Ullapool Smokehouse

Ullapool Smokehouse is a family-run smoking operation at the Morefield Industrial Estate on the north edge of Ullapool, half a mile out of the village centre toward the start of the Coigach road. The smokehouse runs cold-smoked Scottish salmon as its headline product, alongside hot-smoked mackerel, hot-smoked salmon, smoked trout and the seasonal extensions (haddock, kippers, smoked-fish pâtés).

The cold-smoking process is the technical centrepiece. Salmon is dry-cured for a measured period with salt and a small sugar element, then smoked over Scottish oak chips at a controlled low temperature for a longer second window, the salmon itself never actually cooks, which is what distinguishes cold-smoked salmon from hot-smoked product. The flavour development is in the cure and the smoke; consistency is in the temperature control and the chip quality.

Mail order is the larger side of the business. The smokehouse ships boxes nationally and the website carries the full retail range (sides of salmon, sliced portions, gift packs of pâté and smoked trout). The on-site shop is direct retail at trade-adjacent prices and is the more straightforward route for visitors driving through Ullapool, a five-minute detour off the A835 either heading north toward Coigach or south back toward Inverness.

Open through standard business hours, reduced in winter. Current range, mail-order shipping and the on-site shop opening at the Ullapool Smokehouse website.