What makes Islay whisky so intensely smoky and unlike any other Scotch? We reveal the secrets of peat, "peat reek," and PPM ...

Back in May I visited Islay for a press event and was surprised to discover a distillery that I’d never heard of. The small batch distillery in an old lemonade factory was dwarfed by its neighbors; ...

What makes Kilchoman's new Family Collection its most treasured release yet? Discover the distillery's first-ever 20-year-old ...

Though it may seem like 10 whisky distilleries is plenty for the small Hebridean isle of Islay, the Argyll and Bute Planning Commission has granted permission for whisky company Elixir Distillers to ...

We have come in search of scotch. It is on this Scottish isle that eight single malt scotch distilleries have been producing whiskey for more than 200 years. Just north of Ireland, Islay is believed ...

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The first new distillery on Islay since 2005 has been officially opened. Ardnahoe Distillery, on the island's north-east coast, has been built with a £12 million investment from family firm Hunter ...

It's one of Scotland's richest whisky producing regions and now, the small island of Islay, off Scotland's west coast, could soon welcome its 11th distillery. Already home to some of Scotland's top ...

A wild, rural treat, Islay is well worth the work it takes me to get here — a winding journey on board the Caledonian Sleeper for a dawn arrival in Glasgow. From there, it’s a final 100 miles of road, ...