North Uist Distillery “Bere(ly) Right here. Whisky There.” – Scotch Whisky Information
July thirtieth, 2022
Whereas the climate right here in Uist has had a little bit of a wintery really feel over the past month, the crops and wildlife of the islands appear to know to maintain doing their summery factor all the identical. Blustery walks alongside the seashore are further particular when the machair flowers are in bloom, their candy honey scent attracting uncommon species of bees and extra frequent appreciative people alike.
When you’re within the Outer Hebrides (or close to to one of many very fortunate bits of the west coasts of Scotland and Eire which might be additionally residence to machair, one of many world’s rarest habitats) we extremely advocate a go to over the following couple of weeks to catch the enjoyment of the wildflowers at their peak.
And when you’re not, you then may wish to jump over to our weblog and spend a bit time studying extra about this distinctive and interesting habitat, and revel in a number of the pictures that the workforce have snapped as we crawl rigorously by way of the attractive low-lying panorama on palms and knees
Summer time in Uist, machair flowers
Bere(ly) Right here.
Whisky There.
Talking of the machair, all of you whisky followers on the market will likely be happy to listen to that our bere barley is coming alongside properly. After cautious sorting and sowing, it’s very thrilling to see it rising and growing into lovely heads of grain. Watching it nodding within the wind, we are able to’t assist however image a subject of tiny drams swaying aspect to aspect, ready to be raised because the Nunton bell rings.
In additional thrilling information serving to us alongside our whisky journey – we have now positioned our order for Nunton’s whisky making gear and are counting the times (will probably be a good few) till it arrives and meets our first crop of bere, will probably be a match made in heaven.
