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Kilchoman Distillery Ready for the Future
Scottish Whisky is booming and the production is on the rise in almost every distillery in Scotland. The rise in production comes from both the new distilleries that have been built, or are opening...
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Taste Islay and Jura Festival
Islay has a new festival to add to the growing number of annual events and this one has a focus on local produce in the widest sense of the word. The Taste Islay and Jura Festival is all about Food,...
View ArticleIslay Ales Relocating and Integrating Whisky & Rum Distillery
This edition in the Ileach: The Islay Boys Ltd., owners of Islay Ales, are planning to relocate the Islay Ales Brewery to Glenegedale into a new building which will also include a craft Whisky &...
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Islay Ferries Maintenance Programme Winter 2020
Monday the 21st of October saw the start of the winter timetable for the Calmac ferries on the Clyde and west coast of Scotland. The wintertime is always the period that ferries get their annual...
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Get Islay Presents for Christmas
The dark days before Christmas are here so now is a good time to start thinking about Christmas presents! Before you rush off to Amazon and the likes you might want to consider doing some of your...
View ArticleSpectacular Sea Eagles Encounter and Photos Islay
I couldn't believe my eyes when I returned home from Ardnave early in the afternoon when I spotted a White Tailed Sea Eagle on top of a Barnacle Goose close to the RSPB Gruinart visitor centre. When we...
View ArticleStarting a New Chapter
After having spent most of our life in the Netherlands, our wee family came to Islay some six years ago to actually live on the island about which I’d been writing so much on my website...
View ArticleBruichladdich to Port Charlotte Footpath
A few weeks ago work has commenced on the long-awaited foot and cycle path between the villages of Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte. This will be a great asset for locals and others visiting the...
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Change of Plans for New Islay Distillery
It has been quiet now for some time re the new planned distillery near Farkin, between Port Ellen and Laphroaig. The first plans for the new Distillery were officially presented in April 2018. Since...
View ArticleIslay Travel Update and Government Advice Covid-19
The entire world has changed in the course of a couple of weeks. Everything what was normal is no longer so due to the Covid-19 pandemic.I can spend a lengthy article on the ins and outs of the virus...
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