No whisky enthusiast needs to be told about Islay, the island that is so steeped in our favourite spirit that it seems to run in the very blood of the inhabitants. Equally we are all aware of the sad fate of many of Scotland’s famous old distilleries; mothballed or closed forever due to the boom [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bruichladdich’
Whisky Dreams – book review
May 12th, 2008 
Bill 
Posted in islay whisky, whisky, whisky review 
Tags: book review, Bruichladdich, islaly whisky 
1 Comment »Changing tastes, changing malts
January 28th, 2008 Bill Just as a good whisky matures over the years so do our taste buds. My first experiences of single malts were at the age of 18, and thinking back to the types that I enjoyed then they were vastly different to those that I now favour. Back then I appreciated smoothness; the soft, sometimes almost [...]
Posted in whisky Tags: Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Laphroaig, Talisker No Comments »