I have a confession to make: I don’t like whisky. I can’t drink it neat, which I’ve always thought of as the “proper” way to drink it. There’s also the idea that whisky is only for men; an idea perpetuated by my whisky-loving father and uncles. So why on earth am I in one of the most remote whisky distilleries in Scotland, all the way in the Morvern peninsula in the Highlands, having travelled nearly 14 hours to get here?
Nc’nean has a reputation for being one of the most remote distilleries in the land of whisky (AKA Scotland). If you’re not already in Scotland, you have to get yourself there first. Then you have to get yourself to the Highlands, which tacks on a few more hours. Then, you have to drive another hour plus to get to a tiny port and onto a tiny ferry that will charge you an extortionate £10 to take you two minutes across a loch. After that, it’s a nearly three-hour drive to get to the Drimnim estate, where the distillery is located. Whew.
