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A picture taken at night on Islay

Filling samples at a Bruichladdich warehouse tasting, Isle of Islay

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Picture of filling small sample bottles with a valinch from a cask
Filling samples at a Bruichladdich warehouse tasting, Isle of Islay

In November 2022 I was able to do something I had long wanted to do, a warehouse tasting at Bruichladdich distillery on the Rhinns of Islay. Among other reasons that I was staying in Port Charlotte, allowing me to walk to and from the distillery along the Loch Indaal coastal path (although for the return leg a kind member of the distillery staff gave me a lift by car, for which I was very grateful). At the end of the tasting we were able to fill our sample bottles with a proper valinch directly from the cask. I’m not sure which cask I was filling from here, most likely a Port Charlotte from a wine cask.

After the tasting we went over to the visitor centre where I also filled a valinch bottle.

Ferry top deck on a November afternoon crossing to Islay

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Panoramic picture of the top deck of a ferry under some dark clouds
Ferry top deck on a November afternoon crossing to Islay

A November afternoon crossing to Islay on the MV Finlaggan, a panoramic view over the top deck with the funnels, the outside seating and the rescue crafts.

Port Ellen pier and harbour at night, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small pier with a harbour at night, a cargo vessel berthed at the pier
Port Ellen pier and harbour at night, Isle of Islay

A view from the arriving Islay ferry on a November early evening in Port Ellen. The pier with the “barley boat” berthed on the left side, some of the houses around the loch in the background.