Machrihanish Distillery in Campbeltown receives planning permission

Petra Milde |

R&B Distillers plan a farm-to-bottle distillery

 

R&B Distillers were granted planning permission for a whisky distillery in Campbeltown. The company, which already operates the Raasay Distillery on the Scottish island of the same name, plans to begin construction in March 2025 and start production the following year.

R&B Distillers acquired Dhurrie Farm in Machrihanish back in 2021, where they plan to grow their own grain for the planned farm-to-bottle distillery. The barley harvested from the fields since then has already been malted and some of it has already been used for whisky production at Raasay Distillery. We can look forward to a special edition.

Machrihanish Distillery will mainly use unpeated malt, R&B Distillers announced in a press release. This will provide a counterpart to the smoky Raasay Whisky in order to diversify the company's portfolio. Machrihanish Single Malt Whisky will be matured 100% in sherry casks of various types. The Machrihanish Distillery will be carbon neutral and run exclusively on renewable energy sources. It will create 20 new jobs for the region.

At the same time, R&B Distillers also announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Caskshare.com. The company operates an e-commerce platform, including for example Scotch whisky and R&B Distillers brands, and bottles single casks. In the future, other cask-aged spirits such as rum and cognac will also be added to the Caskshare.com range.

 

Image: R&B Distillers
From left to right: David Nicol (Co-founder, Caskshare), Norman Gillies (Operations Director, R&B Distillers), William Dobbie (Managing Director, R&B Distillers, Alasdair Day (Co-founder, R&B Distillers)

About the author Petra Milde

Petra Milde is a freelance author of books and specialist writing about spirits and food. She has been supporting the Whisky.de editorial team since 2015 and creates informative and entertaining articles in the news section.

Besides her writing work, she moderates tastings and can be met at spirits fairs, both behind the stands and in front of them, looking for new products and interesting people to talk to.

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