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This year we were very pleased to be joined at Dramboree by a deputation from the Manchester Whisky Club, and 2 of their number who go by the blogging sobriquet The Manchester Pyromaniacs have put together a rather good writeup of our tour<\/a> (probably better described as a Distillery Experience – “tour” hardly does it justice!) this year at Cragganmore Distillery.<\/p>\n

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