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- Islay has a new distillery. Ardnahoe.
Conceived and executed by Hunter Laing, an independent bottler with family ties to the island, from first announcement it's been an exciting project. Whisky enthusiasts have hoped since it's inception that a "craft" style presentation and attitude towards production could be realised, as naturally as possible. During my following of the distillery's progress I often found myself considering - this could actually be my dream distillery.
I couldn't pass up the invitation to join the press day on the eve of the official opening. Could it be all it promised?
This video was made with help from the team at Ardnahoe, but it remains a personal project and is fully my idea and concept from start to finish. I'm grateful for the use of some of the video and image assets from the team. The majority is my own.
All my videos are funded by the community of supporters through Patreon. / aqvavitae
Some footage and images used to create this video were shared by Ardnahoe Distillery.
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Roy, you’ve really outdone yourself this time. Fantastic video, utterly fantastic! Super quality from start to finish. Any TV producer would be more than proud of that. I raise my glass to you sir, for an excellent job.🥃
Thank you my friend - really nice words!
Hard to believe this is five years old, and now we have our first official bottling to try. Amazing looking place.
Amazing video Roy! A fantastic one to watch while I enjoy my first few drams from the inaugural release. It’s an incredible whisky and extremely exciting to see what they’ll bring us in the future.
Roy, great feature on Ardnahoe was lucky enough to tour it in 2021. Fantastic distillery on a wonderful island filled with lovely people.
Thanks for sharing your time and experience at Ardnahoe. Awesome video. 🤙
Thank you Juan!
This is just an amazing video. Can't wait to taste this glorious liquid being distilled at Ardnahoe. Thanks for this Roy!
Thanks Jason - great to have you stopping by. Let's have a reaction video when you try your first sip! ;)
I’m looking forward to taste their first matured whisky... so, I’ll be waiting, 8,9,10 years... Thanks Roy!
SO well done Roy! Thank you very much for this fantastic video! I’ve had the absolute pleasure to visit the Ardnahoe Distillery while it was being built with Jim McEwan, and just back in April right after they officially opened. This is a must visit Distillery when visiting Islay! The people are fantastic, the views are spectacular! Now we just have to be patient for the Spirits! Slàinte! 🥃
Another top quality story Roy, so impressed and proud of the journey you are on. Keep it up!
A fantastic video Roy! Thanks for taking us on your Ardnahoe journey. Looking forward to their 1st releases. I just can’t wait to head back to Islay!
Great job Roy. I hope the future allows you more opportunities like this. You deserve it👍
Thanks Andrrew, for taking the time, and the nice words!
My wife and I drove by in April of 2018, on our way to Bunnahabhain, while the distillery was still under construction. It certainly is in an amazingly, stunningly beautiful location! We thought about stopping by Ardnahoe's store at Islay House, but we got caught up at the neighboring brewery and ran out of time before our tour of Bruichladdich. Once home I looked into purchasing a cask from Ardnahoe, but the thing that ultimately made me decide against it was that they won't promise that your cask will stay on Islay while it ages. With the prices they were asking, that was the deal breaker for me.
Brilliant video Roy! Thank you
You whiskey tubers are putting out better quality videos then Hollywood
Not quite, but I'll thank you for your compliments. Slàinte Moose!
One word...Netflix Can't wait until they hire you or start a show based on what you're doing. We could totally watch this and more. Simply amazing...
:'D You guys! Netflix? - I kinda like TH-cam! Thanks for taking the time boys!
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Nice tour and information! Thanks for putting the time and effort into making this video. Excited to see their products hit the market in the future
We're all patiently waiting with excitement. The future is getting brighter for the malt enthusiast.
The Stillman at Ardnahoe have the best office in the entire world 😍
Such a cool Video Roy! It excites me to see you so excited about this distillery
Very well done production Roy. One advantage these folks are going to have is they can have that shoppe full of outstanding Whisky of all ages on sale while the spirits made there can age away without the economic necessity to bottle product that is not ready. Cheers
Can’t believe I missed this. Got to stop there but not a full tour. That water is so clean and clear. Can’t wait to their aged releases. Nice visitors center and restaurant with a beautiful view.
Wonderful video of the newest distillery on Islay. Great commentary and interviews with the owner. Wish them and Jim McEwen the best of luck and sucess. Enjoy your videos and recycle reviews.
Brilliant video Roy! Very, very engaging and to such a high quality - bravo!!
Great video, Roy! Fantastic look at a new distillery. Hope to one day try Ardnahoe whisky, cheers!
Cheers Richie - glad you like dit!
Really enjoyed this! Well done! Thanks for sharing🇨🇦
Fantastic video, it made me so hungry to visit there and even more excited to try some when it’s been matured a few years!
Another great Islay video Roy. Your approach is very genuine and your passion for whisky shines through. Well done!
