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Sean Murphy

The island distillery easily accessible from Glasgow that Star Wars star Ewan McGregor loves

There are so many reasons to escape Glasgow this summer and head Doon the Watter to the Ayrshire coast, and onto the islands you'll find off the coast there – especially when the weather is good.

However, one place drinks fans should be heading to in particular is the Island of Arran, which is easily accessible by car (or train) and ferry from Glasgow, and is home to a whisky distillery that Obi-Wan Kenobi himself loves.

That's right, found on the higher ground (sorry we couldn't help ourselves) close to the village of Lochranza on this beautiful island is the whisky distillery which Scottish star Ewan McGregor visited in 1998 to help open their first ever cask of single malt whisky.

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