Bruichladdich and Barnacle Geese, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal village with a distillery seen across a sea loch, Barnacle Geese flying past

A view across Loch Indaal to Bruichladdich from Gartbreck in April 2014. The distillery with its warehouses in the centre. Conisby on the hillside towards the right. Some of the last wintering Barnacle Geese flying over Loch Indaal, soon to leave for Greenland.

Bruichladdich casks, Isle of Islay

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Picture of some casks in a warehouseJust a few casks at Bruichladdich distillery. I think empty when I took this picture, but waiting to be filled.

 

Inside the Bruichladdich distillery still house, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a stillman standing between two spirit safes in a whisky distillery still houseA view inside the still house at Bruichladdich distillery. This is an older picture and the view has changed a bit since. While the stills and spirit safes of course haven’t changed the floor has been replaced as well as a few other cosmetic changes.