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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
... the best whisky talk I have ever had. This guy is a Jedi, 49 yrs distilling! He is the rogue who has brought Bruichladdich to the fore front of whisky world wide. I wont go on to long, but his attitude is mirrored by his staff and from front to back every person I encountered was genuinely interested in making sure that my experience was full. From marketing, to distribution, barrel filling, ...
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 ...
A beautiful Sunday on the Isle of Iona
... with a guitarist. I especially liked their improvisation on the Irish hymn "Slane" during the distribution of communion.
Outside the Abbey we admired St. Martin's Cross, which very much resembled the one we had seen at Kildalton, on Islay.
We took a long walk to the north end of the island, where we found white sand ...
The Isle of Mull: mainly to see Duart Castle
From the map, it looked like it would be a short 15 minute ferry across from Oban to Mull, but it was a 45 minute ride. Still the scenery was lovely, despite the wind.
On board, raising money for their school was a bagpipes and drums high school band; providing us with some authentic and pleasant music during the trip.
A bus took us to Duart Castle. This ...