Ardnahoe

Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.

Ever since Stewart Laing worked at Bruichladdich as a teenager he felt an affinity with Islay and harboured a dream to one day build a family-owned and run distillery on the island. In 2013 Laing established independent bottling company Hunter Laing & Co. , and recruited his two sons, Andrew and Scott, to the board. Noticing rapidly growing demand for its Islay whiskies, and with a desire to secure a future for his two sons, in January 2016 Laing acquired a site on the northeast coast of Islay and lodged plans to build an £8 million malt whisky distillery. Planning permission was granted for Ardnahoe distillery in September 2016, and construction work began shortly after. The distillery was completed in late 2018, with the first spirit run through the stills on 14 October, and the first cask filled on 9 November. It officially opened to visitors in April 2019.