Alcoholic Beverages…
Here in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland we are home to a wide collection of independent and family-run distilleries, breweries, and sellers, all of which have gained recognition for their products and services.
With a diverse selection of homegrown, brewed, distilled, and fermented drinks, each product is formed out of a passion for sustainability and a pride of Scottish heritage.
We are a small, family business located in Badachro, near Gairloch in Wester Ross.
Products span the spirits range including gin, vodka and whisky and focus on artisan production, provenance and personal, ethical business practices. Current markets include, primarily independent on and off trade outlets across the UK, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Malta, Bermuda and several Canadian provinces.
Founded in 2014, by husband and wife team Claire and Martin Murray, Dunnet Bay Distillery, the UK’s most northerly mainland distillery is located on the North Coast 500 route. This craft distillery is famous for producing the acclaimed Rock Rose Gin and Holy Grass Vodka, featuring hand-foraged botanicals sourced from the spectacular cliffs of the Pentland Firth, Dunnet Forest or grown in the distillery’s own garden. Working with the oldest still makers in the world our bespoke pot stills, Elizabeth and Margaret, have been uniquely designed just to create our spirits. Using a traditional handmade copper head along with botanical vapour basket, it is a small batch process of 500 litres. This ensures tremendous care can be applied to achieve best results. Each bottle is filled, individually wax-sealed, batch numbered and hand-signed before it leaves the distillery. Dunnet Bay Distillery is a small, but first-class brand located in the tiny, remote village of Dunnet, Caithness.
This independent family-owned business provides much needed employment in a fragile rural economy. The distillery currently employs 16 staff members to create and market its multi award-winning spirits and promote tourism in Caithness. This has all been achieved without external investment, crowdfunding and with no previous experience of, or connections with the drinks industry.
Visit Scotland 5-star attraction.
Scottish Gin Distillery of the Year 2019.
Best Distilled Gin 2019 – Scottish Gin Awards.
Located in Portree, Isle of Skye Distillers were the first distillery to distill gin and vodka on the Isle of Skye. Founded by brothers, Thomas and Alistair Wilson, in 2016, the first batch of Misty Isle Gin was launched in early 2017 to great applause.
Provenance is everything – the abiding sense of belonging and community. Taking inspiration from the local landscape; in particular the Old Man or Storr and the Cuillin Mountain Range, the Wilson brothers set out to create a gin that embraced the spirit of Skye. Juniper berries are hand foraged from various locations around the island and the distillery garden is budding with various botanicals.
One special botanical within Misty Isle Gin is kept a secret - but it can only be found at high altitudes on the island. Any trip to Portree would be incomplete without a visit to the Isle of Skye Distillers Gin School and Shop.
Here you will find a range of Scottish goods as well as the opportunity to experience the traditional art of distilling. Join Alistair as he guides you through a three-hour tutored and interactive gin-making experience. All Misty Isle spirits are distilled locally in Portee and everything is completed by hand. Isle of Skye Distillers is 100% independent and is entirely funded by the Wilson Brothers
Misty Isle Vodka – Double Gold Award Winner 2021.
Misty Isle Mulled Gin – Gold and Country Winner, The World Gin Awards 2021.
Misty Isle Gin - Scottish Distilled Gin of the Year 2018.
Since 2012, Windswept Brewing Co has been creating an award-winning range of traditional and contemporary craft beers in Lossiemouth. Started by Nigel Tiddy and Al Read who are two ex-RAF Tornado pilots with a love of the outdoors and of course a great-tasting pint at the end of a day’s adventuring. The focus has always been on capturing and preserving the flavours of all the ingredients to produce excellent quality Scottish craft ale. What doesn’t go into the beer is as important as what does go in. By not using fining additives all Windswept Brewing Co beers are suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
The range now extends to over 24 different beers including pale ales, IPAs, stouts, and porters. Being on the edge of Speyside, there are also three specialty barrel-aged ales to choose from too. In 2018, the Windswept Tap Room opened along with regular brewery tours and tastings. With up to 12 different cask and keg beers served, along with specially created beer cocktails, it has become a destination for locals, tourists, and of course craft beer fans. The bar also stocks the full range of Windswept Brewing bottle beers as well as local gin, whisky, coffee as well as tea, and soft drinks. Wood-fired pizzas are available Friday – Sunday.
To find out more about Windswept Brewing beers, the Tap Room and Brewery Tours head to our website.
Inspired by the Angels’ share, the traditional name given to the whisky lost to evaporation during maturation, Angels’ Nectar is our collection of Blended Malt and Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, showcasing different styles of Scotch Whisky, with a series of limited-edition releases. Currently, we offer two expressions of Angels’ Nectar:
Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt Scotch Whisky – Original 40% Blended by Angels from a selection of Speyside and Highland malts, Angels’ Nectar Original is bottled at natural colour with a sweet nose of apple pie, and on the taste a hint of heather honey and lemon. Alongside the 700ml, the Original is also available in 200ml, a great size for ‘thank you’ gifts.
