Early this morning (Friday 14th November) a grain silo collapsed at Islay’s port Ellen Maltings, shedding hundreds of tonnes of barley which fell around it. No-one was injured. As a precautionary measure, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. With work at…
The Whisky Bible 2009 has pronounced Islay’s Ardbeg distillery’s single malt, Ardbeg Uigeadail, World Whisky of the Year. The distillery was given the same award last year, 2008, for its Ardbeg Ten Years Old. This cements its position at the…
The Ardbeg Distillery on Islay is due to share in a £45 million investment programme over two years focused on building the brands of Ardbeg and its stablemate, Glenmorangie whose distillery is on the Dornoch Firth in Inverness.
Ardbeg’s refurbished Visior…
Lloyds TSB have just announced that nine of the top eleven jobs which will operate if the proposed merger takes place will go to managers from within its own organisation with only two going to former HBOS people.
Eric Daniels, CEO…
Bruichladdich Distillery on Argyll’s Isle of Islay is celebrating its resurgence under the team who bought out the shut-down plant back in 2001 with the issue of the ‘The Resurrection Dram 23.10.01′. It is just that - the first dram…
A long established feature of touring any Scotch whisky distillery is the free dram handed to visitors at the end of the tour. This tradition came under serious threat with the Scottish Government’s consultation on alcohol use which will lead…
Trade in rare bottles of whisky is booming. Almost a year after the launch of the World Whisky Index. a Dutch online trade platform for exclusive single malt whiskies, mostly from Scotland (no surprises there), it is showing an average…
Each Thursday from 16th October to 6th November passengers on the afternoon ferries between Islay and Kennacraig will be able to connect to the island in more than one way. The 15.00 ferry MV Hebridean Isles from Port Askaig to…
Bids for the historic brass spirit safe from the Glenlochy Distillery (1898 - 1983) closed with Loch Fyne Whiskies at midday on Friday 10th October. As advertised, it has been sold to the highest bidder who wishes name and bid…
This is a brass spirit safe from the Glenlochy Distillery which began in 1898 and closed in 1983. It is being offered to the highest bidder by Loch Fyne whiskies and bids may close this Friday (10th October 2008).
Bids started…
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