Seeing we've done both Caol Ila and the Maltings in the past we decided to skip these this year and had a leisurely day . So we got the bus down to Ardbeg and had our lunch in The Old Kiln Cafe , a gorgeous Islay Steak and Ale Pie , it also gave me the chance not to worry about my drinks consumption while driving (especially with a strong police presence on the Isle during the festival) . Got to try the festival Bottling as well , which is a very good Ardbeg but not worth £300 IMHO !

At the night time we went along to the whisky tasting ceilidh , our first one after 5 visits , we took part in the Tasting competition and failed miserably ! It's very hard to do , seeing you can't see what colour they are due to the blue glasses , basically there are 10 glasses , 8 of which you have to name the malts then 2 new makes you have to identify . We didn't stay for the dancing as we got talked into going to the White Hart by Stuart and Ian Gray (easily lead.....) , but we thoroughly enjoyed the night .

Malt of the day - Toss up between the Oogling and the 1975 cask 4717 (on price the Oogling.......)