Distilled from 55% rye and 45% barley grown entirely on Islay, the 7-year-old whisky emerged from a crop rotation experiment ...

Journey through Scotlands most divisive whisky region, Islay. Discover how peat, sea air, and centuries of tradition shape ...

Islay scotches tend to get what appear to be negative descriptions, like, “Similar to a bag of Scott’s Turfbuilder that’s been dragged along the floor of a shrimping boat then sprinkled with cigar ...

Scotland, the land of tartan kilts, has always been a top destination for Americans. But now tourists are pouring in with a specific purpose—to try every ancient Scotch on the planet, it seems. As ...

Islay is renowned for its peated single malts. Of course, not all peated whisky comes from Islay, but most of the big names do, with Lagavulin, Ardberg, and Laphroaig all feeling pretty mainstream.

When the announcement was made in 2016 heralding the construction of a new distillery on Islay, the whisky world got excited. Ardnahoe would be the first new distillery on this small island off the ...

The island of Islay—which sits off the western coast of Scotland—is a salty, scrubby outpost of whisky and tradition; it’s also been home to the world-renowned Laphroaig Distillery since 1815.

The following script is from "Whisky Island" which aired on May 3, 2015. Bob Simon and Steve Kroft are the correspondents. Harry Radliffe II, producer. 60 Minutes is constantly on the lookout for ...

One day in 1989, a man on a bicycle arrived at the gates of a whisky distillery called Bruich­laddich. The distillery sits across the road from the North Atlantic Ocean, on a wild and blustery ...

(CBS News) We all know Scotch whisky comes from Scotland. But to true Scotch drinkers, just WHERE in Scotland makes all the difference. Willem Marx takes us on a tasting tour: At the outermost edge of ...

Some of the best things in the world come from Scotland: the steam engine, the television, the fridge, the telephone, color photography, the pneumatic tire, the flushing toilet, the Land Rover, and, ...