Aberlour

The nearest town to Edinvillie is Aberlour.  It's not a very big place, but it does look prosperous.  The two main industries are whisky and shortbread.

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Aberlour Distillery, a part of Chivas Brothers since 1974, has been in town since the 1879.  The gift shop and tasting room are still in the original quaint stone house. When ever we drive through town, we see the trucks full of, we hope, whisky.

Visitors welcome, but they don't take American Express.

We bought their award winning 12 year old.  Yum!

Walker's Shortbread has been a staple in the Scottish Highlands since 1898.  They still use the original family recipe, perfected by Joseph Walker.  Even during WWII, when other companies switched to lard or margarine, Walker's continued to only use butter.  Their butter and flour is exclusively from Scotland; all production is Scottish. The Walker family are still the owners.

Iconic Walker's Scottie tin filled with shortbread Scottie dogs.  This one is coming home with me; don't tell the family.

Everyone it seems has their own way to pronounce Aberlour.  We are always "corrected" on the way we say it.  Everyone says Aber, like Aberdeen, but the lour has been rhymed with floor or hour.  Take your pick.   Our GPS, Bib (Bitch in the Box) pronounced it A bur low er, with the accent on the second and fourth syllables. I think this is my favorite.  Of course, we are sure she has been nipping at the whisky, since she also has a slur to her speech!