The Harris Gin

The Isle of Harris Distillery local distillers create this first gin offering from their island distillery in a small copper gin still ("The Dotach") which sits alongside her larger whisky-making sisters in the distillery's bright Spirit Hall. Their key local ingredient is Sugar Kelp seaweed, gathered sustainably by hand from local sea-lochs, as their key botanical to express the island's unique maritime nature. Sugar Kelp works in harmony with eight other careful chosen botanicals: Juniper, coriander seeds, cubebs, cassia bark, angelica root, bitter orange peel, orris root powder and liquorice root. Every bottle Isle of Harris Gin bears a paper seal with their distillery's geographical coordinates to show where it is made, your guarantee of a truly Outer Hebridean gin, distilled in the Isle of Harris and nowhere else.

The Hearach Oloroso

In the far south-western corner of Spain lies the ancient region of Andalusia. Here among hot and dusty hills of Huelva, the men and women of sherry-makers José y Miguel Martín ‘cooper’ casks with age-old craft and care before they are filled by their wineries in Jerez. The Isle of Harris Distillery first visited this historic part of world back in 2015 to begin their relationship with this highly respected family business, and have been proud to source their specially selected Oloroso butts directly from them ever since. Their Oloroso sherry is a dry, dark and nutty fortified wine and its influence on the wood in turn imparts an unmistakably bold richness to The Hearach spirit when the casks finally reach Harris and begin maturing their island whisky far from their original home.

The Hearach

Complex, elegant, and full of character, The Isle of Harris Distilleries inaugural expression is a delicious dram which unfolds in your glass, revealing itself over time, just like the island itself. Made to their carefully refined blenders' recipe, we combine spirits which have been matured by the coastal village of Ardhasaig in selected first fill Ex-Bourbon casks, first fill Ex-Oloroso and Fino sherry butts. They then marry these spirits in batches for a minimum of 12 weeks to bring additional harmony to the final dram. The result is an Outer Hebridean single malt of distinction we're proud to bottle and bear their elemental island's name. Enjoy neat, with a small drop of water, or simply any way you like it...