Famous for its whisky, the Highlands is also developing a thriving industry in micro gin distilleries and micro breweries. Many distilleries and breweries can be reached by train, with more an extra bus, taxi or ferry journey away.
Not being whisky drinkers, this has been the least easy page for us to write but we hope you find it useful! We love the smell and taste in food, just not to drink.
Founded: 2017
Products: Gin - Original, Blood Orange, Pink, Spiced Winter
Ingredients: Locally sourced botanicals including Perthshire raspberries
Tours and tastings: Contact them to arrange a Perth Gin Experience. Also has a shop on site.
Further details: The first spirits producer in Perth. Located in historic stable blocks once used by Queen Victoria’s horses
Transport: 15 minutes' walk from Perth train station
See our Guide to Perth for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
See our Guide to Pitlochry for more places to visit, as well as accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: Established 1798, closed 1932, reopened 1949
Products: 12-year-old single malt whisky; contributor to Bell's blended scotch
Ingredients: Uses water from the Allt Dour burn, which flows from Ben Vrackie
Tours and tastings: Various tours including tastings - Blair Athol Signature Tour (1 hour), Blair Athol Allt Dour Tour (1 hour 30 minutes), Blair Athol Cask and Cocktail Experience (2 hours). Also has a shop and bar on site.
Further details: One of the oldest distilleries in Scotland
Transport: 15 minutes' walk from Pitlochry train station (not Blair Atholl!)
Blair Athol Distillery
Reception and Shop
CLOSED FOR 2025 SEASON (STAFF SHORTAGES)
Founded: 1825
Products: Large range of over 25 single malt whiskies - classic range, cask strength, wine finished, wine matured, Ballechin heavily peated
Tours and tastings: Temporarily closed
Further details: Has been through many changes of ownership - cooperative of local farmers, the New York Mafia, a large corporate, and back to Scottish ownership. Has the smallest traditional stills in Scotland.
The last remaining handmade single malt whisky from a farm distillery. Housed in a collection of picture perfect buildings.
Transport: 10 minute taxi journey from Pitlochry train station.
Founded: 2016
Products: Range of beers: core, limited edition, seasonal, barrel aged, and Perthshire Cider
Ingredients: Barley is grown and malted in Scotland. Seasonal releases often use locally sourced ingredients. Perthshire Cider uses locally grown apples and pears.
Tours and tastings: Free tours year round, no booking required. Also offers a Brewer for a Day Experience.
Further details: The Taproom - Saturdays, April to September for bar and pizzas made to order using in-house dough. Mostly outdoor seating. Booking recommended.
Also involved in a community project to turn locally grown, fresh-surplus apples and pears into cider. Suppliers receive an allocation of cider or beer in return.
Transport: 5 minutes' walk from Blair Atholl train station.
See our Guide to Blair Atholl for more places to visit, as well as accommodation and places to eat.
Founded: 1898
Products: 15 year old single malt whisky, limited edition single malt whiskies
Ingredients: Water from Lochan na Doire-uaine in the nearby hills
Tours and tastings: Classic Tour (45 minutes), Elusive Expressions Tour (1 hour 45 minutes), Whisky and Chocolate Tasting Experience (30 minutes)
Further details: Remotely located in the Cairngorm National Park, this is the highest (1164 feet above sea level) and coldest working distillery in Scotland. Possibly also the wettest - it is usually raining when we pass Dalwhinnie!
Shop and bar on site serving a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Transport: 10 minutes' walk from Dalwhinnie train station.
Dalwhinnie Distillery
Whisky barrels outside Dalwhinnie Distillery
See our Guide to Aviemore for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: 2001
Products: Selection of craft beers including Cairngorm Wildcat - Scotland CAMRA "Premium Bitters" Beer of the Year 2025. Their Black Gold beer is a finalist for the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2025 in the Beer and Cider Category.
Ingredients: Water from the Cairngorm Mountains
Tours and tastings: No tours but tasting experiences are available for groups of six or more (pre-booking required).
Further details: They have a shop on site selling Cairngorm Brewery and Loch Ness Brewery products, as well as a Tap Room.
