Benbecula Distillery

Outer Hebrides distillery at Gramsdale on the Isle of Benbecula, between North and South Uist. Developed in a converted salmon-processing plant with a glass lighthouse-style stillroom echoing the Stevenson Lighthouse on nearby Shillay, Monach Islands. First spirit produced June 2024. Revives a 19th-century single-malt recipe described by Alfred Barnard. Uses locally sourced bere barley grown on crofts on Benbecula, fertilised with seaweed, with local peat and heather. Maturation in bourbon and sherry wood. First bottling expected 2029. HIE supported.

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