Isle of Raasay

The first legal distillery on the Hebridean Isle of Raasay, Isle of Raasay sits off the west coast of Scotland, separated from the Isle of Skye by a short 25-minute ferry ride.

Co-founders Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day first met in 2013 and formed R&B Distillers with the common goal of building Scotland's first craft distiller.

An island and the heritage of Hebridean whisky

They chose the island of Raasay which ticked all the prerequisites to emphasize local production, provenance, and quality. Relying on the local population and the restoration of a magnificent historic building from the 19th century, the Borodale mansion, the distillery was born and officially launched its activity in 2017 with its first distillation.

Isle of Raasay has drawn inspiration from the whisky history of the Hebrides archipelago to craft an elegant and complex Single Malt, a result of the unique character of the island: remarkable geology, coastal landscape, unique water source and technology peak.

A unique method of ageing

The distillery uses the Na Sia method to produce its Single Malt. To simplify, Na Sia (which means six in Gaelic) is 3 types of barrels: ex-Bordeaux wine, ex-Rye Whiskey and Chinkapin (American oak) combined with two distillates: one peated, the other not. The whiskies are then assembled to produce the Single Malt Isle Of Raasay.