Transport: 25 minutes' walk from Aviemore train station, in Dalfaber Industrial Estate
Founded: 2019
Products: Signature Edition Gin, special editions Cairngorm Reindeer Special Edition, Rothiemurchus Estate Edition and Mountain Strength Edition
Ingredients: Water from the River Spey. Includes 9 botanicals, inspired by the flora and fauna of the Cairngorms National Park
Tours and tastings: Gin Tasting, Gin and Chocolate Tasting
Further details: Winner of Small-Batch Gin Producer of the Year 2020. Opening a purpose built Visitor Experience, Restaurant and Bar around Easter 2026.
Transport: 5 minutes' taxi journey from Aviemore train station
Founded: 2022
Products: Blended malt whisky range CRN57° 12YO/18YO/25YO/30YO
Ingredients: Scottish malted barley, water from underground springs in the Cairngorms National Park
Tours and tastings: The Explorer Experience (1 hour), The Adventurer Experience (1 hour 30 minutes), The Voyager Experience (3 hours)
Further details: The first whisky distilled here will be available in the 2030s. In the meantime, the blended range is available to taste and buy on site only, emulating the whisky that is being produced here.
Also available is a Scottish tapas restaurant, shop and outdoor trails. The first distillery to be built in the Cairngorms National Park for more than a century.
Transport: 20 minutes' taxi journey from Aviemore train station
See our Guides to Inverness for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
UILE-BHEIST DISTILLERY & BREWERY
Founded: 2023
Products: Craft single malt whisky and beer
Ingredients: The whisky uses locally sourced barley and water from the River Ness. The beer uses locally grown and malted barley, Scottish oats and water from the River Ness.
Tours and tastings: Various tours including tastings - Discovery Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), Accessibility Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), Head Distiller Tour (1 hour 30 minutes), Head Brewer Tour (1 hour 30 minutes)
Further details: The first new distillery in Inverness for 130 years. The tours and tastings include storytelling about Scotland's history and folklore, its myths and legends.
They have a water source heat pump which uses water from the River Ness and solar panels.
Transport: 10 minutes' walk from Inverness train station
This seating has nice views over the River Ness
It's possible to tour the building
Founded: 1897
Products: Range of Tomatin single malt whiskies including 12 year old, 14 year old and 18 year old which are all winners of multiple awards; Cù Bòcan and Shirakawa single malts; Antiquary blended malt
Tours and tastings: The Legacy Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), Taste of Tomatin (2 hours), Single Cask Experience (2 hours 30 minutes), Warehouse 6 Tasting Experience (2 hours).
Further details: Bar on site where you can have a complimentary taste of the Tomatin 12 year old single malt. It is possible to hand fill your own bottle of one of the cask strength distillery exclusive whiskies.
In the 1970s it was the largest malt distillery in the world.
Transport: 35 - 50 minutes' bus journey from Inverness - see Stagecoach service 37, X37 and Highland Council service 300. Alight at stop 'Tomatin Layby Southbound' on the A9 from which it is around 20 minutes' walk to the visitor centre.
The A9 is a very busy road so carefully cross to the bus stop for the north direction, where there is a path through the woods. Turn left onto the lane and down to the junction where you can pick up the path again which takes you down to the distillery entrance road.
There are major roadworks going on in the area until 2028 so you may find that the pedestrian arrangements differ slightly from the usual.
GREAT GLEN DISTILLERY, DRUMNADROCHIT
Founded: 2021
Products: Gin
Ingredients: Water from Loch Ness, wild heather from around the Great Glen
Tours and tastings: Explanation and tastings available in the shop
Further details: Scotland's smallest craft distillery
Transport: 30 minutes' bus journey from Inverness - see Stagecoach service 17 or Citylink services 917 or 919. Alight at stop 'Drumnadrochit, Drum Green' (also called 'Drumnadrochit, Opposite Post Office', though the Post Office is no longer in this location).
SINGLETON OF GLEN ORD DISTILLERY
Founded: 1838
Products: Range of single malt whiskies
Tours and tastings: Drams and Delicious Dessert (45 minutes), The Singleton Distillery Classic Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), The Singleton Pairing Experience (1 hour), The Singleton Malt to Cask Tour (1 hour 30 minutes), The Singleton Distillery Cask Sampling (1 hour), Craft and Cocktails Distillery Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), The Singleton Cocktail Masterclass (1 hour)
Further details: Relaunched with a new visitor centre in 2022. Winner of Scotland's Leading Distillery Tour 2024. Also produces whisky for the Johnnie Walker blends.
