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Talisker Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide to Skye's Malt
Talisker is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery at Carbost, on the shore of Loch Harport on the Isle of Skye. Diageo, which owns it, describes it as the oldest working distillery on Skye. It was founded in 1830 by the MacAskill brothers, and for much of its life it was the only legal distillery on the island. This profile covers its history, owners, people, production, range and how to visit. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FA

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2 days ago7 min read
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Highland Park Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide to Orkney's Malt
Highland Park is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands. It is the northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery. The name refers to an area called High Park, not to the Scottish Highlands. It is owned by Edrington, the group that also owns The Macallan. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Highland Park at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Kirkwal

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2 days ago5 min read
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Scapa Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide to Orkney's Malt
Scapa is Orkney's quiet second distillery, standing on the shore of Scapa Flow near Kirkwall. It is known for a short-lived experiment with a Lomond still, a wartime fire rescue and a long wait to become a single malt brand. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Scapa at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Kirkwall, Orkney Region Islands, Scotland Founded / established 1885 Owner Chivas B

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2 days ago5 min read
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Jura Distillery: History, Owner, Range and Visitor Guide
Jura is the whisky of an island with one road, one village and a distillery on the beach at Craighouse. Its story runs from a small 1810 licence to a 1960s rebuild designed to stop the island emptying. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Jura at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Craighouse, Isle of Jura Region Islands, Scotland Founded / established original 1810; reopened 1963 Owner

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2 days ago4 min read
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Arran Distillery: History, Owner, Range and Visitor Guide
Arran is a young distillery with an old island behind it. It started distilling in 1995 at Lochranza in the north of the Isle of Arran and now runs a second site at Lagg. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Arran at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Lochranza, Isle of Arran Region Islands, Scotland Founded / established 1995 Owner Isle of Arran Distillers Bottles documented 4 named ex

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2 days ago4 min read
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Tobermory Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide
Tobermory is Mull's only whisky distillery and one of the oldest licensed sites in Scotland. It makes two whiskies under two names: unpeated Tobermory and peated Ledaig. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Tobermory at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Tobermory, Isle of Mull Region Islands, Scotland Founded / established 1798 Owner CVH Spirits Bottles documented 5 named expressions i

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2 days ago5 min read
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Isle of Raasay Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide
Isle of Raasay Distillery makes whisky and gin on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Raasay, off the east coast of Skye. It was the first legal distillery on the island. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Isle of Raasay at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Region Islands, Scotland Ownership R&B Distillers History Distilling began 2017 Whisky and production Island single malt with peated and sherry-l

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2 days ago4 min read
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Deerness Distillery (Deerness, Orkney)
Deerness Distillery is listed on the Whisky Clan distillery map in Deerness, Orkney, Islands, Scotland. A full profile is coming soon.

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2 days ago3 min read
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Lagg Distillery: History, Owner and Visitor Guide
Lagg is a peated single malt distillery on the Isle of Arran, opened in 2019 by Isle of Arran Distillers. Read its history, owner and visitor details.

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2 days ago4 min read
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Isle of Harris Distillery: The Hearach and Harris Gin
Isle of Harris Distillery sits in Tarbert, a harbour village on East Loch Tarbert in the Outer Hebrides. It was the first legal distillery ever built on Harris. It opened in October 2015, started production on 17 December 2015, and released its first single malt, The Hearach, in autumn 2023. It also makes a gin with hand harvested sugar kelp. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Isle of Harris at a gl

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2 days ago5 min read
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Torabhaig Distillery: Skye's Second Licensed Distillery
Torabhaig is a small, independent distillery at Teangue on the Sleat peninsula of the Isle of Skye. It is the island's second licensed distillery and the first new one since Talisker was established in 1830. Its first whisky, the Legacy Series 2017, went on sale in February 2021. The distillery describes its house style as 'smoke with taste'. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Torabhaig at a glance

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2 days ago5 min read
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Lochranza Distillery: Arran's Island Distillery in the North
Lochranza is the original Arran distillery, standing at the north end of the island. Its whisky is released under the Arran name, and since 2019 it has had a sister distillery at Lagg in the south. In this guide Distillery facts History and production Whisky bottles and casks FAQs Summarise this guide with AI Lochranza at a glance Distillery fact Verified detail Location Lochranza, northern Isle of Arran, Scotland Region Islands, Scotland First spirit 29 June 1995 Founder Har

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2 days ago4 min read
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