In the late seventeenth century a landowner, Duncan Forbes, was granted the
rights to produce whisky 'from any of the grain grown on his estate' without
paying tax. When, in 1784, this 100-year old monopoly was abolished,
distilleries rapidly sprang up throughout central Scotland and began to
export to England. Remote Highland glens were the ideal setting to conceal
the cottage industry that then sprang up, and the peat fires and pure water
of the glens, used with more traditional methods, produced an even more
palatable product. Fly over these remote areas and, even better, enjoy the
tastings George has arranged at the end of each leg.