The Singleton is made at three Highland distilleries: Glen Ord, Glendullan, and Dufftown; Glen Ord is the only site which is open to the public.
Transport: 15 minutes' walk from Muir of Ord train station
See our Guide to Muir of Ord for more information about the area.
Singleton of Glen Ord Distillery Visitor Centre
TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO VISITORS - REOPENING 2026
Founded: 1839
Products: Range of single malt whiskies including 12 year, 15 year, 18 year and 21 year old
Tours and tastings: To be announced
Further details: Their Master Whisky Maker was awarded Master Distiller of the Year 2023.
Transport: 15 minutes' walk from Alness train station
See our Guide to Tain and Dornoch for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: 1843
Products: Range of single malt whiskies including 12 year old.
Tours and tastings: Classic Tour (1 hour), The Old and Rare Tasting (45 minutes), The Innovation Tour (1 hour 45 minutes). Tasting bar also available.
Further details: 12 year old malt was winner of the World Whiskies Awards 2024. Involved in a successful project to revive a native European oyster reef in the Dornoch Firth.
Transport: 5 minutes' taxi journey from Tain train station. Although distance-wise it is walkable (1.5 miles/2.41 km), you would need to walk along the verge of the very busy A9 with no pavement which we would advise against.
The beautiful grounds of the distillery
Whisky barrels outside the distillery
Founded: 2016
Products: Single malt whisky, Organic Mediterranean Gin (winner of World Gin Awards 2022), two blended malt whiskies, independent bottlings of rum and whisky
Tours and tastings: None currently. Shop located at Station Square.
Further details: Dornoch’s first whisky distillery, set up through crowdfunding.
Construction is soon beginning on a new home, named Struie Distillery. There will be a visitor centre housed within the restored historic gasworks building as well as tasting room. They aim to begin production by late 2026.
Transport: 5 minutes' walk from Cathedral Square, where the bus from Tain stops.
See our Guide to Far North Line Halts for more details about Brora.
Founded: 1819
Products: 14 year old single malt whisky, special and limited editions
Ingredients: Barley malted in the Northern Highlands, water is piped down from the Clynemilton Burn
Tours and tastings: Clynelish Flavour Journey (1 hour 45 minutes), Clynelish Process Tour and Premium Tasting (1 hour), A Taste of Clynelish (45 minutes), Clynelish Distillery and Dram (30 minutes)
Further details: Bar on site serving light bites and a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Also produces whisky for the Johnnie Walker blends.
Original distillery founded 1819, new site operational 1969-1980s then re-established in 2021.
Transport: 25 minutes' walk from Brora train station.
BRORA DISTILLERY (by appointment only, no walk-in visitors)
Founded: 1819
Products: Brora Triptych, limited edition Brora expression, Brora 3-Year-Old
Tours and tastings: Brora Awakened (1 hour 30 minutes), The Eras of Brora (5 hours, minimum 4 people)
Further details: Uses a biomass boiler powered by sustainably sourced wood chips from Northern Scotland.
Closed in 1983, restored 2021.
Transport: 25 minutes' walk from Brora train station, next to Clynelish Distillery.
See our Guide to Thurso for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: 1821, closed 1858, reopened 2013
Products: Single malt whiskies including 10 year old and 12 year old
Ingredients: Water from the neighbouring burn.
Tours and tastings: Classic Tour and Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes), Premium Tour and Tasting (2 hours)
Further details: Opportunity to fill, cork, capsule and label your own bottle in the shop. Winners of multiple awards including gold in the World Whiskies Awards 2017.
The foundations of the original building, made of Caithness flagstone, can still be seen. Largest distillery in Caithness in the early 19th century.
Transport: 30 minutes' walk from Thurso train station
Founded: 2014
Products: Gin, vodka and rum
Ingredients: Highland water; botanicals from the cliffs of the Pentland Firth, Dunnet Forest or the distillery’s garden
Tours and tastings: Express Tour (30 minutes), Premium Tour (1 hour 30 minutes), Cocktail Workshop (1 hour 30 minutes, minimum 2 people). Tasting room available.
SAVING! 10% discount on tours when a valid bus ticket is presented.
Further details: Generate their own electricity using solar panels, and the Rock Rose Gin can be refilled with a recyclable pouch.
Winners of multiple awards including gold in The Grocer Drink Awards 2016. Shop also sells locally made food and gifts.
