Island single malts are the single malt Scotch whiskies produced on the

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around the perimeter of the Scottish mainland. The islands (excluding

Islay Islay ( ; , ) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll and Bute just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's cap ...

) are not recognised in the Scotch Whisky Regulations as a distinct whisky producing region, but are considered to be part of the

Highland region Highland (, ; ) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It has land borders with t ...

. Islay is itself recognised as a distinct whisky producing region (see

Islay whisky Islay single malts are the single malt Scotch whiskies made on Islay ( ) or ''Ìle'' in Gaelic, one of the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United King ...

). Other sources, however, indicate that the Islands, excluding Islay, constitute a sixth distinct region. This unofficial region includes the following whisky-producing islands: Arran, Jura,

Mull Mull may refer to: Places *Isle of Mull, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides ** Sound of Mull, between the Isle of Mull and the rest of Scotland * Mount Mull, Antarctica * Mull Hill, Isle of Man * Mull, Arkansas, a place along Arkansas Highwa ...

Orkney Orkney (), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is also sometimes used, but locals now consider it outdated. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, ...

, and

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some o ...

: with their respective distilleries: Arran, Jura, Tobermory, Highland Park, Scapa,

Talisker Talisker () is a settlement on the Minginish peninsula in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. History Talisker was for centuries a possession of the Clan Macleod. For nearly two hundred years it was associated with a cadet branch of the chiefly line, f ...

and Torabhaig. The whiskies produced on the Islands are extremely varied and have few similarities, though can often be distinguished from other whisky regions by generally having a smokier flavour with

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undertones. One source states that the flavour depends on the use of peat which "varies widely depending on the distiller".

Island malt distilleries

Abhainn Dearg distillery Abhainn Dearg distillery ( ) or Red River distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Uig, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It is the most westerly distillery in Scotland. The name is Scottish Gaelic for "Red Rive ...

, on

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Arran distillery Arran distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, Isle of Arran. In 1994 Arran Distillers was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran. During t ...

, on Arran *

Harris distillery Isle of Harris Distillery is a Scotch whisky and Gin distillery in Tarbert, Harris, Tarbert on the Harris, Outer Hebrides, Isle of Harris, Scotland. The distillery was the first legal distillery ever built on Harris. History Plans for the disti ...

,on

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle ...

Highland Park distillery Highland Park distillery is an Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands,Scotland. It is the northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery. History Highland Park distillery was founded by Magnus ...

, in

* Isle of Raasay distillery, on

Raasay Raasay (; ), sometimes the Isle of Raasay, is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from Applecross by the Inner Sound, Scotland, Inner Sound. It is famous fo ...

Jura distillery Jura distillery is Island single malt single malt Scotch, Scotch whisky distillery located on the island of Jura, Scotland, Jura in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland. The distillery is operated by Whyte & Mackay, which Philippi ...

, on Jura *

Saxa Vord distillery Saxa Vord distillery is a Scotch whisky and gin distillery on the island of Unst, part of the Shetland islands. The distillery takes its name from its location immediately south of RAF Saxa Vord, an RAF station and headland. The distillery bu ...

, on

Unst Unst (; ) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Shetland Mainland, Mainland and Yell (island), Yell. It has an area o ...

Scapa distillery Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the third-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, south of the Highland Park Distillery. Hi ...

, in

Talisker distillery Talisker distillery is an island single malt Scotch whisky distillery based in Carbost, Scotland on the Minginish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye. The distillery is operated by Diageo and Taliskers’ 10 year old whisky has been nominated as p ...

, on

* Tobermory distillery, on

, producing Tobermory and Ledaig *

Torabhaig distillery Torabhaig distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Teangue on the Isle of Skye. The distillery is the second ever licensed distillery on Skye and the first since Talisker was established in 1830. History The distillery project was given p ...

, on Skye

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* Isle of Barra distillery, on

Barra Barra (; or ; ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway. In 2011, the population was 1,174. ...

* Orkney distillery,on Orkney * Lerwick distillery,on

Shetland Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...

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