Feis Ile

When Magnus Eunson set up his illegal still on Orkney in 1798, the gaugers in the village of Kirkwall were a safe distance away. Graham… Read More

April 2, 2013 – Laphroaig is releasing the second in a three-part series of Islay malts exclusively for the travel retail market. Laphroaig QA is… Read More

1964 was an iconic year at Scotland’s Bowmore Distillery, though that fact wouldn’t be known for decades. The casks laid down that year produced the… Read More

This is a big weekend on Islay, and not only because it’s the first weekend of the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Bruichladdich is… Read More

In the final episode of 2010, we’ll take a look back at some of the year’s more memorable moments. In the news, Tuthilltown Spirits founder… Read More

The Port Ellen Maltings supplies malt for many of Islay’s distilleries, and I’ll wrap up the special series of Feis Ile episodes from Islay with… Read More

Ardbeg has the final distillery day of the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music, and even though there wasn’t a full-size roller coaster on… Read More

The road to Bunnahabhain Distillery is four miles long, and full of twists and turns. The views are stunning, though…and the whisky’s pretty good, too.… Read More

This is the first of two episodes today from the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Kilchoman is Islay’s first new distillery in more than… Read More

Laphroaig is one of those whiskies that you’re either going to love or loathe…with no middle ground. Today is Laphroaig’s day at the Islay Festival… Read More

Caol Ila Distillery may have the most beautiful setting of any of Islay’s distilleries. It sits on the Sound of Islay directly across from the… Read More

Day two of the Islay Festival of Malt and Music is Bruichladdich’s turn to shine, and the sun was shining once again as Ileachs and… Read More