Bruichladdich Distillery

The Kilchoman Distillery is a distillery that produces single malt Scotch whisky on Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides. Kilchoman was founded in 2005, it is a farm distillery and proportion of the barley used in production is grown and malted at the distillery. Kilchoman gives everyone the opportunity to see all that is best in the grass-roots traditions Read more...

Bowmore is the First Islay Single Malt, we’ve been making Bowmore here since 1779. Bowmore’s famous No 1 vaults hold some of the World’s most revered spirit slowly maturing within the thick walls with the Atlantic waves crashing against them. Author: Caroline Porsiel Read more...

The award-winning brewery on the Hebridean Isle of Islay. Author: Caroline Porsiel Read more...

Port Ellen Distillery used was founded in 1825. It continued in production throughout the 1970s and was closed in 1983. Stocks of Port Ellen whisky are now owned by Diageo; due to the closing of the distillery, its whisky is becoming more and more collectable. Author: Caroline Porsiel Read more...

Nestled in a hidden cove near Port Askaig, the Caol Ila (pronounced ‘Cull Eela’) distillery sent its whisky to market by sea for over a hundred years. Author: Caroline Porsiel Read more...

The distillery opened in April 2019 and was the first new whisky distillery to open on Islay for 15 years. The distillery was opened by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen. The distillery initially was built with a £12M investment from Hunter Laing & Company, a Scottish family-owned whisky business. The site covers four acres (1.5 hectares) and the management team Read more...

Bunnahabhain (pronounced Bu-na-ha-venn) Distillery lies on the isolated north-eastern tip of Islay, close to the Margadale River. Building of the distillery commenced on the site in 1881. At that time the sea offered the easiest access to this remote place and men would battle the ocean to arrive with their barley in preparation for the creation of something quite wonderful. Read more...

There are 3 main ingredients for making Laphroaig – Barley, Water, and Yeast, but the secret ingredient is the people. Laphroaig (La-froyg) is the story of a community. An uncompromising, tough and determined group of people who work to ensure that this defining whisky has always remained true to its origins. These origins can be found in Islay itself – Read more...