whisky from beginning to end – and soaking up the local culture.
Sometimes, whisky companies try and engage those of us who talk about this stuff on the internet – and so they cautiously give bloggers the kind of special treatment usually reserved for ‘proper journalists’. And in this instance, with Clutch out of the country, I got a taste of all that.
I got to make a barrel, tour the distillery, learn how to roll the barrels (not as easy as it sounds) and also stayed in Rothes house like a VIP and tasted some very good whiskies and ate some amazing food.
Also, I met my nemesis.
