Not content with establishing one of the world's leading whisky bars in Dornoch, brothers Phil and Simon Thompson have upped their ambitions and started making their own whisky and gin on site at Dornoch Castle Hotel, forming Dornoch's first whisky distillery.

Thompson Bros at Dornoch Distillery was founded following a successful first round of crowdfunding in 2016, which saw 250 whisky enthusiasts from around the world eagerly put their hands in their pockets to secure much needed casks of Dornoch Distillery's newly made spirits. A remarkably successful 2017 saw the team lay down casks of future single malt whisky and launch Thompson Brother's Organic Highland Gin, available in 11 international markets. They are also the creators of the Thompson Brothers trading house