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The distillery was built in a former salmon hatchery (and some of the pens are still in use producing fish). [2] The still house is a new building and incorporates titled still heads in an unusual design modelled on former illicit stills in the area [ 2 ] The distillery uses water from nearby Loch Raonasgail via the Abhainn Dearg.
Distillery Location Year closed Caledonian: Haymarket: 1988, demolished Cambus: Tullibody: 1993, converted into a whisky warehouse facility and cask filling operation Carsebridge: Alloa: 1983, demolished 1990 Dumbarton: West Dunbartonshire: 2002, demolished 2017 Dundashill: Glasgow: 1902, merged with Port Dundas distillery Garnheath: Airdrie ...
In 2023 it was announced that the distillery had begun production of a Tiree whisky, aiming for first release in 2025. [36] The company is said to be the first legal distillery on the island in over 200 years; distilling had been banned in 1802. In 2020, the company was marketing a Speyside whisky, The Cairnsmuir, but not made on Tiree. [37]
The plan for whisky was stated on its Web site as: "It is our goal to open the Islands first Single Malt Whisky Distillery within the next 2-3 years". [ 43 ] The Isle of Barra distillery [ 44 ] was founded in 2003 as Uisge Beatha nan Eilean Ltd [ 45 ] and became a Community Benefit Society in 2018 [ 46 ] under the Co-operative and Community ...
It is the only commercially produced handwoven tweed in the world. To qualify as Harris tweed, the textile must be "handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides", according to a British Act of Parliament. [31]
In September 2017 the Isle of Raasay distillery opened after the conversion of Borodale House. [21] One source described this as transforming the "derelict Gothic hotel ... into a modern whisky distillery, visitor centre and accommodation". [22] The company's Single malt Scotch was described by one source as the island's "first legal single ...
Rona [7] (Scottish Gaelic: Rònaigh), sometimes called South Rona to distinguish it from North Rona (a small uninhabited island to the northwest of Cape Wrath), is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides. It lies between the Sound of Raasay and the Inner Sound just north of the neighbouring island of Raasay and east of the Trotternish ...
The Barra Distillery company was founded in 2003 but the distillery buildings are still to be constructed. However, wind turbines to power the distillery were installed in 2012 [ 2 ] The distillery has become a Community Benefit Society, [ 3 ] a vehicle to direct profits to support social and economic development in the community of Barra ...