July 21, 2022

Ardbeg

It hardly seems possible that between 1989-96, the Ardbeg distillery on the south coast of Islay was only operational for two month a year. Demand was insufficient to warrant greater production.

February 21, 2021

Islay

BUNNAHABHAIN

Anybody making the pilgrimage to the village of Bunnahabhain, by the Margadale Spring on the Sound of Islay at the north-east tip of the island…

February 12, 2021

Islay

BOWMORE

As the oldest distillers on the Isle of Islay – founded in 1779 – Bowmore is surely entitled to speak with some authority.

July 19, 2021

Islay

Ponder this. Way back in 1881 when the three Harvey brothers founded the Bruichladdich Distillery on the south-west tip of the then remote island of Islay, there were as many computers on site as there are today.

March 16, 2021

Islay

CAOL ILA

For many years aficionados of Caol Ila must have thought they were members of a secret society. The whisky was seldom seen in public and with as much as 95% of production ‘disappearing’ into blends such as Johnny Walker Black Label, it had little opportunity to build a fan-base.

February 16, 2021

Islay

LAGAVULIN

The name of the distillery painted in stark, tall letters on pristine, white-washed walls, numbered casks sit by the waterside to be imbued with some unnamed essence of the ocean…

February 16, 2021

Islay

LAPHROAIG

Ever dreamt of being the Laird of your own Scottish estate? Become a Friend of Laphroaig and you are rewarded with a lifetime lease on a square foot of land adjacent to the distillery’s Kilbride Stream.

July 19, 2021

Islay, Portal

PORT CHARLOTTE

Port Charlotte may have been ‘squatting’ at the Bruichladdich distillery two miles up the road, whilst its own premises were being rebuilt, but the two whiskies could not be more different.

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Category Archives: Islay

Ardbeg

BUNNAHABHAIN

BOWMORE

BRUICHLADDICH

CAOL ILA

LAGAVULIN

LAPHROAIG

PORT CHARLOTTE