Sleat Stories

It’s what’s inside the cask that counts - but the cask itself does a lot of the talking. At Torabhaig, we talk about Smoke with Taste - a house style shaped not just by spirit and stills, but by the wood we choose to mature it in. In this blog, whisky writer Beth Whymark explores how our whisky maker, Neil Mathieson, and the team are using different casks to bring structure, texture and subtle complexity to each release - and how these quiet decisions are helping shape the future of Torabhaig whisky. While it’s not typically considered an ingredient of whisky...

At Torabhaig, Smoke with Taste isn’t just how we make our whisky - it’s how we see the world. Smoke should bring out flavour, not overwhelm it. On the Isle of Skye, this balance is shared and practiced by The Dunvegan - a fire restaurant run by chef Tim Hunter-Davies, his wife Blair, and their son Ru, on the island’s rugged western edge. We sat down with the family to talk about life on Skye, cooking over open fire, and how our latest dram, Sound of Sleat, fits right in. Can you introduce yourselves and The Dunvegan? Tim: The Dunvegan...

When I was asked by the team to contribute a blog, “around 500 words exploring why Batch Strength?”; I thought: that’s a two-word blog: “why not?”’. Why make Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength: because we could, we wanted to, we thought our consumers (like us) might be interested in it; so, ‘why not?’. In one camp a Batch Strength is great news: ‘a whisky drinker’s whisky’ they think; in the other camp there’s the ‘that might be a bit strong for me’ feeling. So, why Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength and why should the latter camp be unafraid...

Millie Milliken knows her way around a smoky dram - and how to put it into words most of us didn’t know we had in us. She’s a multi-award-winning writer with over a decade of experience in food, drink and hospitality, regularly contributing to Evening Standard, Whisky Magazine, Club Oenologique, Vinepair, Courier Media and more. Named IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year and Alan Lodge Young International Drinks Writer of the Year, she also heads up content for the non-profit OurWhisky Foundation, and runs her own events company, Wet Ink. In this guest blog, we asked Millie to explore what...