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Second half of today
I was privileged to be given a tour of Bowmore by their head distiller David. I showed up he said what do you want to do, I know you've been on other tours lets do something new. I said cheesy as it sounds I would love to cut some peat. 5 min later I was in wellies on my way to the bog. It was great the head warehouseman Ginger and his apprentice accompanied us. Not only did I cut peat but we went to Bowmores water source, and drank it , so nice. After we toured the distillery ...
Full Day In Isay prounouced Ila
... BEEN ON. I was priviledged to be part of almost everything they do at Bruichladdich today. I was there for the grind, the wash, samples the wash backs, and watched feints and middle run on the distilling floor. I filled barrels, turned on the mash tonne and got an hour and a half with Jim McEwan talking about the then and now of whisky. It was only to be a few minutes but turned into 90! i wished I had videoed ...
Campbeltown am Islay pm
Great day springbank tour was awesome , ferry to Islay is 2hrs and 115 pounds surprise! Islay is beautiful hit Bruichladdich and Kilchoman today got to put peat on fire and shovel malt at Kilchoman Bruichladdich was just ok. Kilchoman spent lots of ...
Around the Kintyre Peninsula
... in the late 19th century. But what about its smaller, plainer southern end? My research had led me to believe that this was the original part of the house, but after seeing it, we were not so sure. I subsequently learned from the present owner that the original part was torn down in the 1980s and replaced with the present southern extension.
We drove down the west coast of Kintyre, which in its ...
McAlister Country
The two gentlemen in their sporty tweed flatcaps are supervising the arrival of our ferry from Islay at the Kennacraig ferry terminal on Kintyre peninsula. The published account (1900) of the descendants of Alexander McAlister, my 6x great grandfather, states that he came from Islay, which I still believed when we were sipping Ardbeg with Jean ...
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