The Clydeside Distillery
100 Stobcross Road
Glasgow’s only dedicated whisky distillery has a pretty gorgeous location right on the banks of the Clyde. They offer a range of tours starting at under £20 for one that includes the history of the area and finishes with three drams. 

Crossbill Gin School
Unit 1, BAaD, 54 Calton Entry
Many Glaswegians would be surprised to learn there’s a gin distillery hiding in the heart of The Barras. Crossbill run classes on gin tasting, gin blending and even a distilling class for couples on a Saturday when the market’s in full swing. If you’re happy with what you made, you can reorder your recipe for the ultimate in discernment and decadence.

Galloway Wild Foods 
Foraging consultant Mark Williams runs numerous events for novices throughout the year including about a dozen within an hour of the city. There's way more to it than just fungi. We’re talking birch tapping, maritime herbs or a ‘drunken botany safari’ which forages for cocktail ingredients along the Maryhill Canal: they book out fast.

Tennent’s Brewery
Tennent’s Visitor Centre, 161 Duke Street
With the red T so ubiquitous throughout the city, the Tennent’s brewery tour is both a box to tick for tourists and a right of passage for locals. How you make beer is how you make beer, but to see it on this scale, and with some delicious anecdotes from the tour guides, it’s a thoroughly enjoyable hour-and-a-half.

WEST Brewery
Templeton Business Centre, 15 Binnie Place
This brewery’s story is more intimate and recent than Tennent’s, but every bit as worthwhile. Visit their brewpub on Glasgow Green to hear how a German student saw a space in the market for small-batch Glaswegian beer brewed in accordance with the German purity law. Get up-close with the brewing equipment and taste three of their core products.

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