点评:I’d read a lot about this place and was keen to visit. My wife bought us vouchers for a tour and lunch as a present and we duly booked a slot one Saturday morning.
Ad Gefrin is a ‘high end’ attraction from the start. Internally, the building is impressive and well designed to draw you back to ancient Northumbria. The distillery tour takes about 90min and was easily the best I’ve done. Weekends are ‘non-production’ days but even so, it was so informative, entertaining and with some nice modern av displays too. The highlight is the tasting room. The whiskies and gin are fabulous but the room itself and bespoke soundtrack and videos are terrific too.
I’ll not review the restaurant here but it’s tasty food in a nice room (outside seating too). You can visit the restaurant separately if you like.
Tour-wise, I think the museum - which you go around yourself - could be made more. Interesting though it was, it doesn’t really explain Northumbria and Ad Gefrin’s origin unless you have a little previous knowledge - but maybe that’s not a concern for most visitors.
Ad Gefrin is a must do in this part of Northumberland and if you combine it with nearby Ford & Etal, you can make a great trip.
翻译:我之前读过很多关于这个地方的介绍,一直很想去看看。妻子送了我们参观和午餐的代金券作为礼物,我们便预订了一个周六上午的参观名额。
Ad Gefrin 从一开始就是一个“高端”景点。建筑内部令人印象深刻,设计精良,仿佛将你带回了古老的诺森布里亚。酒厂参观大约需要90分钟,绝对是我参观过的最棒的酒厂。周末是“非生产日”,但即便如此,参观内容依然非常丰富有趣,而且还有一些很棒的现代视听展示。亮点是品酒室。威士忌和金酒都很棒,但品酒室本身以及定制的配乐和视频也同样精彩。
这里我就不评价餐厅了,不过食物很美味,用餐环境也很不错(还有户外座位)。如果你感兴趣,可以单独去餐厅。
就参观体验而言,我觉得博物馆(需要自行参观)还可以做得更好。虽然很有趣,但除非你事先了解一些相关知识,否则它并不能真正解释诺森伯兰郡和阿德格弗林的由来——不过,也许大多数游客并不在意这一点。
阿德格弗林是诺森伯兰郡这一地区必游之地,如果将它与附近的福特和埃塔尔结合起来,就能安排一次精彩的旅行。