[1] Port Askaig is also the name of a Scotch whisky range, bottled by Elixir Distillers.

The producing distillery is not officially identified but the whiskies are marketed as Islay single malts.

[2] The distilleries Caol Ila, Ardnahoe and Bunnahabhain are all located to the north of the port.

Ships which sailed out from West Loch Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula have called in at Port Askaig since the 18th century and a steamer service from Glasgow was the running as early as 1825.

[5] Port Askaig is the base of the Islay RNLI lifeboat which is called out ten to twelve times a year.