Ardencaple Hotel

49 Gareloch Road, Helensburgh, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland, G84 8LA, United Kingdom | Inn

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Second half of today

A travel blog entry by dustintherrien

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... 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

A travel blog entry by dustintherrien

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... 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

A travel blog entry by dustintherrien

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... 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 ...

Last Day on Islay

A travel blog entry by keralajs

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You can tell before you even enter the Bruichladdich distillery that this tour will be the funniest: note the boots sticking out of the top of the still in their road display. Most of the Islay distilleries have now been taken over by foreign conglomerates, but this one is owned by a sole Frenchman, who has the freedom to express his whimsy. Our tour guide was witty as well.


Here we got our best ...

Ardbeg!

A travel blog entry by keralajs

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... br> Just up the road from Ardbeg lies one of the most notable sites on Islay, the ruins of the Kildalton church, with its 8th-century cross. It was amazing to see this medieval treasure, which would grace any art museum in the world, standing outside in this simple, out-of-the-way churchyard. It is said to have been inspired by the ...

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This inn, located on 49 Gareloch Road, Helensburgh, is near Ardbeg Distillery, Isle of Staffa, Kinloch Castle, and Museum of Islay Life.
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