Events for October 17, 2026 › Special Events 2023

100 years after Caithness author Neil M. Gunn became excise officer at the old Glen Mhor distillery in Inverness, we go further east along the road to Moray to hear the story of a distillery reborn - Benromach, from its manager Keith Cruickshank and production manager Murdo MacKenzie.

See the whole process, from peatcutting at Hobbister to drying the malt over distillery peat fires. Hear about the peat's origins from Dr Chris Marshall of UHI’s Environmental Research Institute, and about its effect on flavour from Dr Barry Harrison of the Scotch Whisky Research Institute.