Laddie day! Our first full day at the festival , got there about 10am , first priority pick up the bottles i'd ordered through Chrissy (A 1986 Country Life and the 1972 Valinch ). Then went and got the new valinch for the festival ,the 8.26 1983 which you filled yourself.We then had a tour of the Distillery with the Managing Director Mark Reynier ,very good it was too , another thoroughly nice person at Bruichladdich . After much drammin' , a bite to eat and lots of home grown entertainment (strange seeing Brian from the Ileach in a kilt in the Islay Pipe Band,does this mans talents know no bounds!), we headed off to Bruichladdich Hall for Jim McEwans Tasting . Here the great man himself guided us through a tasting which included New spirit Port Charlotte , A 1970 Laddie and a 1986 Sherry Laddie . It went very well even with the removal of a rather drunken participant . We returned to the hotel after this for a bit of food and a few more drams.