Whisky wars are brewing on Orkney after a businessman criticised the ‘blunder’ from a rival claiming to be opening the first whisky distillery on the islands in 138 years.
Sebastian Hadfield-Hyde, managing director and founder of Kimbland Distillery, was ‘shocked’ to read about Deerness Distillery’s owners saying they were to be Orkney’s first new whisky maker in more than a century.
His own distillery began operations on Sanday in 2020 and is just weeks away from having its first whisky maturing in casks.
