The Harris Journal: More News From The Island – Scotch Whisky News
Rain, shine, rain, shine…if you’re visiting our island this summer be sure to pack for every season as the long stretch of sunny weather is now tussling with torrential rain every ten minutes.
But, that’s the beauty of island life, there’s never a dull day, even on the dullest of summer days…
Here at the distillery our tours are in full swing and there’s a steady stream of visitors coming through our doors.
From cyclists and hikers to car drivers and campervanners – the island roads are a wee bit busier than usual, but polite waves and passing place etiquette ensure that rural road rage is never a thing.
Behind the scenes we’re busy filling bottles of our forthcoming single malt whisky by hand.
Each one is being carefully filled with this most historic of island drams, before being labelled and finally sealed.
It’s an exciting time, and we’re looking forward to revealing and raising a glass of The Hearach with you all this coming September.
Until then, we’ve enough Isle of Harris Gin flowing to keep you island spirits high.
Slaìnte to the coming weekend with best wishes from all the team here in Tarbert!
Le gach deagh dhùrachd,
Mike Donald, Chief Storyteller
Our first historic whisky is woven from the hands of island people and the place we call home, intimately intertwining to produce a spirit of great complexity and character.
Our close-knit community’s culture of gaelic language, storytelling, and song has long bound the Hearaich together, not only to each other, but to the elemental island around us.
This special connection between people and place continues to this day with every drop of The Hearach created by Isle of Harris hands here in the Outer Hebrides.
Be here at 13.00 BST on 22nd September 2023 to livestream ‘The First Dram’.
Join us online or in Tarbert at 10.00 BST on 23rd September 2023 to buy ‘The First Release’ in the UK.
The Hearach is the first, historic single malt whisky from the our small island sat off the far-northwest coast of Scotland.
It is the result of a considered conversation between people and place, coming together to create a spirit of complexity and character.
The work of our island’s men and women intertwines with the natural world to weave together an outer hebridean whisky of distinction.
Every drop of this new dram is being distilled by local people to produce a special spirit which has been matured, married, and bottled here in this elemental place, and nowhere else.
