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 ...

Port Ellen, a whisky distillery in Scotland, reopened its doors after closing 40 years ago. The distillery on Islay island is one of several that offers tastings by appointment.

Despite its small size and a population of just 3,000, Islay is home to nine – soon to be 11 – of Scotland’s 145 active distilleries. The distinctive smoky flavor of its single malt has won ...

Port Ellen is a distillery on the Isle of Islay, an island off the coast of Scotland.Alexandra Bacon/Business Insider Port Ellen Distillery has been a 'ghost' distillery for 40 years, inactive but ...

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 oldest distillery in Scotland is over 260 years old. So while Macallan are proudly celebrating their 200th anniversary in ...

The Oldest Distillery In Islay: Bowmore, Est. 1779. It can be a bit frustrating to come second, but while Bowmore might only be the second-oldest distillery in Scotland, it is the oldest ...

Islay—pronounced eye-la—has been one of Scotland’s whisky heartlands since at least the 1700s. Once a cottage industry, making Scotch here is now big business: global giants Beam Suntory ...

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 ...

Others that have recently come back from the dead include the Highland distillery of Brora, also part of the Diageo stable, and Rosebank, near Falkirk in Scotland’s central belt. Another Islay ...