Transport: 20 minutes' bus journey from Thurso - see Stagecoach services 80 and 280 and alight at stop 'Dunnet, Telephone Kiosk'. 1 minute's walk from the bus stop.
See our Guide to Wick and John O' Groats for more places to visit, accommodation and places to eat.
Founded: 1826
Products: Single malt whiskies including 12 year, 15 year and 18 year old.
Ingredients: Water from nearby Loch Hempriggs, local un-peated malt barley
Tours and tastings: A Taste of Old Pulteney (1 hour 30 minutes), From the Source (2 hours), The Flagship Experience (2 hours 30 minutes)
Further details: Known as the Maritime Malt due to its location and heritage - Wick was originally only accessible by sea so the barley arrived by boat and the whisky left by boat.
Closed in 1930 due to the Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 which allowed for local areas to vote on going 'dry'. Prohibition ended in 1947 and production resumed in 1951.
Transport: 20 minutes' walk from Wick train station.
Founded: 2015
Products: Range of beers, some named after powerful local tides
Ingredients: Water from the local area
Tours and tastings: Visitor experience audio tour (no booking required), tasting room and shop.
Further details: Moved into the oldest building in John O’ Groats, “The Last House”, in 2019. The building is older than 1700 and boasts a Caithness slate roof as well as part of a ship's ribs in the wall.
Transport: 30 minutes' bus journey from Wick - see Stagecoach services 77 and 80, and alight at stop 'John O Groats Car Park'. There is also a once daily service during school term dates and some bank holidays operated by Dunnett's Transport service 913. 1 minute's walk from the bus stop.
Also accessible by bus from Thurso (50 minutes).
8 DOORS DISTILLERY, JOHN O' GROATS
Founded: 2022
Products: Independent bottlings of single malt and blended malt whiskies available while waiting for their own single malt whisky to mature.
Ingredients: Water from on-site borehole, un-peated traditional Scottish distilling malt
Tours and tastings: Behind the Scenes (60 minutes), Wee Taster Experience (30 minutes), Tales and Tipples Experience (45 minutes)
Further details: The name comes from the 8 sided house built by Jan De Groot, the man that the name John O' Groats allegedly comes from.
The most northerly distillery on the UK mainland, and the first in John O’ Groats for over 180 years.
Lounge available for tastings, cocktails, coffee and cake. Fill your own bottle experience available.
Transport: See details under John O' Groats Brewery. 2 minutes' walk from the 'John O Groats Car Park' bus stop.
Founded: 1794
Products: Single malt whiskies including 14 year and 18 year old.
Tours and tastings: The Classic Oban Distillery Tour (1 hour), A Taste of Oban (1 hour), Exclusive Oban Tour and Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes), Barrels by the Bay: An Oban Odyssey (2 hours)
Further details: One of the oldest and smallest distilleries in Scotland, it predates the town. Also has a shop and bar on site.
Transport: 5 minutes' walk from Oban train station
See our Guide to Oban for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: 1825
Products: Single malt whisky
Tours and tastings: Email or phone for tour enquiries and bookings as their website is in development.
Further details: One of Scotland's oldest distilleries. Situated at the foot of Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis. Coffee shop, restaurant, bar and shop on site.
Transport: 40 minutes' walk or 10 minutes' bus journey from Fort William train station - see Shiel Buses service 41 (alight at stop 'Glenmhor Terrace').
See our Guide to Fort William for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
The Ben Nevis Distillery and Visitor Centre
Photo credit: “2022-07-24_13-29-58_7973” by Pierre-Selim, CC BY-SA 2.0
BENROMACH DISTILLERY
Founded: 1898
Products: Single malt whisky (10 year old, 15 year old, 21 year old) and Red Door Gin
Ingredients: Locally grown Scottish barley, water from the local Chapelton Spring
Tours and tastings: Discovery (1 hour), Exploration (1 hour 30 minutes), Mastery (2 hours)
Further details: Family owned since 1993. Reopened by Prince Charles in 1998.
Transport: 10 minutes' walk from Forres train station
See our Guide to Forres for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
See our Guide to Elgin for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
Founded: 1897
Products: Single malt whisky
Ingredients: Water from the River Lossie
Tours and tastings: Heritage Tour (2 hours), Distillery Explorer Tour (1 hour), Cask Origin Stories (1 hour 30 minutes), Chocolate and Whisky Tasting (1 hour), Glen Moray House Experience (2 hours)
Further details: Wide variety of casks used. There is also a Visitor Centre with coffee shop and gift shop.
