What is so special about IWA DIPLOMA week?

FANCY ONE OF THESE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT FOR YOUR WALL??  Click here to Book on the Week of your Life! WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE IWA DIPLOMA COURSE?IWA DIPLOMA week is the Thinking Persons Whisky Course!  It is also the person who enjoys a good laugh and likes...

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014 Tasting Notes

Bruichladdich ISLAY BARLEY 2014 Tasting Notes Monday 19 Aug 2024.  Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2014 Tasting Notes   Misty, damp day in Islay. Not cold. House door open to the weather.   Unpeated. 50 % abv – which is standard Bruichladdich. This higher alcohol...

Feis Ile 2024 Lagavulin & Islay Rum

Feis Ile 2024 Lagavulin & Islay Rum IWA are out and about in Lagavulin on Day 1 of Feis Ile 2024.  Lovely 29 year old Lagavulin purchased by my friend tasted “dram” fine splendid – open ashy smoke, citrus and sour – I loved it!  The 10 YO...

Feis Ile 2024 ~ Opening Celebrations!

Feis Ile 2024 Opening Day Welcome Home! to all who have been here before – and Welcome Home also, to  Islay Whisky Academy arethose who haven’t.  having a different Feis Ile this 2024.  Instead of hosting an IWA Open Day in Portnahaven Hall as we usually...

Ode to the Islay Whisky Academy

An Ode to the Islay Whisky Academy Islay Whisky Academy Kinship Host, Neill Murphy, reflects on a magical Spring Residential Diploma. The Islay Whisky Academy Residential Diploma for Spring 2024 has wrapped. It doesn’t quite seem real. Those six days spent on the...