Ardnahoe Society Bottling 2024

@ardnahoe Distillery have released their first Society Bottling - sign up for free on their website and you're a member!

Their first exclusive is a PX / Oloroso Quarter Cask mix!

#BTC43 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 43rd #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by John @jwbassman_

Ardnahoe Inaugural Release

@ardnahoe Distillery is the 9th distillery on Islay, we visited a couple of years ago, they were distilling but hadn't released anything yet.

This month they released their Inaugural - a 5 year old!

Islay - Branded Glencairns

As well as distillery tours, warehouse tastings, meetings friends old and new and buying whisky there's one more thing you need to do on a whisky road trip...

Buy branded @GlencairnGlass glasses!

Islay - Other distilleries

As well as the four main warehouse tastings we also visited Caol Ila, @Ardnahoe, @LagavulinWhisky, @Ardbeg and Port Ellen.

Where we took the obligatory photos!

Whisky 'machinery' - the Washback

Continuing the series looking at some of the 'machinery' used in a distillery to create whisky - this time the Washback or fermenting vessel.

I've covered the basic process of creating whisky here, but I'm going to explore the machinery a little more in this series.

Whisky 'machinery' - the Malt Mill

A new series looking at some of the 'machinery' used in a distillery to create whisky - this time the Malt Mill.

Glen Moray's Porteus Malt Mill

I've covered the basic process of creating whisky here, but I'm going to explore the machinery a little more in this series.