Journal
Tales From The Isle Of Harris
Join us every week for a new chapter of our island story.
The Year Ahead
Posted on 10 January, 2020
2020 is officially underway as our team returned to work here in Tarbert earlier this week.
‘Twas The Week Before Christmas
Posted on 20 December, 2019
In the week before Christmas the distillery team have been getting into the festive spirit here in Harris.
Autumn Dawns
Posted on 27 September, 2019
Autumn is upon us and the skies come alive above the Isle of Harris as the seasons turn once more.
Summer In The City
Posted on 06 September, 2019
Summer has ended and while we wait for the solstice to mark the beginning of astrological Autumn we take a look back at some happenings far from our Isle of Harris shores.
The Wettest Weeks
Posted on 30 August, 2019
They say if you don’t like the weather in the Outer Hebrides just wait a minute…
Spirit of Summer
Posted on 19 July, 2019
The signs of summer marching on can be found all around us here in Harris. From the colourful wildflowers in bloom across the coastal croftland known as ‘machair’, to the hundreds of new visitors, we welcome through our distillery doors every day.
A Harris Summer
Posted on 28 June, 2019
Summer arrived here in Harris, almost unnoticed. After weeks of tupperware skies and torrential rain, there seemed little obvious indication of the season by the time the solstice was upon us.
Life Beneath the Waves
Posted on 17 May, 2019
As I drove the long and winding road to the village of Keose, I began to wonder just what I’d let myself in for, as the next heavy hail shower rolled in, hammering down on the car roof. This wasn’t quite the sunny day away from my desk I’d had in mind…
Lambing and Longer Days
Posted on 12 April, 2019
After months of seemingly endless wind and rain, hail and snow, the Isle of Harris emerges from winter just in time to welcome the annual arrival of lambs
A sugar kelp spring
Posted on 22 March, 2019
Spring is officially here, the vernal equinox heralding the arrival of new life across the island’s natural world and here at the Isle of Harris Distillery too.