The Bar at Talisker Distillery
The whisky bar in Talisker Distillery's Brand Home at Carbost on Skye, open from 11am with tasting flights and cocktails.
The Bar at Talisker Distillery is the whisky bar in the distillery's Brand Home at Carbost, on the shore of Loch Harport on Skye.
You do not need to be on a tour to come in for a dram, as space allows.
The menu is built around Talisker, with tasting flights of three drams, the chance to make up a flight of your own, and a short list of cocktails that includes an alcohol-free one. There are staff picks from other distilleries too, and the team are on hand with recommendations. Talisker is the oldest working distillery on Skye, founded in 1830 by the MacAskill brothers. The bar opens at 11am on the distillery's opening days, and The Three Chimneys serves lunch on the waterfront in front of the distillery if you would like to eat first.
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The bar is open from 11am on the distillery's opening days, with last orders at 4.30pm from March to October and 4pm from November to February.
- Where
- Talisker Distillery, Carbost, Isle of Skye IV47 8SR, on the shore of Loch Harport.
- Open
- 11am to 4.30pm (last orders) from March to October and 11am to 4pm from November to February, on the distillery's opening days. Closed 25 and 26 December and 1 and 2 January. The distillery's annual maintenance runs from 11 October to 1 November 2026, when some experiences may be affected; the Brand Home stays open seven days.
- Booking
- The bar can be used without a tour, as space allows. Tours are booked ahead on the distillery's page.
- Parking
- Five accessible spaces directly in front of the main entrance, the nearest about 60 metres from the Brand Home.
- Getting there
- About a 45-minute drive from Portree. A local Skye bus route stops about two minutes' walk from the distillery; Traveline Scotland has current times.
- Access
- The Brand Home, with the bar, is all on one level, and there is a step-free route from the accessible parking to the door. Accessible toilets are in the Brand Home. Anyone under 18 must be with an adult.
- Food
- The Three Chimneys at Talisker serves lunch on the waterfront in front of the distillery; its menu and booking are on its own page.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- 10am–5pm
- Tuesday
- 10am–5pm
- Wednesday
- 10am–5pm
- Thursday
- 10am–5pm
- Friday
- 10am–5pm
- Saturday
- 10am–5pm
- Sunday
- 10am–5pm
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Add your reviewAt Talisker Distillery in Carbost, on the shore of Loch Harport on the Isle of Skye, around a 45-minute drive from Portree.
The Three Chimneys at TaliskerThe Three Chimneys' restaurant beside the Talisker distillery, on the edge of Loch Harport, cooking seafood to go with the whisky.Under a mile 1 min by road
The Old InnA free house pub on the tideline of Loch Harport at Carbost, with Skye ales, seafood from the loch and music on Thursdays.Under a mile 1 min by road
Talisker DistillerySkye's oldest working distillery, on the shore of Loch Harport at Carbost since 1830.Under a mile 1 min by road
Caora Dhubh Coffee CompanyA tin-roofed coffee shack on the shore of Loch Harport, across the car park from the Talisker distillery.Under a mile 1 min by road
The Oyster ShedA seafood shed up the hill from Carbost, shucking oysters to order over Loch Harport.Under a mile 2 min by road
Carbost Burn WaterfallA waterfall through a basalt gorge on the road above Carbost, minutes from Talisker distillery.1 mile 3 min by road
Places to stay near the bar, and when each is next free.
Skyewalker Hostel- Sleeps 27
- In Portnalong
- 3 miles from Talisker Distillery
Sligachan Campsite- To stay
- In Sligachan
- 7 miles from Talisker Distillery
Sligachan Blackhouses- Sleeps 6
- In Sligachan
- 7 miles from Talisker Distillery
Glenbrittle Campsite- To stay
- In Glenbrittle
- 8 miles from Talisker Distillery
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For further reading, before you go. The details on this page were checked on .
- Talisker DistilleryTours, opening hours, the bar and how to get there.malts.comOfficial↗
- The bar menuThe tasting flights, cocktails and drams, as the bar lists them.assets.ctfassets.netOfficial↗
- The Three Chimneys at TaliskerLunch on the waterfront in front of the distillery.talisker.threechimneys.co.ukOfficial↗