Over one hundred beautiful ex-red wine casks arrive fresh from vineyards in Bordeaux to Raasay Distillery ready to be filled with Raasay spirit, which will be matured on site to become some of the first Isle of Raasay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Pre-orders are now open for the historic, inaugural release of the Isle of...Read More
Alasdair Day, our Co-founder, sat down with us to discuss our sister brand, Tweeddale Whisky’s latest release, Grain of Truth. Grain of Truth is a grain whisky of uncommon composition, utilising 50% malted barley and 50% wheat. Our award winning Tweeddale Grain of Truth is available to purchase both online as well as in our...Read More
How do you handle a cask full of future Raasay Scotch Whisky? The answer: carefully! Choose between our new 30 litre whisky cask, or our full size 190 litre cask and own your piece of Raasay Distillery history.Read More
Last month, many of our casks reached the halfway point on their journey to becoming Scotch Whisky. This is a really exciting milestone, and without giving too much away, we are very pleased with how the spirit is developing! Pre-orders are now open for the historic, inaugural release of the Isle of Raasay Single Malt...Read More
May brought us some absolutely fantastic weather here on Raasay, great for visitors to the distillery but also for our barley trials. We are working with local farmer Andrew Gillies to establish varieties of barley to grow here on the island, and he’s been busy ploughing, harrowing and sowing the seeds for our 2019 trials....Read More
We were delighted to have had Sarah Watts in the Distillery, premiering a collection of Raasay-themed compositions, Ten Wee Drams, to a packed crowd in our Gathering Room. Sarah was also kind enough to perform one of the ’10 Wee Drams’ in front of the distillery for us. Enjoy!Read More
We were lucky enough to host the talented Willie Campbell for an amazing night of music at the distillery as part of our Raasay Tunes live music event. While he was here, we also thought it would be a perfect chance to host a little session in the atmospheric surroundings of our whisky warehouse… Visit...Read More
Raasay came to Glasgow when we set up home in Kelvinhaugh for the National Whisky Whisky Festival. We set up stall within sight of the fantastic new Clydeside Distillery as part of the Celtic Connections music and culture festival to showcase our whiskies and our island. Over 1,200 visitors passed our way and two...Read More
You can now order a Raasay Distillery whisky cask in either big (190 litre), or small (30 litre). Our 30 litre whisky casks are specially commissioned using ex-Speyside whisky casks, and will then be filled with our own high-quality spirit and matured on the island. After three years, we’ll bottle it for you and, best...Read More
Pre-orders are now open for the historic, inaugural limited edition release of the Isle of Raasay Single Malt, to be delivered in time for Christmas 2020. Drawn from an exclusive selection of just 40 casks, every drop has been distilled, matured and bottled right here on Raasay. This is your chance to claim your piece...Read More
