May 27th 2002
Even though the mornings events were at Caol Ila (including the launch of the new 12yo , 18yo and Caskstrength bottlings ) ,we decided to give this one a miss and instead headed over to Ardbeg to pick up our Festival bottling , have a bite to eat and say hello to Jackie (Thomson ).In the Afternoon we headed to Port Ellen Maltings for a tour with the Maltings manager ,John Thompson .
Port Ellen Malt Kiln
I would recommend a tour of this place to anyone who goes to Islay ,its an interesting insight into something a lot of people don't get to see .The No.1 bottle of the 25th anniversary bottling in Johns' office had Alan (port-alan) Robinson drooling at the lips Mmm...Port Ellen!!. During the tour we were also treated to a Venison burger done over a peat Bar-b-que , great stuff. At the end they had a table where you could compare supply water , new spirit and the finished product from all the Islay Distilleries (and Jura ,look but no tastes).
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