Torabhaig Distillery

Nestled above a tiny bay on Skye’s southern Sleat peninsula, beneath the baleful shadow of the fabled Castle Camus ruins, sits Torabhaig Distillery.

The distillery is small; the stillhouse was built into a ruined farmstead that has been sensitively restored and repurposed to its new use as the youngest distillery on this evocative Hebridean Island. Operations here are run by an inspiringly egalitarian team made up of around a dozen men and women.

The whole team has been trained with a thorough grounding in the various aspects of whisky production, from milling and mashing to distillation and maturation. Each is also encouraged to add their own nuances to the distillery, either through experimental batches, tending the gardens, or any of the manifold tasks – planned or unforeseen – that accompany the making of Single Malt Whisky.