I think anyone going there would be excited about it, thanks for the nice words!
Tremendously wonderful! Thank for bringing us all along with you! I can't get over the view from the still house and the moment of quiet contemplation as everyone sampled their 3 month old spirit. Brilliant job, Roy!
Great to have you watching and commenting Lee Ann - thank you!
Thanks Roy - excellent insight into this new distillery - Love your excitement!
Thanks Jason, hope you get there soon. It's a great spot.
Roy, Sir if I was the queen of England I would honor you as the Knighthood. The video is an inspiration to me. I have Islay as one of my spots to visit, and this brewery will be on my list. Thank you.
I’m spending a few days there over the next week, it’s a bucket lister! Thanks my friend, cool name
Phenomenal video Roy, thank you. It'll like be a very very long time before I get the chance to visit islay, so I really love seeing these videos. And I'm quite excited to see what comes off the line for them in a few years... hopefully their initial offerings will make it to my neck of the woods in the US!
Hopefully the video helps you live a little vicariously until the day comes - thanks John!
Amazing report, Roy, well done ! And the image quality is awesome...The distillery location & still room are awesome too I have to say...
One thing you might not have noticed though I think, and this is because you're not French (lol), it's that you had in your press visiting group the most impressive & talented whisky writer from France (but living in Islay for almost a decade) = Martine Nouet ! (also an expert in whisky & food pairing) -it's the blonde woman with short hair, a black jacket & orange scarf, Roy-and a worldwide whisky expert for sure. Besides, glad you have tasted the first liquid efforts from the distillery & told us there were some encouraging feelings for the future. Slainthe, Roy & thanks for sharing !
Martine was lovely, a very knowledgable and elegant lady. I had a flick through her book while I was there too - "a table". A pleasure to meet her!
@@Aqvavitae oh cool !
Incredible video!!! Really transported me there!!! So Excited to try it when it's ready... from South Africa btw...
Another awesome video, can't wait to try the finished product.
Beautifully presented video Roy! Informative and tantalizing look into what is already a beautiful distillery & what will hopefully become a fantastic whisky down the road.
Thanks Jay - glad you liked it.
Thank you Roy for sharing your time at Ardnahoe, and at the beginning you were wondering why they did not bring everyone to the distillery first, I surmise that they wanted to tell their story to make a personal connection with their customers. Hunter Lang looks to have built something to last and add to the heritage of Islay. Cheers on a spectacular video on one of the bright stars in the Scotch world!
By delaying the visit to the distillery, they were "cultivating desire" as we sometimes say in marketing. It worked! ;) Thanks Mose!
Wow! Loved the whole video. Thank you for sharing! :-)
Thank you Aimee! Always great to have you watching!
By far the most polished presenter on TH-cam. Lovely footage and audio, as always Roy. Excited to see what they produce. 👍
Time will tell Paul, maybe we'll find out together!
Another Fantastic Video! Very excited for the offerings!
Me too Zach, hope the whisky gods treat us!
Wow, amazing video Roy and what a beautiful distillery, very much looking forward to trying the first release 🥃
Me too Phil!
You are truly a master of making great videos like this one! Thanks for giving us a look at the new distillery!
Hope you get to visit one day Dylan, Islay is really special.
Aqvavitae would be an incredible trip for sure!
Great piece capturing the first steps. Will be interesting to look back in 5 - 7 years
Yeah, for me too!
Well done Roy. Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see Ardnahoe hit the shelves. Cheers
Thanks for stopping by and watching my friend!
Roy, this was a nice video with some great insight and information on the new Ardnahoe Distillery on Islay. As you know, I had a chance to stop by Ardnahoe a couple of times during my recent Islay visit and I was quite impressed with what I saw and heard. The Laing family seems very committed to producing some fine Islay Whisky. Cheers !
Thanks Duane - I know you got a real good look before me too - encouraging huh?
@@Aqvavitae I was very impressed with both the distillery and the people. I think that there is some great promise at Ardnahoe for the future.
Superb video and editing as always, Roy! Ardnahoe excites me - can't wait to try their Whisky! The distillery and accompanying visitors centre and restaurant looks great.
Thanks James! It does look very cool so far.
Cracking video. Great to see new distillerys opening up and hope they make a success of it. Looking forward to trying some in the future. Sam - Yorkshire whisky reviews
Me too Sam - thanks for watching!
Yet another fabulous video. Last time I passed the site was two years ago when there was little more than a sign telling the world that the distillery was coming soon. To see it now, it’s quite amazing at how much has been crammed into those 24 months. The time-lapse shot showing the cloud shadows roll across the landscape made me want to head over there right now! Fortunately, I’ll be visiting Ardnahoe in July - and I really can’t wait. Thanks for the video, Roy. Perfect.
Another excellent video, Roy! Your Islay videos inspire me to make the journey to the promised land. I can't wait for more!
