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Join the Downpour Trail

June 2, 2025

  Downpour Trail Map Link From World Gin Day on June 14th to World Martini Day on the 21st, spend a week getting drenched in island flavour on the Downpour Trail.  Visit participating bars ...

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Visiting Skye's Whisky Distilleries

May 6, 2025

Ahead of our first summer as a fully functioning Hebridean whisky distillery, our visitor centre team took a little mid-week trip from Uist to Skye to visit some of our friends and neighbours on T...

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SUMMER JOBS AT OUR VISITOR CENTRE

February 19, 2025

2 X SUMMER JOBS VISITOR CENTRE TEAM  Summer front of house roles at North Uist Distillery Location: Nunton Steadings Visitor Centre, Benbecula Between April – Sept or depending on availability su...

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Celebrating Burns Night With Our First Distillations

January 25, 2025

This January 25th is far from our first Burns Night celebration here at North Uist Distillery but it certainly feels like a milestone one; the first Burns Night with our very own uisge beatha flowi...

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2024, A North Uist Distillery Year In Numbers

January 14, 2025

In these early days of a new year it's always great to take a moment and reflect back on the year that has just been. 2024 was another huge one for us here at North Uist Distillery, and one that t...

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Bere Essentials - the role of heritage bere barley in North Uist Distillery Whisky

September 26, 2024

It's been a dreich summer here in the Hebrides, with significantly less sunshine and a lot more of the wrong kind of downpour than usual. Thankfully the heritage bere barley, growing on the nearby...

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Foraging and Bartering Wild Hebridean Gin Botanicals - A Guide

July 25, 2024

It's that time of year when the fields and moors of Uist burst into bloom, the beautiful botanicals that bring that burst of island flavour to Downpour gin are ready to forage, and we look forwar...

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Uncovering the Magic of Sherry

July 19, 2024

Sherry barrels have been adding their magic to whisky aging process for over 200 years, bringing a very different flavour profile when compared to whiskies aged solely in bourbon barrels. While bo...

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