Feis Ile 2015
Feis Ile agus Dhiura 2015 ~the busiest we have seen yet! We had extra open days & nights and millions of Events ~ Friday ~ SMWS Open Day at Islay House ~ with two new Festival bottles....... one from SMWS and one from Islay House And the first time meeting a great...
read more#BWSA ~ Cheese Making & Whisky Making are the same (sort of….)
Searching in the rain for Sgriob-ruadh Farm, Home of Isle of Mull Cheese, I took a lift from Chris, who turns out to be the owner of the place. They make Whisky Cheese, amongst others, and a more natural, harmonious pairing one is hard pushed to find. This place is...
read morePortrait Of A Whisky Lover
What makes someone who has never been to Islay, far less to Bruichladdich, get themselves a Bruichladdich tattoo? Derek Mather of Artisan Restaurant in Wishaw is the very man to ask. DEREK MATHER ~ whisky lover from Old Kilpatrick, living in Carstairs ~ but, not in...
read moreWhisky Is Liquid Music
Malt is Music Listening to recordings of Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine born, Israeli pianist and conductor giving the Reith Lectures in 2006, I was reminded of how classical music and whisky resemble one another, both in their construction and in our relationship...
read moreTerroir ~ in Gaelic, is Anam an Fhearainn ~ Soul of the Land
TERROIR : of the land Anyone who thinks there is no such thing as terroir misses understanding themselves and our world. Barley, water, peat, yeast, copper, people ~all come from the land. In making whisky ~ everything is provided by the earth, by nature herself ~...
read moreFirst Whisky & Rum Festival in Graz, Austria
Whisky for Girls (& Guys!) island whisky tasting ~ On Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 October 2013, Graz city in Austria was host to the first Whisky & Rum Festival. Presented by Dr. Bottle Scaria with assistance from The Islay Whisky Chapter Austriaand various...
read moreDrink Whisky, Speak Gaelic
UISGE BEATHA ~ water of life ~ whisky ********** Cuibhle Blaise or Cuibhle Bhlas ~FLAVOUR WHEEL duilleagach ~LEAFY flranach ~FLORAL measach ~FRUITY cbhraidh ~FRAGRANT leathair ~LEATHERY mar thombaca ~TOBACCO toit - fhiodha ~WOOD-SMOKE ioc-shlinteach ~MEDICINAL...
read moreStill Games from Bruichladdich
When Whisky for Girls (& Guys!) saw the new Valinch from Bruichladdich, we knew we had to get a bottle...... As usual the Bruichladdich Team are on good witty form with this offering ~ Still Game is a Scottish Television show which is extremely funny...
read moreIslay Drams Avert War……
ISLAY DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN David Cameron was in Downing St, when his phone rang. Hello prime minister, a heavily accented Islay voice said, this is Lucci speaking over here in the Bowmore bar, Islay, we are sick of high petrol prices, food prices, and I do not like...
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