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Another Day....Another Islay Whisky Festival.... |
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Well here we are again at the 7th annual Whisky Festival , our 5th in a row ! This year we are residing in the "Deep South" , Port Ellen , In a cottage in the grounds of the Former distillery managers house , just a stone throw away from The Maltings (Smell that Peat !!!!) . After an early start (4.30am) and the disappointment of not getting on the meal again (how about a fairer way of assigning the tickets Ardbeg ? E-mail lottery ? Just so people not already on the island on the Saturday morning have an equal chance .) we settled down , had a lovely indian takeaway from the local restaurant ,a bit rest then hit Ardbeg for the midnight tour !
As usual Jackie had put a new twist on the tour , a murder mystery in the Malt Barn ! Best way to describe it is "Cluedo on Ardbeg " , Loads of fun , lots of stories and seeing bits of the distillery you never get to see ( Trivia question - do you know where the Barley steeps are in the Old kiln Building ? ) . Had a try of a great 1975 Fino Beg (cask 4715) , there were only 6 1975's left , 3 are no good for single cask bottlings , 1 has been done for this years festival (4717 ) so if you've paid the £299 for it you've got one of the last ones.....
Stuart was on fine form as usual on the tour. So now onto 2 competitions i shall be running this week , even though i think we've got a winner in one (or both depending how you look at it !) ....... Unbelievable Question of the day ! Winner ...Heard on the 1pm ferry asked by a German " so where will i find some accommodation on islay during the festival ?"...... Runner up .....On the midnight tour "Stuart the door below the Old Ardbeg sign , when we first came in 1998 it was Red , the last time we were here it was green , now it's not there , where's it gone ?" . (My apologies to the people involved it's just a bit of fun.....). Malt of the day ! The 1975 Cask 4715 Ardbeg |
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