please help - Scotland advice wanted

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i just wish there was more cheap accomadtion as when your on your own paying £55 a night is steep

http://www.hostel-scotland.co.uk/

http://www.independenthostelguide.co.uk/...nd-map.php

http://www.syha.org.uk/

http://www.gatliff.org.uk/

Just interested in the process. (and buying a bottle for the night)

The only distillery left, as far as I am aware, where you can see literally the whole process is Springbank.  From the fields on the Mull growing the organic barley, to the malting floors, the un-automated  distillery process, the bond houses and the bottling plant.  It's top notch stuff too, only available from Whisky retailers. 

Most single malt distilleries buy in their ready malted barley, they distil it in their fully automated distillery, then tank it out.  A good few have malting floors and mature on site.  The only ones with bottling plants I can think of are Springbank (Campbelltown), and Bruichladdich (Islay), though Bruichladdich doesn't have a malting floors (as yet).

Might be worth a look on a Whisky forum for the best distilleries to visit, some tours are definitely better than others. 

If you want a good bottle, and you are passing through Inverary, pop into Loch Fyne Whiskies, probably the best Whisky shop in the UK, and unlike other Whisky retailers they usually have good deals on, will help you choose a guid un and let you taste before you buy.