When In Islay

03/06/2024

ROCK‘NDAAL ‘24 🥃🎶

Had an amazing time working at Bruichladdich Open Day 2024 with such a great team! Such a lovely day working behind the bar and managed to catch some of Tide Lines🎶 So excited to start full-time later this month🗓️

This festival has been close to my heart for a long time because I’ve been dancing there from such a young age, very special that my little cousin Chloe is still dancing there 💃

Whisky week is always such a good time of year on Islay 🌞Lucky for me, my best friend Erin never misses a Bruichladdich day. Such a great time for friends and family to visit the island🌊

I’ve been very quiet on here as I’m nearing the end of my college course. I will be continuing this page once college is done so be expecting more whisky and Islay content 🥃📸

22/05/2024

20/05/2024

🥃Whisky of the Week🥃

Lagavulin 16 Year Old

ABV: 43%

Casks: Ex bourbon and finished in ex sherry casks

PPM: 35

Matured for at least 16 years

It has a lovely deep amber gold colour. This is a very rich dram with a good balance of sea salt tones and fruity sweetness. The finish is long and spicy giving nice tones of peat smoke and vanilla to finish.

It’s said that adding some room temperature water can help bring out hidden aromas and flavours as-well as making it more mellow and easy to drink.

Lagavulin day is this Saturday and I’m sure they have a great day planned for all those who can make it!

Photo credit to .barley.b 📸📸

13/05/2024

🥃Whisky of the Week🥃

Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie

ABV: 50%

Unpeated

Non chill filtered, minimum age is dependent to the individual recipe

Barley Provenance: 100% Scottish barley; mainland, Islay and organically grown

Every year they allow the provenance of their barley shape their spirit and an ever-increasing range of casks are sourced to evolve the variety of flavours in their warehouse. So that means every batch of The Classic Laddie will be unique.

If you have a bottle of The Classic Laddie in the house and are interested to see the recipe just enter the 5 digit code from the bottle here:

https://uk.bruichladdich.com/products/bruichladdich-the-classic-laddie -your-recipe-section

This dram has the right balance of oak and grain with some fruity notes along with brown sugar and sweet malt. A great dram, excellent for whisky drinkers that want to enjoy an unpeated Islay Dram.

I recently popped into and had a whisky highball with The Classic Laddie and thoroughly enjoyed! I highly recommend if anyone’s in the Glasgow area.

The Classic Laddie has been matured entirely on Islay. Bottled using Islay spring water.

I’m really pleased to say that I’m starting a position at Bruichladdich Distillery as the Junior Brand Ambassador! I’m so exited and grateful for this amazing opportunity to work with a great company and an amazing team.🥃

So once college is done in June expect to see more Bruichladdich content 😆

08/05/2024

Machir Bay

2km of Sand to walk across🌊Located on the Rhinns of Islay 📍

Great walk no matter what the weather. Sand dunes are great fun for the kids. On a cold day I highly recommend stopping in at Kilchoman distillery as they do a great hot chocolate and it's only a 6 minute drive from the beach. if your not the driver Kilchoman also have a dram named after the beach 🥃

🚘Parking🚘
There is a parking area at the end of the track. Advise driving slowly down the track (beware of potholes👀)

🥾Footwear🥾
Any shoes you don't mind getting Sandy (I would personally wear wellies)

If your wanting a longer version of this walk please have a look on

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/scotland/argyll-and-bute/machir-bay

❗️Warning❗️
Do not swim in the sea here

🌊🏝️🥾🗺️⛴️

07/05/2024

🥃Whisky of the Week🥃

Ardbeg An Oa

ABV: 46.6 %

Casks: Pedro Ximenez, Virgin charred oak and Ex-bourbon

55 PPM

Non aged statement and non chill filtered

An Oa is named after the peninsula (the Oa) on Islay. The dram itself is nice and rounded like the Oa.

An Oa has a good balance of smoothness, sweetness and smokiness. When I drink it I get a treacle coffee flavour with a mix of spices and a lovely gentle subtle smoke for the finish.

If you’re trying to introduce yourself to peaty whisky’s I really recommend this dram. Although it’s 55ppm I believe the Pedro Ximénez sherry casks that they use brings a lot of sweetness to the dram which can make the smoke more subtle.

I actually worked at Ardbeg distillery for 2 seasons. 1 season as a visitor centre assistant/waitress and the second as a tour guide. (The third photo was from ‘23 Ardbeg day)

Don’t worry my whisky journey didn’t end there… I’m really exited to share with you all soon my new role within the whisky industry with next weeks dram of the week post 🥃

07/05/2024

🥾🌊Walk of the Week🥾🌊

This will be a weekly post about walks I recommend around the Island and pictures of the location and where they are on the map to make sure you don’t get lost when looking for them!

Keep an eye out every Wednesday at 9am👀👀

07/05/2024

🥃🥃Whisky of the Week🥃🥃

Of course I have to do a weekly post about whisky!

Every week I will post a different dram with some tasting notes to go along with it 📝🥃

Hopefully beginners and experienced whisky drinkers can enjoy the content

From next week whisky posts will be posted at 5pm on Mondays! So keep an eye out👀👀

07/05/2024

When In Islay 🌊⛴️🥃🐑🏝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗻

I’m currently a marketing student at City of Glasgow College and my content development unit requires me to make a website and linking social media’s.

For the course I have to post twice a week so I hope you enjoy the future content! 📸