Transport: 30 minutes' walk from Elgin train station
SPEYSIDE WHISKY TRAIL
Whisky lovers will be interested in the Stagecoach bus service 36 which runs to Dufftown, a journey of 55 minutes. On the way it stops at Rothes and Aberlour which are also distillery locations.
In total 5 distilleries are accessible by this route! Dufftown is an attractive small town surrounded by hills.
GLEN GRANT DISTILLERY AND GARDENS, ROTHES
Currently undergoing renovations, so limited tours are available and the gardens are closed.
Founded: 1840
Products: Single malt whisky including 12 year old, 15 year old, 18 year old and 21 year old
Ingredients: Water from the Caperdonich Spring
Tours and tastings: Revelation Tour (2 hours), Tour the Glen Grant Distillery (1 hour 30 minutes)
Further details: The distillery sits in the Victorian 'Garden of Splendours' established in 1886 by James ‘The Major’ Grant and containing flowers and plants gathered from his travels around the world. It covers 22 acres of orchards, meadows, and gorges.
Transport: Alight at Elgin train station. 25 minutes' bus journey from Elgin to Rothes - see Stagecoach service 36. Alight at bus stop 'Rothes, at Glen Grant Distillery'.
Founded: 1897
Products: Single malt whisky including 10 year old, 15 year old and 18 year old
Ingredients: Water from the Granty Burn
Tours and tastings: Behind the Scenes: Tour & Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes), The Hopkins Experience (1 hour 45 minutes)
Further details: Look out for the pagoda ventilator which allowed a constant current of air to flow over the grains.
Transport: Alight at Elgin train station. 25 minutes' bus journey from Elgin to Rothes - see Stagecoach service 36. Alight at bus stop 'Rothes, at Glen Grant Distillery'.
Founded: 1879
Products: Single malt whisky
Ingredients: Water from the nearby Birkenbush springs, barley from local farms
Tours and tastings: Due to resume tours in 2027 as currently working on construction and expansion of the distillery. Shop and whisky tasting experiences are open.
Further details: Uses double cask maturation
Transport: Alight at Elgin train station. 40 minutes' bus journey from Elgin to Aberlour - see Stagecoach service 36. Alight at bus stop 'Aberlour, opp The Square'.
Founded: 1886
Products: Single malt whisky including including 12 year old, 14 year old, 15 year old and 18 year old
Ingredients: Water from the Robbie Dhu Spring
Tours and tastings: Glenfiddich Explorer Tour (1 hour 30 minutes), Glenfiddich Milestones Tour (4 hours), Glenfiddich Grant Series Experience (1 hour 30 minutes), Glenfiddich Tutored Tasting (1 hour), Glenfiddich Malt Master Tour (2 hours 30 minutes)
Further details: Family owned, it is the world's most awarded single malt scotch whisky. There is an onsite cooperage. They also run an artists in residence scheme.
Transport: Alight at Elgin train station. 55 minutes' bus journey from Elgin to Dufftown - see Stagecoach service 36. Alight at the bus stop 'Dufftown, Glenfiddich Distillery'.
Founded: 1893
Products: Single malt whisky including 12 year old, 14 year old, 16 year old and 21 year old
Tours and tastings: The Balvenie Distillery Tour (2 hours 30 minutes), The Balvenie Tutored Tasting (1 hour), The Balvenie Warehouse Experience (1 hour)
Further details: They still keep every craft in-house including malting their own barley and hand-coopering casks. The Dunnage warehouse is built from the stones of Balvenie Castle.
Transport: Alight at Elgin train station. 55 minutes' bus journey from Elgin to Dufftown - see Stagecoach service 36. Alight at the bus stop 'Dufftown, at Station' (this is now a station of the heritage Keith and Dufftown Railway and no longer a mainline station. See our Guide to the Keith and Dufftown Railway).
Founded: 1786
Products: Chivas Regal blended whisky
Tours and tastings: Strathisla Maturation Tour & Tasting (1 hour), Strathisla Distillery Tour & Tasting (1 hour 20 minutes), Chivas Blending Workshop (45 minutes), The Royal Salute Tour & Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes), Iconic Distilleries Tour & Tasting (2 hours 30 minutes - includes a visit to Glen Keith Distillery which is not open to the public), The Vault by Chivas Brothers (2-3 hours)
Further details: The oldest operating distillery in northern Scotland. Distinctive pagodas, cobbled courtyard and picturesque buildings.
