Ardnamurchan Distillery

The Ardnamurchan Distillery is located on the eponymous peninsula on the west coast of Scotland and is thus the westernmost producing distillery on the Scottish mainland. The distillery was built in 2012 by the independent bottler Adelphi, a company that was once founded by Jamie Walker, great-grandson of Archibald Walker. Completed in 2014, production began the same year, and in 2014 Her Royal Majesty Princess Anne personally filled the first cask. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, small quantities of the first batches were released to the market; since 2022, the Ardnamurchan Single Malt has been available as a standard bottling with a volume of at least 25,000 bottles for the global market.

At Ardnamurchan, peated and unpeated distillate are produced in equal proportions and blended into the bottling process. In keeping with today’s trend, they strive to work as naturally as possible. The cooling water comes from the nearby river, which also provides the electricity for production thanks to a water generator. The biomass boiler is fueled with wood chips from the surrounding forests. The waste products or leftovers from the production process are used locally as animal feed or fertilizer. The philosophy ultimately also translates into the design – the simple bottle comes in a cardboard box made from 100% recycled cardboard.