Only been to Islay once (to date) and that was a pierhead jump to babysit a tracking range, so no distillery visits.
The Caol Ila is no bad as well, a pleasant vista as you pass up the Sound of Islay; although the rest of the West Coast is hard to fault from seaward. My pick from Springbank is the (peaty) Longrow. Martin -----Original Message----- From: Harald Arnesen via cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 October 2025 19:12 To: Martin Bishop via cctalk <[email protected]> Cc: Harald Arnesen <[email protected]> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Waaaay OT: Re: Re: Classic computing - earliest years Martin Bishop via cctalk [2025-10-18 15:16:00]: > Islay is only in the Hebrides on questionable maps, they stopped at Mull when > I was a skuleboy, and Islay has many excellent distileries - if you care for > peaty malt. Cambelltown, at the foot of the Kintyre peninsula, equally > merits mention. And then there are all the East Coast distileries Glen > Morangie, Glenlivett and all its chums clustered around the Spey - quite > different from the West Coast malts. I assume you know more about Islay than I do. I have visited the island twice. Many of my favourites come from that island - Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg, I have walked to all three from Port Ellen. As for Campbelltown, Springbank is also one of my all-time favourites. -- Hilsen Harald the Viking
