But you would be surprised finding a rather unusual bar/pub inside this building: Guinness-record bar for the number of different whiskies displayed and on-sale here (nearly two thousands on the day the auditors came and counted them; At least one from each and every distillery in Scotland to the day).

But this is not all, we loved the hôtel where we spent a delicious night (and we did not even empty the bar).

Anyway, drink responsibly.

photo credit: Blyzz

When you love whisky, you have to include the Internet in the perimeter where you love is enacted. You need a whisky-coloured social web site to fully satisfy your love (maybe even find a soul mate – but this would probably be a marginal advantage). Connosr is the web site for you.

You will be able to share your taste and appreciation, exchange your knowledge, comment and review your preferred bottles.

And you can keep Connosr with you while bar-hopping by pointing your iPhone to connosr.com/iphone.

• The Scotch Malt Whisky Guide, with an excellent little historic guide to whisky that is perfectly written for those who discover this strong alcohol.
• the web site of the Scotch Whisky Association if you want to share your passion with other amateurs.

But this is not enough for some people (real alcohol geeks). Wired discovered that true US amateurs are pushing sunday afternoon distillery in a country where moonshine is still prohibited. It’s quite easy, and the result is supposed to be very good.