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Ardbeg Distillery Ardbeg Distillery

Ardbeg is located on the south east coast of Islay. The distillery has recently started production again, after a period of shut-down.
The whisky is the most traditional of the island whiskies.
Bowmore Distillery Bowmore Distillery

The distillery is located in the town of Bowmore, on the shore of the sea loch, Loch Indaal.
The distillery was built in 1779, making it one of the oldest in Scotland.
During world war 2, one of the grain lofts was used by coastal command to control Sunderland and Catalina flying boats on their U-boat spotting missions.
Efficiency is sought by using waste heat from the hot water from distillation to provide hot air for the drying kilns, with precise amounts of peat being burned to give the correct flavour and aroma.. Waste heat from the distillery is also used to heat the water in the swimming pool that has been built in one of the bond warehouses.
There are three malting floors still in use.
The present owners are developing the product into one of the leading brands.
Bruichladdich Distillery Bruichladdich Distillery

Bruichladdich is situated directly opposite Bowmore, on the opposite shore of Loch Indaal. This sea loch gives its name to one of the distillery products.
The distillery was built in 1881.
Bunnahabhain Distillery Bunnahabhain Distillery

Located near Port Askaig on the shore beside the Sound of Islay, it is pronounced 'Boon-a-havn', and means 'river mouth'. It produces the smoothest and mildest of the Islay malts. The distillery was established in 1881 to specifically produce a Caol Ila type whisky for blending. Due to the remoteness of the site, all services had to be provided by the proprietors, generating its own small, self-sufficient community.
Caol Ila Distillery Caol Ila Distillery

Located close to Port Askaig on the coast, looking directly over the Sound of Islay at Jura, the distillery dates from 1846. The distillery had a number of owners until it was taken over by Bulloch Lade & Co. in the 1860's. Bulloch Lade were whisky blenders based in Glasgow and were responsible for developing Caol Ila's reputation as a blending whisky. The Distillery was rebuilt in 1879 and 1972, when the present unattractive, but functional building was created.
Lagavulin Distillery Lagavulin Distillery

Pronounced 'Lagga-voolin', it is a corruption of the Gaelic for 'the mill in the hollow'. It is the sole survivor of about a dozen illicit 'bothies' arranged close to a mill. Only two distilleries were left in 1817, with one remaining by the 1830's.
The distillery lies below the Dunyveg promontory a couple of miles east of Port Ellen close to Laphroaig distillery.
From 1816 the distillery was run by the Johnston family, when it was known at Malt Mill distillery, being sold to a Peter Mackie in 1867. He created the White Horse brand, using Lagavulin as the heart of the blend.
In 1908, Mackie set up a small scale distillery, which he called the 'Malt Mill', in an attempt to replicate the high quality and character of the 'old-fashioned' smugglers' whisky. He was concerned that the volume production was altering the product. In this distillery, he tried to operate as closely as possible to the methods used by the illicit distillers. Production stopped in 1960.
As with many distilleries, the signature of the whisky depends on the peculiar shape of the stills, which are broad necked with steeply angled lyne-arms.
Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery

Sitting on the coast about a mile east of Port Ellen on the south-east corner of the Island, the distillery produced a most distinctive malt, which is too difficult to drink for many. The whisky has a strongly medicinal character, with a phenolic (carbolic) presence. It was this property that made it popular in America during Prohibition, when its medicinal smell encouraged its availability on medical prescription.
Built around 1812 by John Johnston, a member of a local family of farmers and distillers. His brother ran the neighbouring Malt Mill distillery, the forerunner of Lagavulin. John's son Donald was killed when he fell into a vat of 'burned ale' in 1847.
Ardenistiel was established in 1837 and incorporated into Laphroaig when it failed.
Laphroaig cuts its own peat from near Port Ellen airfield, being cut and stacked in April, collected in August for storing and drying for the next distilling season.
Floor maltings are still in operation.

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