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Day 1: Today was a 7am start, but arriving in the line-up for the ferry we’re by no means the earliest start of the day. Standing next to our car was a group of gents from Falkirk who are extremely well versed with the Island and the Feis Ile.  Like most people heading to the [...]

May 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Islay, Whisky, feis ile

Wow, this year is flying by! It’s just over a week until Neil & Joel from Caskstrength.net and myself set off on our drive from London to Islay. In preparation I’ve put together my top trumps of Islay whisky. Something that proved to be a difficult task as they are all fantastic drams! In true [...]

May 12th, 2010 | Filed under Scotch, Single cask, Single malt, Whisky

Meeting groups of whisky enthusiast is always great. What’s better is when they invite you to join them for a monthly tasting session under the banner of the Whisky Squad! Started in April 2010 (so a very new group) we meet every first Thursday at a small friendly pub, The Gunmakers. This month we sampled [...]

May 6th, 2010 | Filed under Scotch, The Whisky Squad