In 1995 we opened a new distillery on Arran, in one of the most beautiful locations in Scotland. We use only the traditional methods of distilling, with wooden washbacks and copper stills designed to our exact specification. The location offers perfect water for whisky production, cleansed by granite and softened by peat as it comes down from the mountain above. The atmosphere of sea breezes and clear mountain air together with the warm flow of the Gulf Stream matures the Arran Malt to perfection in earth floored warehouses.

We are now developing sales of our brands, across the world in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Arran is a unique island, and our products are similarly unique. We use no peat in the production process and no caramel for artificial colouring - unlike most other whisky companies. As a result, our products are rightly described as 'the true spirit of nature'.

Our Arran Single Malt products are also non-chillfiltered. Chill filtration was invented to improve the physical clarity and brightness of the bottled spirit by removing the emulsified oils to eliminate clouding in the bottle. Many independent companies have started bottling once again without the chill filtration as they believe it also removed many flavour elements of the spirit. A non-chillfiltered bottling is more natural and allows the spirit to retain as much of its original character as possible.

Production commenced at 14.29 on Thursday 29th June 1995 and during the official opening ceremony on August 17th, two golden eagles, who live on the mountain behind the Distillery, provided a fly past as a 'thank you' for halting building work for several weeks to allow them to hatch their chicks. On a warm summer's day they can still be found, floating high on the thermal currents, before dropping like a stone hunting their quarry.

Following a tour of the Distillery, guests can now enjoy a relaxing dram of our award-winning Single Island Malt products in our delightful tasting bar. Our philosophy is to produce a range of whiskies of the very finest quality and the rapid growth of our business over the last few years seems to suggest that we are well on our way to achieving our goal.

Arran Coastline - North of Brodick

In 2005, Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd was awarded The Queen's Award for International Trade, the most prestigeous corporate award in the UK. Other more recent awards in 2007 include: Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd - Scottish Distiller of the Year; Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd - Scottish Drinks Producer of the Year; The Arran Gold Cream Liqueur - Named as The World's Best Whisky Liqueur at the World Whisky Awards; The Arran Malt, 10yr Old - Highly Commended at the World Whisky Awards; The Robert Burns Single Malt - Silver Medal and Best In Class at the IWSC; The Arran 100 Proof - Silver Medal and Best In Class at the IWSC -and- The Arran Malt, 10yr Old - Silver Medal at the Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2007.