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The King warmed himself with a dram of whisky during a visit to a Scottish town renowned for its distilleries. With wind and rain making the summer trip to Campbeltown feel distinctly autumnal, Charles readily sampled an award-winning 25-year-old single malt from the Glen Scotia distillery.
He donned his own King Charles III tartan kilt for the visit to the town that built its fortune producing whisky sold around the globe and is now experiencing a resurgence. More than a thousand people gathered behind crash barriers to watch the King tour the community.
Royal visit draws crowds
Charles first visited the local farmer's market where he watched sheep being sheared, then met charity and community organisations in the town hall where the distillery had a stand. He concluded his visit at the harbour area.
The King is known to favour whisky produced using peat, which has a very distinctive flavour. He asked Iain McAlister, master distiller and manager of Glen Scotia's distillery in Campbeltown: "Is it a peaty one?" and was told it was not.
Expensive whisky tasting
Charles watched as a double measure from the whisky, costing more than £500 a bottle, was poured. After taking a sip he said: "I'm always so amused by these people who describe these whiskys in the most amazing ways."
On the distillery's website the whisky is described as having "hints of vanilla oak interwoven with the subtle notes of sea spray and spicy aromatic fruits". McAlister presented a bottle of the whisky to mark the visit and said afterwards: "It doesn't get much better than this, having the King try our whisky."
(PA) Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
