'With Ardnahoe, I think the sky’s the limit' - Ardnahoe Distilling Co's director, Scott Laing, speaks to Global Drinks Intel

‘With Ardnahoe, I think the sky’s the limit’ – Ardnahoe Distilling Co’s director, Scott Laing, speaks to Global Drinks Intel

Last updated: 21/05/2024 at 2:00 PM

By Olly Wehring

21 May 2024

8 Min Read

Earlier this month, Hunter Laing & Co’s Ardnahoe Distilling Co division unveiled the first expression from its newly-built scotch whisky distillery on the western island of Islay. Global Drinks Intel got the inside track from Ardnahoe director, and member of Hunter Laing’s founding family, Scott Laing.

Global Drinks Intel: What’s the story behind Hunter Laing’s first owned distillery?Ardnahoe Distillery Co director Scott Laing: The starting point was in August 2015, when my father and I were trundling around the island with one of the local landowners, looking at various sites. Towards the end of the day, we came upon Ardnahoe, which looked spectacular and ticked every box as far as we were concerned.We progressed very quickly to drawing up plans for a distillery and putting in a planning application in early 2016 and were granted approval eight months later. Construction took two years,