Wednesday 27th May 2009 and we move onto day five of the Islay Malt and Music Festival, and there are now four for breakfast, Jim, Jacqueline Iain and our latest arrival Nicola. The morning got off to a humerous start where Nicola (Jim’s daughter) decided to put his left over Whisky from the night [...]

It commenced on Saturday 23rd May, our suitcases and bags were packed, the boxes of food stuff and the case of wine together with Jim’s two bottles of after dinner and nightcap Whisky (bottle of Bruichladdich Rocks and a litre of Dewar’s 12 year old Special Reserve blended Scotch). Not to be out done Jacqueline [...]

Bruichladdich Rocks

Bruichladdich Distillery on the Atlantic Island of Islay is where master distiller Jim McEwan created this wonderful dram, as the name suggests Rocks have something to do with this Whisky.
The purest of pure Islay water was filtered through rocks that are 1800 million years old (give or take a week or two) and it [...]