What's in a Whisky Festival There are many different types and syles of whisky festival. If you can’t find one to suit you, then perhaps you should return to drinking milk… Glasgow Whisky Festival ~ exactly what it says on the tin. More drams than you can...
A Close Encounter... With Malt Whisky Gold, amber, copper, silk, velvet… some of the words heard frequently at the Islay and Jura Whisky Festival. Eight days, nine malt whisky distilleries, dozens of drams. The Isle of Islay, off the West coast of Scotland,...
Feis Ile - Ardbeg Day Ardbeg Open Day entertained with good music, huge festival bottles of whisky and a great crowd. Manager Mickey Heads and Stillman Neil Philco gave masterclasses where the participants tasted six drams ~Still Young, 10-year-old Cask no 2163...
Feis Ile – Bowmore Day Bowmore Distillery Open Day ~ The day kicked off for Whisky for Girls with a food and whisky pairing masterclass with the great Rachel Barrie, Master Blender at Bowmore. As I hadn’t had time for breakfast, I was, as in the title of...
Feis Ile – Laphroaig Day Laphroaig Distillery Open Day ~ just another day in paradise~ lots of interesting people and a great Festival bottling and that much sunshine we are getting fed up with it now (only joking; we LOVE it!). Columns and columns of people...