Thanks Brandon. Take that journey.
Wow, what an absolutely beautiful video, Roy! Of course, the idyllic Islay landscapes, stunning built-into-nature architecture, and a beautifully designed distillery certainly helped! But this was very well written/narrated and edited. Great interview as well. Cheers!
Thanks Michael - good to have you watching!
Wow! They sure treated you well Roy - what an experience. Some of that construction footage was incredible too.
Excited to sample the fruit of their labours. My heart sank a little bit when I walked up to those doors in March and they were locked 😉
Thanks for sharing!
The construction footage and some other professional shots were (perhaps obviously!) contributed by Ardnahoe. Thanks for watching and commenting Ben!
Really great video Roy, thank you for the visit! I'm glad to see they seem to have done well. And as Caskmate - Everything Whisky said, yep, you're perfect to narrate a whisky documentary. Well done.
I prefer TH-cam ;) Thanks Christophe!
Awesome! Well done Roy. Thank you for sharing!
Cheers Dude! Thanks for watching.
Wow, images are truly beautiful. Thanks Roy for sharing this with us. Exciting indeed.
Thanks Teddy!
Great video Roy! Looks an incredible place,be very interested to see what comes out of there in the future!
Me too Michael. Some encouraging sign though!
Brilliant well done Roy, a friend and I visited Ardnahoe on the 29th August this year, it was one of only three newly reopened for visitors after the first Covid lockdown. We had what was almost a private tour, only four others with the group. Lovely everything, high quality and customer centric specialists, I had to later change a shirt I purchased and nothing was too much trouble. Can't wait to buy a bottle or more in two years time. Your work and efforts on Utube are fantastic, other than Ralfy you are my small whisky tasting group and my favourite. Keep up the good work, regards JH
Thank you John, really appreciate the nice words and glad you enjoyed your trip to Islay
Hey Roy very cool video, absolutely love these types of videos and getting some great behind the scenes. Every whiskey lover should enjoy this, Thank you for sharing! Cheers!
Great to have you dropping by and watching Scott, so glad you liked it!
Thanks for this great Content ,like always from you.
Very Informative, very professional. Nice job. Thanks.
Top draw Roy. Very informative and great production, got me salivating......!
Thanks Matty! Glad you enjoyed, hope you get along or get to try a wee dram one day!
Excellent. Enjoyable coverage, now for the long wait.
Time will fly Doug!
Incredible video Roy, you are truly going to be the David Attenborough for the whisky world with your commentary and presentation. I'm hoping to return to islay and visit them in the future but first pop up to Glasgow and visit yourself, wish you and the family a lovely Easter! Slainte
Cheers Jason, a gentleman as always! There are a few Attenboroughs in whisky already, I'll still be the guy who chucks empties in the bin! 🤓
JasonWhiskyWise oooh... and happy Easter to you too! 🐣
Lovely video, Roy. Sublime really. Excellent shots, poetic narration. You did an amazing job representing Ardanhoe.
Thanks Dakota.
What a location! Great video well done, great work.
Thank you Graeme!
Wow! Stunning Video. So cool to see content like this coming from TH-cam.
Thank you. Really humbling words. Stay a while wont you!
Can't wait until it gets here in Montréal, Québec. Great video, thanks for making it.
Your genuine passion for whisky and all things related is inspiring. Cheers
Reading comments like this are inspiring! Thank you.
Time for an AQUAVITAE single cask ardnahoe bottling.... SIGN ME UP
Great job!
I dunno though, I think I’m more excited about visiting the more historic ones - but my dad will want to go to ardnahoe for the cafe hahaha
Incredible work Roy, I loved it.
Thank you Josh 🙏
Awesome vid, Roy! Sorry it took so long to get to this, but catching up to the leading edge is hard to do after being absent from watching for two weeks for the most part... I was right there stopping at that loch on the way back from Bunnahabhain and unfortunately there was no time to visit Ardnahoe (and I believe it was still closed to visitors) as on that same afternoon the tour that I was on was going to squeeze in Kilchoman. The next time I visit Islay, I will go on my own because now I know what I want to see... I will have a hard time waiting seven or eight (or maybe ten or eleven years because new things take some time to get here) to try some mature Ardnahoe whisky... Hopefully, I will get to visit Islay again before their whisky gets here! Slainte Mhath!
Amazing production value!
Can't wait to visit the distillery myself
Thanks for watching my friend - glad you liked it!
Well done Roy! Great video
Thanks James!
This is such a wonderful video, I really was struck by the quality and how you put it all together. I am really looking forward what will be coming out of Ardnahoe. I think I will watch it again...and again...and again...
Don't keep watching Markus - book a wee flight over!
