Strathspey, Scotland

The Speyside is a region along the river Spey in Scotland. It provides no geographical or political- administrative region dar. Rather, it serves the regional grouping of about 50 currently producing Scotch whiskey distilleries and the differentiation from other distilleries in Scotland. In the Speyside whiskeys produced should have a common characteristic: rather round and fine, not peated little to. The Speyside whiskey regarded as the central region of Scotland, since not only the most prolific and distilleries are located, but also maltings, cooperages, Blender or (independent) bottling plants.

Many of the Speyside distilleries are only a few miles apart; some are in the immediate vicinity as in the places Dufftown ( sometimes called secret whiskey capital known), Elgin or Rothes. Some well-known distilleries of Speyside are Aberlour, Cragganmore, Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, Glen Grant or Macallan. Also, the Malt Whisky Trail is within the Speyside - this is a tourist route that connects eight of the more popular distilleries and a cooperage.

As other whiskey regions of Scotland, the Lowlands, the Highlands and the Isle of Islay apply. Sometimes this is still a region of islands or ( historically ) the city called Campbeltown. Although Speyside belongs to the geographical region Highlands, but is considered as own whiskey region.

The area of Speyside comprises about today's administrative territory ( unitary authorities ) or the traditional counties Moray Morayshire and Banffshire.

A single distillery was built in 1990 in Drumguish bears also the name or Speyside The Speyside. The whiskey produced here is sold as single malt whiskey under the name Speyside and Drumguish.