Actor and author, Graham McTavish, has announced that he’s released a seven year old bourbon whiskey, named McTavish.
Posting on his social media this week, he wrote: “For anyone who missed it, I’m beyond excited to announce my first bourbon whiskey. Modestly named “McTavish”. It’s a 7 yr Bottled in Bond online only for now in the US”
Last month, the actor posted a reel on his Instagram where he talked more about the whisky, and wrote: “Delighted to announce my very own Bourbon Whiskey. I think some of you have already guessed. I hope you like this particular Scotsman’s dream of America.”
MacTavish is not the first Outlander star to release a spirit. Caitriona Balfe released a gin, Forget Me Not, in 2020 and Sam Heughan’s range of Sassenach spirits include The Sassenach whisky, released in 2020, Sassenach tequila, released in 2021 and
Sassenach Wild Scottish Gin, released in 2023.
Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish recently released the second season of their Men in Kilts series, this time the duo explore New Zealand, after spending season one in Scotland.
Outlander season 7 is out now and the first 8 episodes have been broadcast . The second 8 episoed are expected to be broadcast in January 2024. Currently filming cannot start on season 8 , the final season , due to the writer’s strike in America, although it looks like negotiations are close to a settlement .
Graham McTavish played Dougal MacKenzie, war chief of the MacKenzie clan , in Outlander . MacTavish returned to Outlander in 2020, in a surprise appearance as William Buccleigh MacKenzie, the son of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan.
Geillis Duncan (born Gillian Edgars) is an antagonist in the Outlander novel series by Diana Gabaldon, as well as the main antagonist of the television adaptation’s third season. Originally from the 20th century, Scottish patriot and nationalist Gillian Edgars successfully travelled back in time to the 18th century in order to change history and aid the Jacobite cause.
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These castles have provided the backdrops for bloody battles or famous films, and are the most popular castles in Scotland
Stirling Castle.
Midhope Castle.
Blackness Castle.
Doune Castle.
Despite initially declining, Gibson eventually decided to direct the film, as well as star as Wallace. Braveheart was filmed in Scotland and Ireland from June to October 1994. Book your Braveheart tour online
Yes, Midhope Castle is the real life location for Lallybroch , the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser . You can visit Lallybroch on our unique Outlander tours . Lallybroch, or Broch Tuarach, is Jamie’s fictional home in the series.
Outlander tours from Edinburgh can be booked online . In real life it’s an ancient 16th-century tower house outside Edinburgh. The castle stars in a number of Outlander episodes as the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser , played by Scottish actor Sam Heughan . You can visit the castle on one of our tours and take a look around the outside . Unfortunately the inside of Lallybroch is derelict and not accessible at the moment , although plans have been announced to build accommodation inside the castle . 
What is Broch Tuarach ? And can you take a tour to it ? It is an old broch on the land, Broch Tuarach means “north-facing tower” in Gaelic. Lallybroch, as the estate is known among those who live there, in turn means “lazy tower”. Lallybroch , ancestral home of Jamie Fraser , is also known as Broch Tuarach .
Broch Tuarach tours from £32.50 per person can be booked online . For last minute bookings phone / Whatsapp us on +447305-294773
