Fèis Ìle 2026 at Ardnahoe

We will be very glad to welcome you to Ardnahoe and the 40th Anniversary Islay Festival this year on Wednesday 27th May.

Doors open to the public at 12pm. There will be a free shuttle bus to the distillery running from Persabus field, just off the main road.

There will be local food vendors and a variety of music throughout the festival day - you can find detailed information for visitors here.

We are very proud again to offer our festival tasting with the latest Ardnahoe Single Malts. Tickets will be available on the links below in two batches, on Thursday 9th April and Friday 10th April. Skerryvore will be playing during the tasting and also again in the afternoon.

There will also be a special Ardnahoe Fèis Ìle whisky release, with very limited numbers and bottled at cask strength - watch this page for more info.

The Ardnahoe Tasting - Fèis Ìle 2026

Tickets for this event will be made available in two batches ~ at 9am on Thurs 9th April, and 4pm on Fri 10th April.

Join distillery manager David Livingstone for this year's Ardnahoe Fèis Ìle tasting event, and enjoy six different Ardnahoe expressions which showcase the development and different maturations of our whisky, including our 2026 festival release.

Guests at this event will also have a dedicated time window to purchase our Ardnahoe Fèis Ìle 2026 whisky, in advance of the public release which will follow the tasting.

We are also very glad to welcome again our special guests Skerryvore, for a live performance.

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There will be transport provided from the field at Persabus from 9.30am to take guests to Ardnahoe for the tasting.

Price: £85 (adult tickets only)
10am - 12pm

The Ardnahoe Fèis Ìle 2026 Single Malt

Our third Ardnahoe Fèis Ìle release offers the first chance to taste 7-year-old Ardnahoe Single Malt.

Aged for seven years in Bourbon barrels, this is a limited release of 830 individually numbered bottles and is offered at its natural cask strength of 59.7% ABV. It is priced at £85.

This release will be available only at the distillery on Wednesday 27th May, limited to three bottles per customer.