A brand new whisky and gin distillery is getting close to opening, with production on whisky due to start this spring. Rosalind Erskine visited for a look insid...
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![Picture: John Devlin
Heughan has also starred in films such as the spy comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), The Empty Train, and the superhero action film Bloodshot (2020). Among his numerous plays he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer for his performance in Outlying Islands performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.[1][2]
Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish co-wrote Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other[3] which reached number one on the New York Times' Best Seller List for hardcover nonfiction, and combined print and e-book nonfiction in November 2020.[4] The same year Heughan launched his own whisky brand, The Sassenach (named after his Outlander character's nickname for his wife, Claire[5]), winning consecutive double golds in the 2020 and 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.](https://www.scotsman.com/jpim-static/image/2026/09/08/11/2023-03-sam-heughan-the-chip-scaled.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&trim=&quality=70&width=280)
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