Hey Roy,,what an jncredible watch,,when the stories were being told by the lock and then we start to go slowly to the distillery,,the music starts,,i honestly had goose bumps,,fantastic stuff,cheers and merry christmas my friend,🥃🥃
Amazing..I'm looking forward to there product. This distillery fits you Roy. Forward thinking and with the upmost respect to the past and future of scotch whiskey. Well done sir...well done
Let's hope their efforts bears them the fruits they're after. We'll all love them for that!
Awesome Video and topic.
Roy! This was just outstanding! Came home after a long work day today and just stood in the kitchen watching this with a dram. It was just wonderful to get away to an Islay distillery for a few moments. It was beautifully done and brought a smile to my face. Thank you to all involved in sharing this. It truly made my day. 😀
Wonderful to read! Thank you for this comment! Slàinte!
I'm looking forward to this whisky one day!
You are a clever man, Mr Duff!
I loved watching the birth of all these new distilleries and not just Ardnadhoe. In the end it's all about the juice and Ardnadhoe is in good hands. I hoping the spirit is just left alone to get on with quality Bourbon casks to let those worm tubs shine. Cheers Roy and a outstanding video.
Cheers eric - Glad you enjoyed!
Another fantastic video and insight for us that are not yet able to see it first hand. What you do is truly appreciated Roy, thank you! #whiskyevangelism
Thanks for watching JK!
First time I saw your video I thought you were Greg Davies. Fantastic content as always. Slàinte Mhath!
Great video, and very interesting interview.
Thank you - shame about the quality of the interview, it was an ad hoc offer that I jumped at the chance to do. All the questions I asked were sprung. It was a great indication of self confidence in what they've achieved.
Aqvavitae No shame at all. We don’t expect, nor want you to be a journalist. Just someone who willingly spends time sharing whisky knowledge and info with us, and we are grateful. And I thought he made some interesting points on the whisky market and where it’s going.
That was simply brilliant Roy! My enthusiasm for our great national drink has grown that wee bit more after watching that! Top stuff!
I guess that's my whole point of existing here on the 'tubes. Thank you so much Alec, really nice to read. 🙏 #whiskyevangelists
Well done Roy. Felt like I was there with you!
Let's see what we can do about that...
It just hit me: Roy is the MKBHD of whisky. Everything done with excellence and the utmost professionalism. Fabulous videos - always.
Ooooft. Blushing - but thank you!
Brilliant video Roy. I was totally enthralled. It's nice to see a new distillery from the ground up. We're so used to well established old veterans, and as someone who is relatively new to whisky...it means we all will get to experience what Ardnahoe will be putting out, at the same time.
Good taste in cushions too by the way. We've got that fox wan! 😂
Thank you for watching and complimenting the soft furnishings!. I'm trying to remember where we bought that fox wan!
Had the privilege to visit Ardnahoe recently... I couldn’t agree more Roy, this is a distillery designed very closely to perfection. Look forward to trying the whisky in due time
Cracking video Roy me think trip to Islay needs to be arranged.
Soomer = Better! Thanks Willie!
Roy: Thank you. Spot on. Perfect words. Mouth watering. Slainte. Ingo
Really magnificent video, thank you very much Roy 🤗. Really wants to make me visit Islay and its destilleries, even I‘m not crazy about peat!
No one leaves Islay not crazy about peat! ;p
Thanks Luna!
First class review ... cheers john
Thanks John!
What a great video Roy! I would watch more like this so keep them coming.
On it! Thanks for watching!
Aqvavitae on a side note, not sure if you do this or not but have you ever thought of releasing the vPub videos as podcasts? Would be great to listen to during the morning commute
@@jamiewelsh7838 Yes Jamie - I have. It's purely a matter of workload I'm afraid. I'll keep looking into it though!
Great review Roy -- we drove by the construction on the way to Bunny.
Awesome video Roy
Thank you Andy!
I think your'e one of the better vloggers out there and the one's on Islay are real magic! But the current trend for many vloggers is to do these long winded 1-3 hr streams. I personally don't have the time or attention span for those,so I don't watch them. I hope you and others do a 15-30 min vlog from time to time so I can keep watching! Keep up the excellent work!
Well done, I think I need to get an official Aqvavitae Tam o' Shanter hat now ;) Talk about million dollar views! Things are looking promising for the new distillery. My fingers are crossed as well.
Will you settle for a Glencairn? :p
It's interesting watching the Laing brothers and what they're doing with their parts of their father's legacy. Stewart has set up Ardnahore distillery on Islay whereas Fred has bought Strathearn distillery and is building a new distillery in Glasgow.
Roy thanks for taking me on this breathtaking adventure. Cheers! I’ll wait patiently for their first release 🥃
A pleasure to have you stopping by Antonio! Thank you.
Aqvavitae Cheers😊🥃
Everything this man puts out to view is just like a fine aged malt,,fantastic stuff Roy,,cheers,🥃🥃
Nice editing on this👍
Learnin on the Job Hoyet!