Speyside single malt G. Grant and William Grant & Sons and by The Edrington Group (majority owned by a charitable trust). Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail is a tourism initiative featuring eight Speyside distilleries and the Speyside Cooperage. Speyside also hosts an annual whisky festival known as "Spirit of Speyside". Speyside whiskies can generally be classified as light and grassy (e.g. Glenlivet) or rich and sweet (e.g. Macallan). Speyside is a "protected region" for Scotch Whisky distilling under UK Government legislation. In addition to those single malts sold under the distilleries' names, brands associated with Speyside include Allt-á-Bhainne, Casg Annamh, Glen Turner, Lismore, McClelland's
Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Two of the four bridges over the Spey still survive: the joint road/rail cast-iron arch bridge at Carron and the impressive lattice girder bridge at Ballindalloch; the latter is now a Category A listed building. The bridge at Abernethy (Nethy Bridge) has completely disappeared, and only the pillars of the bridge at Tomachrochar survive. The line is closed in its entirety between Boat of Garten and Dufftown. Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Strathspey Railway is a historic railway in Scotland that ran from Boat of Garten to Dufftown. The line was opened on 1 July 1863 between Dufftown and Abernethy (later Nethy