Despite being considered part of the Highland regions by the Scotch Whisky Regulations, we categorise the whisky produced on the Islands around the perimeter of the Scottish mainland as ‘Island’.

This excludes Islay, as it has enough distilleries, heritage and identity to (rightly) be a region of it’s own.

The Island region includes; Isle of Arran, Lewis, Mull, Orkney, Jura and Skye. Geographically, this covers many miles from the furthest in the south west to the furthest in the north east..!

The whiskies produced on the Islands are extremely varied and have few similarities, though can often be distinguished from other whisky regions by generally having a smokier flavour with peaty undertones.