Kategori: The trip to Islay 2010

Whiskybloggen: Craftman´s tour at Bowmore distillery

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R0-SsMiXKM The last day on Islay was absolutely fantastic. ”- This tour can take an hour or it can take four hours. It all depends on yourselves” Our tour took 4 ½ hours including the test down in vault no1. Then we got try the whole range of the bar with the words, ”-But we …

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Whiskybloggen: Sightseeing Portnahaven & Port Charlotte on Islay

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LJcbvPsuM Thanks to two Germans, so could we get down to Portnahaven and on the way home stop in Port Charlotte. It turned out that all the buses were canceled that day because celebrations and the gathering of any kind.

Whiskybloggen: Our visit at Caol Ila

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_see0761oI Thanks to the bus driver Jeff, who drove back when I had forgotten the camera on the bus. Also a big thanks to lovely Linsay at Caol Ila, who gave us a great tasting and an unforgettable experience. We came for the whisky, but it was the people and the magnificent landscape that made …

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Whiskybloggen : The road to Kilchoman – The movie

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExTUNWlhA_Q Här kommer några videoklipp på cykelturen till Kilchoman. Av olika anledningar finns det inga bilder på cykelturen hem.

Whiskybloggen : The trail to Kilchoman

Äntligen framme Den här dagens bravader pratades det om i Bowmore. Två svenskar hyrde cyklar för att ta sig de två milen till öns nyaste destilleri. Vägen såg enkel ut på kartan. Vi borde anat ugglor i mossen redan vid frukosten när vi berättade för vår värd Fergus på AnCuan av vi skulle ta oss …

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Whiskybloggen : Our visit at Laphroaig

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NDObfwYYYc The evening before we went to the White Hart Hotell and tasted an Octomore and it was very peated. This day was our last day in Port Ellen. We walked to Laphraoig in the morning. The weather was lovely until we arrived to the distillery. Then came the drops of rain and lasted for …

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Whiskybloggen: Our visit at Lagavulin

We leave Ardbeg walking up the hills and then down to Lagavulin. On the way we meet other whisky lovers on the road to Ardbeg. It is a fantastic landscape and sometimes take our breath away. When we arrived at Lagavulin, we have plenty of time before the tour. We were as usual very well …

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Whiskybloggen : Lord of the Isles at the shop

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofu5OpS9lpE We were lucky to get a taste of a Lord of the Isles after the tour at Ardbeg

Whiskybloggen : The spirit safe at Ardbeg Distillery

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Whiskybloggen : Our visit at Ardbeg Distillery

Det startade med en frukost jag berättade om i förra bloggen. Sedan tog Lynn oss med på en biltur mot Ardbeg. På smala och krokiga vägar bar det iväg. Men vilken natur och vilka vyer över strandremsan. När vi kommer fram till Ardbeg är det någon timme innan öppning och rundturen. Vi filmar och plåtar …

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