The Port Ellen Distillery on Islay has its first manager in almost four decades, after Alexander McDonald was appointed to the role.
The distillery, which closed in 1983, is being brought back into production as part of Diageo’s investment to re-establish the two most famous 'lost' distilleries in Scotch whisky at Port Ellen and Brora in the Highlands.
A native of Argyll, having been born and brought up in Lochgilphead, McDonald has lived on Islay for eight years with his young family, and is a volunteer in the local fire service when not working for Diageo.
