Ghost distillery in Scotland gets into the spirit again

Port Ellen distillery in Scotland, which closed in 1983, is set to reopen in 2021

A conceptual drawing (above) of the new Port Ellen distillery. Ms Georgie Crawford is Port Ellen distillery's project implementation manager.
Ms Georgie Crawford is Port Ellen distillery's project implementation manager. ST PHOTO: ANJALI RAGURAMAN
A conceptual drawing (above) of the new Port Ellen distillery. Ms Georgie Crawford is Port Ellen distillery's project implementation manager.
A conceptual drawing (above) of the new Port Ellen distillery. PHOTO: DIAGEO
Anjali Raguraman
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Updated
Mar 27, 2019, 10:17 AM
Published
Mar 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
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New life is being breathed into the long-shuttered Port Ellen whisky distillery on Islay in Scotland.

And plans for the revived ghost distillery reveal that it will have one foot firmly in the past and the other in the future.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 24, 2019, with the headline Scotland's Port Ellen whisky distillery to reopen. Subscribe

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