Bowmore Bottle Your Own Oloroso Sherry Butt [55.5%]
Nose: Fruity, Christmas cake, peat smoke, very well balanced
Palate: Sweet, smokey, raisins, treacle, steak, spices
Finish: Very long, exceptional
Bowmore Bottle Your Own Oloroso Sherry Butt [55.5%]
Nose: Fruity, Christmas cake, peat smoke, very well balanced
Palate: Sweet, smokey, raisins, treacle, steak, spices
Finish: Very long, exceptional
The Midlands Whisky Festival held at the historic Stourbridge Town Hall offered a gem of a masterclass! Diageo (20 years + Special Releases). Of course, we had to go……
Feis Ile 2012 was brilliant – amazing weather, whisky and company. We thought we’d do another Roleur inspired page and show off some of the photographic highlights of the week.
The Kildalton Cross
We were greeted by even more sun on Monday – the third day in a row – so we donned our shorts and best summer wear and headed down to Port Askaig to visit Caol Ila. Recently reopened to the public after a 6 month closure, Caol Ila is a juxtaposition of a stunning setting looking over the paps of Jura with a rather disappointing looking 1970’s building. Still we’d come here to sample the whisky, not to marvel at its architecture and that’s what we did.
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Sunday is all about Bruichladdich. We woke up with the sun shining and full of expectation. It was the 12th year in a row that it hasn’t rained on Bruichladdich Day and we were ready to go.
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What a start to the festival. Up at 05:00 to leave on the 07:00 sailing from Kennacraig. The air was still, the sea calm and the sun shining – 20 degrees at about 08:00. It was a promising start to the event.
A quick post just to highlight another side of our blog! Jon’s a keen photographer and responsible for the majority of images on the site, but Mike is great artist and drew the picture you see above. It’s a scene that greats you as you step off the ferry at Port Ellen and presents one of the first difficult choices that you make when you’re on Islay – which way to go!
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