Ardbeg Distillery Opens Boutique Hotel in Western Scotland - AFAR

"Making peaty malt whisky on the misty Isle of Islay since 1815, Ardbeg Distillery has been the brand’s home for more than 200 years and serves as the cultural and physical anchor for the hotel’s storytelling and artifacts (for example, copper from one of the distillery’s old stills was repurposed into the hotel’s large Ardbeg “A”). I also noted that the distillery’s staff contribute to the hotel experience—its master blender created the exclusive Ardbeg Badger Juice served at 18:15, and a distillery technician built the courtyard smoker—and that the distillery is roughly 3.5 miles from Ardbeg House, with daily tours reserved for hotel guests." - Devorah Lev-Tov