Media Release: The Famous Grouse Experience rolls into Easter

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THE FAMOUS Grouse Experience will be celebrating the arrival of spring this weekend (Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March) with a range of Easter celebrations encouraging visitors, young and old, to participate in some eggstra special activities to mark the holiday.

The distillery’s Famous tours have been given an eggstra special twist with an Easter egg hunt and prizes for treasure hunters of all ages. There will also be egg rolling for children and exclusive Easter offers in the distillery shop and café.

Whisky tours cost from £10 for adults (concessions £9) and children under-12 go free. For more information go to www.thefamousgrouse.com/visit-us

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For further information on this news release, please contact Tricia Fox, Volpa, Tel: 07989 955039 or 01738 658187, Email: t.fox@volpa.co.uk

NOTES TO EDITOR

About The Famous Grouse Experience • The Famous Grouse Experience is located at Scotland’s oldest working distillery – Glenturret. Originally established as a single malt distillery in 1775, today The Famous Grouse Experience is the most visited distillery in Scotland (welcoming an average of 100,000 visitors every year). • The distillery offers the opportunity to learn how a single malt is made in the traditional way, as well as learning how some of the Glenturret single malt is then blended along with other grain and malt whiskies to create The Famous Grouse, the No. 1 whisky in the UK. • Opening Hours 9am – 6pm.  Three tours are currently available: The Experience Tour (includes two whisky tastes), The Seasonal Tour (includes five whisky tastes) and the Taste of Scotland Tour (includes a private whisky tasting with food). Tours start from £10. Children under-12 go free. The first tour is at 9.30am and last tour at 4.30pm. • For more information please visit www.thefamousgrouse.com or call 01764 656565

About The Famous Grouse (www.thefamousgrouse.com) • The Famous Grouse is the No. 1 whisky in UK and No. 4 standard blended whisky worldwide (IWSR data 2012). • The Famous Grouse has been the best-selling whisky in Scotland since 1980. • The Famous Grouse is exported to over 100 countries. • Created in 1896 by founder Matthew Gloag, it was originally called The Grouse Brand. • The brand became so popular that on August 12th 1905 it was renamed The Famous Grouse.

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Contact: Tricia Fox
Phone: 01738658187
Email: t.fox@volpa.co.uk
Website: http://www.volpa.co.uk