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Ardnahoe
Founded
2016
Region
Islay
Status
Operational
Company
Production type
Single Malt
Production capacity
1,000,000 litres per year
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Islay's ninth operational distillery and the second to be built in the 21st century, Ardnahoe opened in 2018 and represented the transition of its parent company, Hunter Laing & Co, from independent bottler to distiller.
Company founder, Stewart Laing, had worked at Bruichladdich at the start of his career and the opening of his own Islay distillery was a long-held dream. In 2017 another Bruichladdich alumnus in its legendary former distillery manager, Jim McEwan, joined the distillery as its production director. Its first spirit ran from the stills in October 2018 and its first cask filled the following month.
The Ardnahoe distillery branding was introduced in 2017 with the release of The Kinship label by Hunter Laing. Annual instalments of the series, launched during the Fèis Ìle on Islay, commemorated various milestones in the construction, completion and beginnings of operation at the distillery.
The Ardnahoe single malt brand was then launched in 2024 with the bottling of the distillery's Inaugural Release, again introduced in May to coincide with the Fèis Ìle festival. The current core range expression is called Infinite Loch and it debuted in the autumn of 2024.
2016-present
Ardnahoe Distillery
Port Askaig
Isle of Islay
PA46 7RU
2013
2016
2017
2018
2019
2024
Hunter Laing & Co established by Stewart Laing.
Plans for Ardnahoe distillery are submitted to Argyll & Bute Council in January, and are approved in September.
Jim McEwan is hired as production director.
First spirit is distilled on 14th October and first casks are filled on 9th November.
Visitor centre opens in April.
Inaugural Release is launched, followed promptly by distillery's first Fèis Ìle bottling.
Active brands
Single Malt