Angels’ Nectar Single Cask Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky - Cairngorms 2nd Edition 46% Our latest single cask release, from a distillery within the Cairngorms National Park, bottled in partnership with the Cairngorms Trust, to support environmental and community projects in the Cairngorms National Park. This 11 years old single malt has been bottled at 46% and is a classic Speyside dram, with vanilla fudge and floral notes on the nose, which opens on the taste to reveal dried tropical fruit and more sweetness. It is a limited edition of 146 bottles.
Highfern Ltd, the proprietor of Angels’ Nectar, is based in Grantown-on-Spey and was established by Robert Ransom in 2014. Alongside Angels’ Nectar, we also offer Langatun and Seven Seals Whisky from Switzerland, Cihuatán Rum from El Salvador and Strane Gin from Sweden. For more please visit www.angelsnectar.co.uk and www.highfern.com
If you’re looking for an off-license in Caithness and Sutherland, look no further than Bin Ends. With outlets in both Wick and Thurso and 20 years’ of experience behind them, you won’t find a finer selection of whisky, wines, and spirits anywhere in the area. As well as the excellent product range, including around 150 blended and malt whiskies, 20 different beers, and 300 ports and still wines, you’ll be greeted by the friendly and efficient staff who are on hand to give you the benefit of their extensive experience and make recommendations which are just right, whatever your occasion.
Bin Ends Wick has the Old Pulteney distillery in Wick, Bin Ends Thurso has WolfBurn distillery on its doorstep so it’s also a great place to find these award-winning Highland single malt whiskies, or what about trying some Rock Rose Gin and Holy Grass Vodka, or Ice & Fire Gins and Rums? If you prefer the grape to the grain then you’ll find Jacobs Creek, Tall Horse, Oxford Landing, McGuigans, and Oyster Bay to name but a few.
We offer a call & collect, delivery & postal service, give us a call and find out what more we can do for you.
Step inside The Whisky Cellar in the departure lounge of Inverness airport and you’ll be met with an enticing display of the best of Scottish whiskies. There are all the old classics and some more unusual bottles too, with collectors’ items nestled among limited-edition releases. Add to that a wide array of craft gins and – new to the store – high-quality Scottish gifts and food. You could be forgiven for thinking you’ve landed in retail heaven!
You’ll find that perfect gift for the friends or family you are flying off to visit. If you find a bottle which would be more at home in your own drinks cabinet (and we bet you can!) mention it to the staff and they’ll arrange for you to pick it up when you return to Inverness. The stock in The Whisky Cellar has been carefully curated by Murray Lamont, a Highland whisky and wine connoisseur. In addition, he and his wife and business partner Ellie are proud owners of Mackays Hotel in Wick and The Whisky Cellar’s sister wine and whisky shops, Bin Ends, in Wick and Thurso.
For Murray, whisky is about taste and flavour, and about matching the right dram to the right occasion. But above all, it’s personal. It’s about people, and memories, and friendships. Good food, good wines, and good whisky are about more than fuel and alcohol; they are about good friends – and making good memories. A purchase from the Whisky Cellar could be the start of making many more.
We create remarkable spirits from the landscape. Sutors is The Highlands. Distilled.
Orkney Brewery - Sinclair Breweries Limited
The Orkney Brewery, established in 1988 is owned and operated by Orcadian Norman Sinclair. As one of the oldest independent breweries in Scotland, Orkney Brewery creates traditional craft-brewed ales known the world over for both quality and presentation.
The Brewery and Visitor centre is situated in Quoyloo on the west mainland of Orkney, far from the bustle of urban life. This unrushed island culture with its traditional values shapes our approach to brewing. We give undivided attention to each stage of the brewing process to ensure that our beer reaches our customers in perfect condition. This timeless approach has helped us win many National and International awards for both our cask and bottled beers.
Famous brands such as our flagship Dark Island, Red Macgregor, Northern Light, Raven Ale, Dragonhead, and Skull Splitter are produced here for sale throughout Scotland and for export worldwide.
Dark Island and Raven ale are both previous winners of Champion beer of Scotland.
Red Macgregor has been crowned Champion Bitter of Britain.
Dark Island Reserve, Scotland’s original whisky ale ( It is matured in fine malt whisky casks for a truly extraordinary ale experience) has won not only Europe’s but also the World’s Best Dark Strong ale and three Great Taste Awards.
To widen our spectrum of styles and tastes, Corncrake, Puffin, Orkney Gold, and Cliff Edge have been added and we have recently launched Island Life in both cask and bottle. In addition to the cask range, our Orkney Gold craft keg is an increasingly popular option on draught, available in many outlets throughout the island and North Scotland as well as on the Northlink ferries.
Our 5-star Brewery Visitor centre ( the only one in Scotland ) offers locals and visitors alike, the chance to visit the brewery and tour the facility, see the process and experience the end result with their very own tasting selection. We also have a well-stocked shop and a tasting hall providing locally sourced food.
