Well here we are, we have arrived on this wonderful tranquil island that is Islay. We cannot encourage you guys enough to make a trip and drink in the beauty (and at this point I am not referring to drams - but that is another story) and purity of this wonderful place.
We have never [...]

Like most things we approach we all have our different techniques. For me one of the most difficult things is to purchase a  gift of Malt Whisky for someone that I don’t know what their preferences are.
With wine I usually buy the case by the grape, I know for my palate I like the dry, [...]

Well folks, I am not sure what your traditions are, but thought I would take the time to share with what I have planned for Christmas Eve this year (Jim doesn’t know yet).

Well, well well - how good was our day at Auchentoshan Distillery.
Whisky Boy Jim received an invite from Laura Duncan to attend the Auchentoshan Festival. Unfortunately Whisky Boy Dougie and the lovely Catherine were off on an alternative visit to Bladnoch (for Bladnoch’s Folk and Jazz 3 day festival) so couldn’t come along, but Jim managed [...]

Islay Malt Whisky and Music Festival (now only 9 sleeps and 6 working days to go)
Nine sleeps and 6 working days until we are off to Islay. The Islay magic has started to work on me already. I was driving to work the other day and had a sense of calm, the thoughts that I [...]

It’s a Thursday, nothing unusual in that, except it is a beautiful day, in Scotland that is really the exception ! As said, it is a truly gorgeous day and I just had to get out for a while in my lunch hour. I don’t know if I have mentioned, but I work in [...]

Whisky Boy’s Challenge
I have decided that it is about time that I threw the gauntlet down and I am making a request that the Whisky Boys find me something Whiskyish for my garden. Now I am not talking about a couple of old empty bottles, discarded corks or even some half casks. There [...]

The last six months have been very difficult for both Jim and I as we have both said goodbye to our only remaining parent. My final goodbye to my mother was the scattering of her ashes in Co Donegal in a place called Rathmullan (where my grandfather was from).
When my mother died I requested [...]

They say that little boys are made from Frogs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails. Well when God made Sean Connery he just used the Puppy Dog Tails (only the beautiful ones). Equally over the years I have encountered many boys that have just comprised of the Frogs and Snails end of the market not to [...]

I don’t know if all you girls agree, but I have always been strongly of the opinion that women have greater “taste” that men, so perhaps it is no surprise that the number of women enjoying Whisky is on the increase.
The experts have suggested that there is a whole new generation of female drinkers who [...]