The Diageo Special Releases launch is always the best event in the calendar. It presents a fabulous opportunity to try some unique, and frankly, very special whiskies from the Diageo stocks. The class of 2015 is superb. It contains all of the usual suspects and mixes in some of the lesser know distilleries in the portfolio. Read on and enjoy some of the finest whiskies of 2015.…
Day three of the Feis is always a highlight. Caol Ila is the destination of choice and this year they put on a fabulous show – and even managed to steal the sun from Bruichladdich. We arrived at the sea front mid-morning and reacquainted ourselves with old friends; David, the manager and some of the tour guides at the distillery. We also bumped into the legendary Colin Dunn who was on fine form and looked after us well throughout the day.…
There probably aren’t enough superlatives to describe today. Not only did I attend a rather fabulous masterclass (more about that on the blog very soon), but I also met up with some friends – new and old- and tried some of the best whisky around.
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So we thought we’d have a bit of fun and blend our own whisky at the end of Colin’s class at the Midlands Whisky Festival. In truth we copied the guy sitting next to us and agreed with him that finishing our drams so early in the day might not be the most sensible idea. We did however consume all of our Port Ellen, leaving our 30ml blend to be a roughy equal part concoction of: Rosebank 21, Port Dundas 25, Caol Ila 12 (unpeated), Johnnie Walker Platinum, Knockando 25 and Lagavulin 12. This would be special!
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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……
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.
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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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