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3. Port Ellen, Islay Islay punches above its weight with powerful, peat-rich styles and nine active distilleries.

Here you can observe the end-to-end process of barley to bottle. It is the first new distillery to be built on Islay in 124 years and the only independent distillery on the island.

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