Tasting boxes, gift packs, and mixed cases available to order via our website: www.orkneybrewery.co.uk/beer
The Shetland Distillery Company Ltd
Shetland Reel, distills award-winning London dry gin and creates a blended malt whisky that is finished in Shetland in the UK’s most northerly distillery in Unst.
Our aim from the beginning was to be inspired by our surroundings, using local botanicals to create a gin that is completely unique and embodies the place where it originates.
Initially, our small batch gin production was only available within Shetland. However, word spread, and our gin is now enjoyed by customers all over the world. With demand increasing beyond our expectation we continue to distill all our gin on-site by our small but growing local team.
The Highland Liquor Company are the creators of exceptional handmade spirits in the North West Highlands. Hand distilled and bottled in small batches in Ullapool, Seven Crofts was launched in 2019, followed by Fisherman’s Strength in 2020.
Established 2016. The first gin distillery in Orkney, and the only distillery in Scotland to handcraft Akvavit.
With Orkney’s rich history and folklore at heart, globally renowned and multi-award-winning Orkney Spirits Limited collects unique Orcadian ingredients enjoyed by many locals over the years and handcraft them into truly special spirits.
Their gins; Johnsmas, Mikkelmas and Rhubarb Old Tom, and Scotland’s first Akvavit - Orkney Akvavit - are hand-made in their small family-run distillery on the shore of Orkney’s famous Scapa Flow.
Pixel Spirits was established in 2017 by husband and wife team Craig and Noru Innes in North Ballachulish on the banks of Loch Leven near Glencoe, in the inspiring West Highlands of Scotland. In small batches they distil their Signature range, award winning spirits including Devil’s Staircase - Highland Spiced Gin and Drookit Piper - Citrus Gin, as well as a variety of other outstanding releases on their Artisan Range including a former herb liqueur cask aged gin, a chanterelle mushroom gin and a host of other inspirational seasonal releases.
In addition to this, Pixel Spirits also distil small batch, bespoke products for a number of independent businesses in the Highlands and across the whole Scotland. Over the past years, Pixel Spirits have diversified into a variety of other spirits across their portfolio including Vodka and Rum, their white rum recently was awarded the best Unaged Rum distilled on Pot and Column stills at the 2021 World Rum Awards. In addition to this Craig and Noru have also established a small but growing Independent Whisky Bottling arm to their business which they are excited about developing further.
When not distilling, bottling, labelling and delivering their brand to fine establishments across the country, they also find time to run an increasingly busy on site gin and rum school for beginners to connoisseurs, to come and enjoy making their own uber small batch unique recipes which can also be offered virtually, along with their on site and online tour and tasting packages.
Cairngorm Gin is an award winning hand-crafted artisan gin produced in small batches in the heart of one of Scotland’s most dramatic landscapes. Nestled in a valley beneath the wild and breathtaking Cairngorms mountain range in the Highlands of Scotland, the Cairngorm Gin Company was established in 2019.
We passionately distil and bottle our small batch premium spirit using only the finest botanicals and crystal clear water from the River Spey. Bringing you Cairngorm Gin… From our hearts to your home.
was born from our local area and a family of Highland Crofters wanting to try something different to sustain our crofting lives. We create artisan gin rum vodka and liqueurs on our Caithness Croft.
We have carried through the crofting and Highland heritage with our ingredients using what has been around in the Highlands for generations. Purple heather is our signature ingredient in Crofters Tears. All the life we have lived with the sight of beautiful blooming purple heather on our doorstep so it was a must in any product and we are delighted that Crofter’s Tears Gin tastes as good as the heather looks.
Caithness Highland Gin uses rhubarb which was and still is a staple in any crofting garden along with salmonberries picked from the Latheronwheel Strath.
Caithness Raiders Rum harks back to the Viking Heritage of Caithness with our ferocious seas and Norse names. This dark spiced rum is the Dark and Wild side of Caithness…..
We prefer to think of our experimenting as a touch of alchemy and it has been hugely pleasurable to produce something we know is truly local and artisan in its origins.
Overlooked by Ben Wyvis, GlenWyvis opened in November 2017 bringing distilling to Dingwall for the first time in over 90 years. More than 3,600 people have now invested £3.8 million to join us on the journey.
Launched in June 2018, GoodWill Gin is a Highland craft gin made from nine premium botanicals, including exotic fruits and locally picked Hawthorn berries. The carefully measured juniper content makes for a smooth taste experience whilst remaining full-bodied. There is a distinct refreshing citrus burst that stays from the first nosing right through the taste to the long and complex finish. Finally, the finish delivers a delicately spiced sensation to warm the palate. Savour it, live in the now, and share the moments that matter.
2021 will see our first whisky released to the world after waiting patiently for our casks to mature. Further releases will be made available over the coming years as GlenWyvis whisky grows in the marketplace.
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