I get a lot of Press Releases and random eMail…and as you’ve noticed, I haven’t been so good with the postings lately.
I’ve been writing a new cocktail guide for a vodka company – but mostly I’ve been busy doing all sorts of other things.
But the occasional email sparks my interest.
Like one I received from Abhainn Dearg distillery today:
Hi Kevin,
Found your website and thought you might be interested in www.abhainndearg.co.uk the first legal distillery from the Outer Hebrides in almost 170 years.
This is a tiny distillery and we are trying our best to promote it to the World, maybe you could help by posting the URL. If anyone would like an adventure to see us on the Isle of Lewis, they would be welcome!
Kind regards,
Judy
You know what I really like? getting an email from someone at a distillery and not some fancy PR firm (apologies to my friends at fancy PR firms).
It has been nearly one hundred and seventy years since the last legal bottle of whisky was produced in the Outer Hebrides. Now a new era and a true Outer Hebridean Whisky has arrived, we think once you have sampled it, you will agree it’s been worth the wait, but it’s not quite ready yet! In May we will unveil the first of our range, just keep an eye on this website for further information, or register your interest via our enquiry form.
Abhainn Dearg is a new distillery we don’t have any of the history, or grand old buildings associated with the famous named brands, you won’t find a visitor centre or shop here, you might have a hard time just finding us, but if you do visit, you wont’ be disappointed. We are the most westerly distillery in Scotland, based in Uig on the Outer Hebridean Island of Lewis and although we’re remote you can travel here in just a few hours from London.
Although it’s been a long time since whisky was legally produced on our shores, our history in making whisky was recorded as early as the 1600′s, the last legal distillery in Stornoway (Shoeburn Distillery) closed down around 1840, but distilling didn’t stop, let’s just say it went back to its roots.
Old traditions die hard in the islands and that’s what you will find here at Abhainn Dearg. Whisky distilled in the traditional fashion using copper and wood and eventually home grown organic barley. Other ingredients are passion and commitment, old fashioned values of producing the finest whisky we can, not just for commerce, but for the love of distilling and taking a pride in what we do, for those who came before and our children who will hopefully carry it on for future generations.
Check out their site while you wait for the stuff to mature.
Abhainn Dearg
You have fulfilled my dream deeply impressed