Transport: 10 minutes' walk from Keith train station
See our Guide to Keith for more places to visit, accommodation and places to eat.
Strathisla Distillery
Photo credit: “Scotland - Keith - Strathisla Distillery” by Hannes Hiller, CC BY 2.0
Founded: 2019
Products: Gin
Ingredients: Uses locally sourced botanicals
Tours and tastings: Discovery Tour (1 hour), Gin Tasting Masterclass (2 hours), Gin School Experience (2 hours 30 minutes), Flight of Fancy (30 minutes), Design your own Scottish Gin (30 minutes)
Further details: Located within an historic railway arch. Gin School allows you to distil your own bottle of gin.
Transport: 10 minutes' walk from Aberdeen train station
See our Guide to Aberdeen for more places to visit, accommodation and restaurants.
See our Guide to Orkney for more details about this popular collections of islands.
Founded: 2016
Products: Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gins, rum and blended malt whisky
Ingredients: Botanicals grown on Orkney, Orcadian honey, Scottish raspberries
Tours and tastings: Gin Tour & Tasting (1 hour), Whisky Tour & Tasting (1 hour 15 minutes)
Further details: Has a Coffee & Gin Bar and a shop on site. Gins are all award winners.
Transport: 5 minutes' walk from Kirkwall Travel Centre.
Founded: 1798
Products: Range of single malt whiskies including 12 year, 15 year and 18 year old.
Ingredients: Local heathered peat from Hobbister moor
Tours and tastings: The Welcome Experience (1 hour 15 minutes), The Local Legend Experience (1 hour 30 minutes), The Cask Strength Experience (1 hour 30 minutes), The Archive Experience (2 hours), The Orkney Insider Experience (3 hours), The Rare & Exclusive Experience (3 hours 30 minutes).
Also offers The Peedie Experience (45 minutes) and tastings at their shop on Albert Street in the centre of Kirkwall.
Transport: 5 minutes' bus journey from Kirkwall. See Stagecoach service X1 (alight at stop 'Highland Park Car Park' or service 4 (alight at 'Upper Cranit Road' stop followed by a 10 minute walk).
Founded: 1885
Products: Single malt whiskies - 10 year, 16 year and 21 year old
Ingredients: Water from the nearby Orquil Springs, no peat is used to try the malt
Tours and tastings: The Classic Tour (1 hour 15 minutes), The Scapa Experience (1 hour 30 minutes), The Orcadian (2 hours), Scapa Discovery Flight (15-20 minutes, tasting only), The Scapa Pairing Experience (2 hours 30 minutes, 4 people minimum, tour optional)
Further details: Named after the Norse word for boat. One of the last remaining manually operated distilleries. A series of guided walking trails are available.
Transport: 5 minutes' bus journey from Kirkwall. See Stagecoach service 2, alighting at stop 'Scapa, Distillery Cottages'.
For The Classic Tour, The Scapa Experience, and The Oradian, shuttle transfers are available from Great Western Road near the Travel Centre to the distillery, which must be requested at least 24 hours prior.
See our Guide to the Outer Hebrides for more details about these islands.
Founded: 2015
Products: The Hearach single malt whisky, Isle of Harris Gin
Ingredients: The gin uses Sugar Kelp seaweed harvested by hand in the Outer Hebrides
Tours and tastings: Isle of Harris Gin Experience (45 minutes), The Hearach Experience (1 hour 15 minutes)
Further details: Winners of multiple awards including the Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year 2024.
Transport: 5 minutes' walk from the ferry terminal.
Founded: 2024
Products: Single malt whisky
Ingredients: Bere barley from local crofts, grown on soil fertilised with seaweed from nearby beaches
Tours and tastings: 45 minute tours available (no booking required)
Further details: Production marks the revival of a 130-year-old recipe. Visitor centre, restaurant and shop on site.
Transport: Benbecula Bus Timetables. Nearest bus stop is 'Gramsdale Flodda Rd End', followed by 10 minutes' walk.
