Scapa distillery opens its doors to the public

The Scapa distillery has opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 130-year history.

Available from today, visits to Scapa include a tour of the traditional, manually-operated production methods, including the only whisky Lomond still in Scotland, and a walk along the front of the distillery to see Scapa Flow.

Brian MacAulay, distilling manager at Scapa, added: “It is a great honour to be able to open the doors to the history and craft production processes here at Scapa distillery, which have been the secret of precious few artisans over the last hundred years.

“I have personally taken the pleasure in removing our ‘No Visitors’ sign and I know I speak on behalf of the team here in saying that we can’t wait to see the Scapa Distillery form an interesting, educative and welcoming part of the Orkney community.”

Creating two permanent and two seasonal jobs, the Scapa visitor centre and tour will be open to adults until Friday, November 13.