Isle of Raasay Distillery now has an official opening date

Iain Robertson has been appointed as the Distiller and has relocated to the island to join the team.

Iain is a recent Honours graduate of the Heriot Watt Brewing and Distilling school. During his studies, he took a placement at North British grain distillery and worked at Edinburgh’s The Scotch Whisky Experience as one of their highly knowledgeable tour guides.

Iain is not only formally educated in the art and science of distilling but is innovative and enthusiastic about respectfully pushing the boundaries of the spirit.

Master Distiller Chris Anderson will be joining Iain and Norman for the inaugural 5 months to oversee the initial distillation.

He has experience at Dewars and United Distillery, and has helped with production at Ardnamurchan and Kilchoman distilleries – he will lend this expertise to the Raasay Distillery.

Most recently he has been involved with the Lakes Distillery in Cumbria and the construction of neighbouring Torabhaig Distillery on the Isle of Skye.

Chris will be invaluable to R&B Distillers as they establish one of Scotland’s newest whisky distilleries.

The Distillery has also announced, via its Facebook page, that they are looking to recruit a team of local guides to welcome visitors and show them around the distillery and share the story of its development and the whisky.