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Johnny Site Admin

Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 3556
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:05 am Post subject: Re: BEN NEVIS DISTILLERY |
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talisker25 wrote: |
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Judith wrote: |
talisker25 wrote: |
what a drab sad distillery this is, out dated video and and a tour lacking any passion from a guide who i think whished he was somewhere else and the tour cost us 8 quid for us both, did'nt bother with a bottle, no more to say really  |
Yes I had the same drab experience It's also one of those distilleries which in pictures looks as if it's in farmland by itself, but in reality is beside a major road!! Nice whisky though. I think someone should send this link to Ben Nevis distillery to see what they have to say  |
I've contacted them via their e-mail incase they want to respond so keep an eye out I've had very good relations with the distillery via the postal service and hopefully they will improve their visitor attraction to their postal PR standard. |
because of my complaint to the distillery, by way of an apology, ben nevis has sent me a bottle of 10yo malt, a pen and a booklet about the distillery.
although this does not change how i feel about the way the distillery manages some of its visitors, its nice to see that it responds in a positive way to complaints made and hopefully this could lead to changes and improve the tour and then visitor enjoyment.
it was mentioned earlier that the have a monopoly and are in a tourist area, this should not mean that the can get away with a second class service.
so, a positive response from ben nevis  |
A very good response by mail etc., but as you say you've made the effort to go to Scotland and there distillery isn't the easiest to get to, so you'd hope for some Highland hospitality. _________________ https://www.facebook.com/Let-the-drink-talk-675586225966432/ |
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dav182 Novice taster


Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 49
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:14 am Post subject: |
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Talisker, you're not a Campbell, there not to keen up there near Glencoe!!  |
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talisker25 Keeper of the Quaich


Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 1991 Location: north east
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:17 am Post subject: |
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dav182 wrote: |
Talisker, you're not a Campbell, there not to keen up there near Glencoe!!  |
no i am not a campbell, the campbells are not welcome anywhere are they  _________________ i've been on a whisky diet, i've lost 3 days already
The trouble with jogging is that ice falls out of your glass
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Johnny Site Admin

Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 3556
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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talisker25 wrote: |
dav182 wrote: |
Talisker, you're not a Campbell, there not to keen up there near Glencoe!!  |
no i am not a campbell, the campbells are not welcome anywhere are they  |
Isn't there a pub in Glencoe that says "No Dogs or Campbells", I shouldn't laugh a freind in CAMRA is a Campbell and he's fed up with the jokes as his sister lives on Orkney near one of the distilleries and they always point it out when he visits. _________________ https://www.facebook.com/Let-the-drink-talk-675586225966432/ |
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whiskyjac Guest
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:49 am Post subject: ben nevis distillery |
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you dont say if your sneak shots were drams or pix!! |
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Peat Reak Single Maltster


Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 126
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:55 am Post subject: Re: ben nevis distillery |
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whiskyjac wrote: |
you dont say if your sneak shots were drams or pix!! |
Hi Whiskyjac,
Nice to see you posting, dramming is always the way here on the whiskyroom :D  |
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dav182 Novice taster


Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 49
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Is that you Johnny?
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El Diablo Site Admin

Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 173 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:15 am Post subject: |
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dav182 wrote: |
Is that you Johnny?
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That is Johnny at 7.30 am in the morning, they wouldn't let him tour even though he'd made it up there 10 mins before closing the day before  |
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whiskyjac Newbie
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 5 Location: highlands
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:33 am Post subject: Ben nevis Distillery |
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At the risk of upsetting the applecarts of the cognoscenti, i dont see what the problem is at Ben Nevis. Surely turning up unannounced expecting a special tour ( it would have to be since their advertising says clearly - last tour 1 hour before closing) is rude if nothing else ! As to the appearance - whats the old saying about judging books by the cover? most of the distilleries I know of bend over backwards to be accomodating so comments like these will do little or nothing to encourage them to make the enthusiastic amateur even more welcome. _________________ dont consider myself to be whisky anorak but always interested and receptive to new points of view, prefer traditionalism over change for change sake. |
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Fernando77 Guru


Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 893 Location: Spain
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:49 am Post subject: |
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Johnny wrote: |
but actually at the distillery itself it lets itself down.  |
I can imagine it with such public relations... _________________ http://zombi-blogia.blogspot.com/ |
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