Feis Ile 2024 ~ Laphroaig & Port Ellen Another fantastic day at Feis Ile 2024. Who are we to let a raindrop stop play! Great set up at Laphroaig, lots of local stalls, food and fun and drams. Reely Jiggered were excellent – both at singing and empowering the...
A Trip to Aberfeldy Islay Whisky Academy Kinship Host, Neill Murphy, reflects on a visit to Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery in Highland Perthshire. Scotch whisky is at its finest when it reflects something of the place it comes from. The landscape, the climate, the...
Tasting Notes - Caol Ila Moch 8 – 10 Years Old All refill casks Around 38 PPM – parts per million phenol – how we quantify the peaty flavour of the whisky. 43% abv ~ alcohol by volume. How strong the whisky is – 43 % is not that strong, in...
Islay Whisky Academy Walks The Camino De Santiago The Islay Whisky Academy is going on an epic whisky journey through Northern Spain and will be away for 5 weeks (9th July to 14th August). Walking from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela, the journey will...
Cork or Screw Top? Plastic and screw cap are only used and considered because they are cheaper. Not at all because they are better. Cork forests support wild life, a way of living and a traditional industry. There are different types of cork stoppers made ~...
