Region: Highlands(Island) District: Mull - Multimap view Map reference NM 50 56 ; Latitude 56 39° N, Longitude 6 4.1° W Founded 1798 ; Operating Status: operating This famous, very small old distillery, the only one on the island of Mull reopened in 1990 after a decade's 'silence'. It has continued to market two products - a malt and a blend. The former, identified as Tobermory the Malt Scotch Whisky is presented in a bottle with an enamelled label. It is a vatted malt containing some Tobermory whiskies of up to 20-years old and proportions of newly-mature spirit from elsewhere. The latter has a conventional label and is described as Tobermory blended Scotch Whisky. Single malts from this distillery have been bottled by the independants under the site's older name, Ledaig. Tobermory is the main village on Mull and the home of the distillery. It is a dramatic location at the foot of a steep hill with the distillery signalling the begining of the village, which spreads round a broad bay. The distillery was founded in 1798 and the present buildings were erected
during its first period of operation which continued until 1826. The distillery
was 'silent' for long periods in the mid 1800s and mid 1900s and was twice
revived during the 1970s. Now it has been revived again.
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To travel to Tobermory, Mull, and Iona you have to make a ferry journey . This is provided by Caledonian MacBrayne, and the routes are from Oban to Craignure, Lochaline to Fishnish, Kilchoan to Tobermory and Fionnphort to Iona. Click on these names to see the timetable, or for general information, click on Caledonian MacBrayne.
