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 ...

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; ...

The whisky is called The Regeneration Project, and is said to be the first ever Islay rye whisky (it’s referred to as single grain on the label, a designation that separates it from a 100 percent ...

Pernod Ricard SA’s Chivas Brothers business will produce an Islay whisky for the first time after acquiring land on the Scottish isle for a new distillery. Chivas is the world’s second-biggest Scotch ...

STAFF at two historic Scotch whisky distilleries have been offered redundancy amid a production merger and a downturn in ...

Bruichladdich, the Islay distillery known for its experimental releases, has introduced The Laddie Rye, a 7-year-old Scotch whisky made from 55% rye and 45% barley — the first rye whisky produced on ...

Jobs have come under threat at two of Scotland's historic island distilleries as the whisky industry grapples with a global downturn. Production is being slowed at the Laphroaig and Bowmore plants on ...

Ardbeg actually released a cask-strength version of this whisky back in 2003 to the Japanese market, and people who got a taste of that whisky were very enthusiastic about it. Of course, that would ...

It’s quite possible, maybe even advisable, to design a Scotland trip entirely around whisky. That’s just as true for the Scotch newbie as it is for the serious connoisseur. And while plenty of ...