Bridgend Hotel
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Second half of today
... the malting floor and the malt on the drying floor, checked the peat kilns," headed to warehouse one. Here I got to taste straight from the barrel a 18yr sherry cask and 12 bourbon cask , cask strength from the valinch I felt pretty damn cool and the whisky was unbelievable. I don't know if all Islay distilleries are the same but holy **** these guys are great hosts I truly was treated like a king. Thanks again for my best tasting experience (atmosphere) ever. Great last tour on ...
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
... effort and let me interview and record head distiller was awesome. Got a room in Bowmore drinking Islay's cask ales with some I am guessing unemployed. Super entertaining crazy stories three have hit the floor so far. I like drunk people at other ...
Around the Kintyre Peninsula
... others, sailed to North Carolina on the ship "Thistle," departing on June 6, 1739.
We had sampled excellent cheddar cheese and whisky from Campeltown at dinner last night, and we enjoyed walking around this pleasant town. We then drove up the east coast of Kintyre on a much narrower but very beautiful road, facing the Isle of Arran. Back at Dunultach, we enjoyed another excellent dinner ...
McAlister Country
... kitchen table in New Haven. Subsequent research, however, revealed that he actually came from an estate named Balinakill, a mere five miles from this ferry terminal, which we will visit tomorrow.
Meanwhile, we are staying just down the road, at a delightful B&B named Dunultach. From its breakfast room you can see Dunskeig, a ...
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