The story behind this ringtone goes back to the Feis Ile on Islay in May of 2010. I was at Caol Ila Distillery when a little girl came up to me and said “My Daddy wants you to have this.”  3-year-old Chloe Kelbie dances to the tune of a piper at Caol Ila's open day during the 2010 Islay Festival.

Inside was a bag of homemade Scottish tablet that Peter Kelbie and his family had made, and after talking with them, it turned out that 3-year-old Chloe Kelbie had already learned the names of all of the distilleries on Islay, starting with Peter’s favorite — Ardbeg. Needless to say, I recorded Chloe reciting the names and ran it on that day’s episode during the Festival.

Chloe was a hit with our listeners, and we ended the series of special Feis Ile episodes with Chloe singing “On the Banks of Loch Lomond.”

A few weeks later, I got an email from Tom Ollieuz, one of our listeners in Belgium. Tom had turned Chloe’s recitation into a ringtone, and wanted to share it with our listeners. After getting permission from Peter and his wife Karen, I decided to post it here on the WhiskyCast web site.

http://whiskycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ringtone-short-whisky-mp3.mp3

Chloe’s probably old enough now that this is truly embarrassing…but I’m sure her parents will be able to use it as blackmail material one day.