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Islay – The whisky island
Islay, located off the west coast of Scotland. famous for its smoky whisky and is home to many famous single malt distilleries.
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Distillery Visit | Lagavulin
We visit the dramatic Lagavulin Distillery on the island famous for its production of smoky peaty whisky, Islay in Scotland.
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Review | Bunnahabhain 40 Years Old Journey of Discovery
Bunnahabhain released their oldest ever expression of Islay single malt scotch whisky at the end of 2012 – 40 years old Journey of Discovery.
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Review | Finlaggan Old Reserve
Finlaggan Old Reserve is a smoky Islay single malt whisky that is bottled and released by the Vintage Malt Whisky Company.
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Review | Ardbeg Alligator
Ardbeg Alligator has been matured in heavily charred American oak casks. This is called an ‘alligator char’, hence the name of the whisky.
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Review | Laphroaig Triple Wood
The Laphroaig Triple Wood Triple Wood has been matured in three different types of cask – ex-bourbon, ex-Oloroso sherry, and one quarter cask.
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Review | Laphroaig Quarter Casks
The Quarter Casks single malt is a whisky from the Laphroaig distillery matured in casks quarter of the size of a regular ex-bourbon casks.
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Review | Bunnahabhain Toiteach
This Bunnahabhain Toiteach (meaning ‘smoky’ in Gaelic and pronounced as toc-chach) is a new limited edition exception to this rule. It is made with heavily peated malt.
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Review | Laphroaig 18 Years Old
The 18 years old, matured in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels, is the oldest bottling in the core range from Islay distillery Laphroaig.
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Review | Lagavulin 16 Years Old
This 16 years old forms part of the ‘Classic Malts’ series showing each Scottish whisky production region. Lagavulin is the representative for Islay.
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