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Islay’s, Caol Ila Distillery gets a £3.5 million upgrade by Diageo

By Jim • Apr 4th, 2011 • Category: News and Press Releases

Caol Ila is the islands largest distillery and sits on the Sound of Islay.
This upgrade will result in a six month programme beginning in June and finishing by the year end.
This 1846 founded distillery produces almost 6 million litres of Scotch and the upgrade will increase production by almost another 700,000 litres.
The replacing and [...]



Islay Malt & Music Festival 2009 - Day 3

By Jim • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Whisky Festivals & Events

It is now Monday 25th May and we are sitting around the breakfast table, Jim, Jacqueline and our guest Iain. We decided to have a slightly later breakfast and munched on cereal and toast with lashings of tea and coffee, a hearty start to the day.
We checked the festival programme and decided to make our [...]