Founded: 2017
Products: Downpour range of gins
Ingredients: Wild Hebridean heather
Tours and tastings: Distillery Tour (40 minutes), Distillery Tour & Tasting (1 hour), Downpour Gin Tasting (1 hour 15 minutes), Downpour Cocktail Masterclass (1 hour)
Further details: Also has whisky in production which is using heritage bere barley grown by local crofters. Named Scottish Gin Distillery of the Year three years running.
Housed in the historic Nuneaton Steadings building which dates from the 1700s.
Transport: Benbecula Bus Timetables. By bus stop 'Nunton Township'.
See our Guide to Skye for more details about both of these islands.
ISLE OF SKYE DISTILLERS, PORTREE
Founded: 2017
Products: Misty Isle gins, vodka and liqueur
Ingredients: Water from the Storr Lochs. Gins use botanicals grown in the distillery garden or hand foraged within ¼ mile of the distillery, and fruit grown in the distillery garden. Liqueur uses honeyberries from the distillery garden and hand forage wild elderflower from Skye.
Tours and tastings: Not currently open to the public for tours, however, gin tastings are available in the shop in the centre of Portree.
Further details: Gin and vodka multiple award winners including silver in the World Gin Awards 2022. Also has a shop in Breakish.
Plans to launch a Spiced Rum and to start whisky production.
Transport: Centre of Portree
TORABHAIG DISTILLERY, TEANGUE, SKYE
Founded: 2017
Products: Single malt whisky
Tours and tastings: Regular Distillery Tour (45 minutes), Whisky & Chocolate Pairing Tour (1 hour), Distillery Warehouse Tour (2 hours)
Further details: Located in a restored farmhouse dating from 1760. Shop and cafe on site.
Transport:
From Broadford: 30 minutes' bus journey from Broadford to Teangue - see Stagecoach services 52, 152 (alight at stop 'Teangue, Road End' followed by 5 minutes' walk).
From Armadale: 5-10 minutes' bus journey from Armadale to Teangue - see Stagecoach services 52, 152.
See our Guide to Skye for more details about the island.
Founded: 2017
Products: Single malt whisky, gin
Ingredients: Water from their own well, Scottish barley malted with Highland peat, gin contains botanicals from Raasay
Tours and tastings: Distillery Tour & Tasting (45-60 minutes), Whisky, Gin & Chocolate Tour & Tasting (45-60 minutes), Distillery and Bottling Warehouse Tour (45-60 minutes), Distillery Tasting - Na Sia Cask Strength Tasting (60-90 minutes), Dunnage Cask Warehouse Tour (2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes), Virtual Tasting (2 hours)
Further details: The only distillery in Scotland where you can stay overnight in the same building as a working distillery.
Housed in the restored nineteenth century Borodale House. Hotel, restaurant, shop and bar on site.
Transport:
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Sconser to Raasay. The distillery is 10 minutes' walk from the ferry terminal.
See our Guide to Inner Hebrides for more details about these islands.
TOBERMORY DISTILLERY, ISLE OF MULL
Founded: 1798
Products: Single malt whiskies including Tobermory and Ledaig ranges, Tobermory Gin
Ingredients: Water from the nearby Gearr Abhainn brook
Tours and tastings: Tobermory Distillery Production Tour (1 hour), Tobermory & Ledaig Whisky Tastings (45 minutes), Warehouse 1 Tasting Experience (1 hour 15 minutes), Vintage Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes), Gin & Whisky Tasting (45 minutes), Hebridean Series Tasting (1 hour 30 minutes)
Further details: Partners with Mull and Iona Community Trust to work on projects such as wildlife work at Ardura Community Forest.
Transport: Tobermory is 45 minutes' bus journey from Craignure ferry terminal - see West Coast Motors services 95, 495 (alight at stop 'Ledaig car park' which is next to the distillery).
Founded: 2012
Products: Single malt whisky, single grain whisky, Tyree Gin and Hebridean Pink Gin
Ingredients: Kelp from the Atlantic Ocean and locally sourced botanicals go into Tyree Gin
Tours and tastings: Distillery Tour (1 hour)
Further details: Tiree's first legal distillery since the 1800s (distilling was illegal on the island from 1802 to 1950).
Tyree Gin won gold at the Spirits Business Gin Masters 2022 and Hebridean Pink Gin won silver.
Transport: The distillery is 9 miles from the ferry terminal and 5 miles from the airport - See Isle of Tiree's travel page for details of transport options on the island.
Page last updated 9 December 2025