Tag: Islay

Islay distillery becomes self-sufficient by generating electricity from waste

Deadline News Journalist - November 10, 2010

A SCOTTISH distillery will shortly become the first in the world to go completely green by creating its own electricity from the whisky-making process. The...

Whisky Galore for Lord Robertson on Islay

Deadline News Journalist - July 5, 2010

By Martin Graham FORMER NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson visited Islay yesterday (Mon) to sample a special batch of malt whisky which will be sold...

Distillery bosses resurrect 130-year-old still

Deadline News Journalist - February 3, 2010

By Cara Sulieman WHEN a tiny Hebridean distillery needed to bring in more equipment to meet rising demand, they ditched plans to buy new state...

Smelly bus stops hit the capital

Deadline News Journalist - July 28, 2009

By Cara Sulieman NOT for nothing was Edinburgh once dubbed Auld Reekie. With the ongoing bin strikes seeing stinking rubbish littering the streets, and rush-hour traffic...