This beginner's guide unpacks Scotland's whisky regions, explaining their distinctive styles, traditional production methods, and key distilleries. Read the full article at A Beginner's Guide To ...

This tiny island serves as the epicenter of whisky tourism in Scotland with 10 distilleries and massive week-long whisky festivals like Fèis Ìle. The Flavors: The main thrust of Islay whisky is ...

Two new whisky distilleries are scheduled to open this summer, in Port Ellen on the isle of Islay, and on the Ardgowan estate near Inverkip, 30 miles west of Glasgow.

The glorious beach on Islay, home to some of Scotland's most popular whisky distilleries Credit: Alamy. In 2019 alone the amber nectar drew in 2.16 million visitors, keen to see the distilleries ...

The Port Ellen distillery on the fabled whisky island of Islay has reopened decades after closing, spurred by growing thirst for upscale versions of the amber liquor. Why Scotland’s ‘ghost ...

The Regeneration Project may be a first for Islay, but not for scotch whisky as a category. In 2021, Johnnie Walker High Rye was released, a blend made from a mashbill of 60 percent rye that was ...

After months of anticipation, this Friday evening a lively parade will wind its way through the town of Port Ellen on Islay, marking the official launch of the 2024 Fèis Ìle .

Whisky giant Chivas Brothers has revealed plans to build a new distillery on the isle of Islay. It will be the first time the Scotch maker, which is responsible for single malts such as Aberlour ...

Scotland is home to 128 operating malt distilleries, whose exports were valued at £4.9 billion in 2019, with 42 bottles of Scotch Whisky shipped overseas each second!

Another Islay whisky legend, Ardbeg, was mothballed for most of the 1980s but has been spectacularly revived since it it was bought by the mainland distillery Glenmorangie in 1997.