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
Stones of Scotland Farms are to be found near Darvel in Ayrshire. Clackmannan (from the Gaelic Clach Mhanainn, 'Stone of Manau') is the name of a small town and local government district in the Central region of Scotland, corresponding to the traditional county of Clackmannanshire, which was Scotland's smallest. The 'Stone of Manau or Manaw' is a monolith of religious significance to the ancient tribes of the area. It has been moved from its original position and placed in the town centre on top of a large standing stone, which was quarried locally. The RCHAMS 'Canmore' site lists this unhewn olivine monolith in