Torabhaig 8 year old Jeffrey St Exclusive by Fib Whisky

This superb dram from Torabhaig Distillery was bottled exclusively for us by the legendary Fib Whisky. Matured in first-fill bourbon casks and bottled at a mighty 61.0% ABV, it packs a coastal punch of bonfire smoke, golden honey and sea salt, followed by a lingering, elegant finish that captures the wild spirit of Skye’s storm-swept shores.

Naturally, a whisky of such distinction required the approval of a higher authority. His Fluffy Highness personally inspected every bottle and gave the labels his royal seal of approval. We cannot guarantee that he sampled the whisky himself, but we certainly wouldn’t put it past him.

About Torabhaig Distillery...

 Sir Iain Noble, the man who founded Noble Grossart, Scotland’s first modern merchant bank, moved to the Isle of Skye in 1972. He purchased 20,000 acres of land, including a hotel at Isle Ornsay, which had been part of Lord Macdonald’s estate.

Noble – who founded independent blender and bottler Pràban na Linne (Gaelic Whiskies) in 1976 – planned to convert a 19th century listed farm steading at Torabhaig into a distillery. He’d obtained planning permission for the project as early as 2002, though sadly passed away in 2010 before his plans could be realised.

Around the time of his death, Mossburn Distillers, a subsidiary of Dutch drinks group Marussia Beverages BV, was also seeking a site on the island to build its own distillery. While the group hadn’t previously considered the renovation and preservation of a historic building for its project, Noble’s Torabhaig farm steading proved the perfect location.