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Bruichladdich: Old and New

Posted on September 26, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

There is something intriguing about the Bruichladdich, distillery buildings that is hidden by the customary white paint. According to Andrew

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Wine Casks

Posted on September 25, 2014February 14, 2017 by David

Although we couldn’t go on a tour of the distillery because of  the maintenance work it was not a complete

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Heritage Crops

Posted on September 25, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

I have no  detailed tasting notes for any of the whiskies we sampled at the distillery because I didn’t write

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Last of the Independents

Posted on September 25, 2014February 14, 2017 by David

There is a 1970s film called Charley Varrick where Walter Matthau play a small time crop duster who struggles to

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A Diversion

Posted on September 25, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

On the way to Bunnahabhain we stopped for a lunch at the Port Askaig Hotel made more enjoyable by conversation

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Remote Bunnahabbain

Posted on September 25, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

At the end of a narrow road that goes nowhere else you will find Bunnahabhain. Nowhere in Islay is crowded,

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Ardbeg Conversation

Posted on September 22, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

Ardbeg was one of the first distilleries we visited and also the last; in fact the only one we visited

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Tastes Change

Posted on September 22, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

In the middle of the current boom where distilleries are working to capacity it is easy to forget that the

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No Favourites

Posted on September 22, 2014December 9, 2014 by David

There are more questions I cannot answer than there are stars in the heavens; not only the big ones like: 

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And So It Ends

Posted on September 22, 2014February 15, 2017 by David

So the trip ended – standing on the deck of the ferry, looking back at the waves, looking at the

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