Distilleries

Isle of Harris Distillery: The Hearach Took Eight Years to Arrive

The Isle of Harris Distillery opened in 2015 as the first legal distillery ever built on Harris, but its single malt, The Hearach, did not appear until autumn 2023, eight years later.

Isle of Raasay Distillery: A Hotel Ruin Became the Island's First Legal Still

Raasay had no legal distillery until 2017. R&B Distillers built one on the ruins of a disused hotel, and its first own-distilled single malt did not arrive until 2020.

Torabhaig Distillery: Skye's Second Distillery, 187 Years Later

Talisker had Skye to itself for 187 years. Torabhaig, built into a converted farm steading at Teangue, changed that in 2017 - becoming the island's first new licensed distillery since 1830.