Tobermory
Distillery

The Distillery

Another Island distillery, Tobermory is located on the Hebrian island of Mull, population about 2800. Founded in 1798 by John Sinclair, it was actually one of the first companies in the town of Tobermory which had only been founded as a fishing ground a few years earlier. Sinclair had been a traveling merchant who got the idea of founding a whisky distillery where there was none. It has changed hands more often than we can count, first in 1823, then in 1890, again in 1916 and so on. It has also been closed down a few times, the first time being in 1916 due to prohibition which devastated the whisky industry. It opened again in 1931 and was variously open and closed for the next decades. Current owners are Burn Steward Distilleries, a subsidiary of a South African group.

The distillery has the capacity to produce over a million liters of spirits a year which are used in various blends as well as its very own products.

The Whisky

Scottish Leader Supreme

The Scottish Leader Supreme is a whisky that should be of some interest, it did for example win the international spirits challenge back in 1997. It is also a whisky not widely available in the west as it is made especially for the East-Asian market and currently only sold in Taiwan. Well rounded sweet and smooth with a dark, tasty coloring, if you want to try something that you cannot easily get your hands on, then Scottish leader Supreme should be your thing.