The Islay Whisky Academy

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Neil M Gunn

Cool cask stave and hoop stools in the # Lagavulin Malt Mill bar. Whisky's not bad either... #Slàinte! . #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #Islay #IslayMalt #Scotch #Scotland (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bms-v5sA2K9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1db82wbmzlfl1

Testing out my Norlan glass courtesy of Mr Mc Ewan. Feel it would be more fitting with my Blade Runner The Directors cut in the glass.... #futuristicwhiskydrinking Slainte! Enjoy your Saturday night. . . #JimMcEwan #Norlan #Laphroaig #Lore #DirectorsCut #JohnnieWalker #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyAcademy #IslayWhiskyConnection #ScotchTalk (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmoN1N9gdSp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o6nrarsm43wo

Saturday Stills.... I LOVE stills...they are like people in all their different shapes, sizes and abilities. Here are a variety for you from Islay & beyond - a Ile agus air astar - Who knows which are which...? #Jura #Ardnamurchan #AbhainnDearg #Laphroaig #Tobermory #OldPortEllen #Bowmore #Auchentoshan #Wolfburn Happy Saturday. . . #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyAcademy #IslayWhiskyConnection #ScotchTalk #Alchemy #Copper #Islay #Stills #distilling #FreeScotland (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmnjBW5gTW1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ed6wdqnt81o8

Friday Find!! Cant believe what I found at the back of the cupboard.... Ardbeg SUPERNOVA Committee Release 2015 54.3% abv. Looks magical - the wee Witches seem pleased with this one....! Here's to a great weekend! . #slàinte #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #Ardbeg #IslayMalt #IslayDistilleries #Scotland #Islay #supernova (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmk7h2YguU3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cx06cbyjfqys

Porridge is a metaphor for life.... It depends how you make it...and how you eat it. So..I make it with half milk half water and salt. Strong flavour - not too thin and gruel like if made only with water, and not too sticky - when made with only milk. And it needs salt to leven it, otherwise no contrast so it is too bland. But when it's formed...I like double cream, fruit, nuts, sugar and whisky as adornments... Life is for living, to enjoy and experience, to indulge, and to be generous...to ones self and to others. So...today we have PORRIDGE PHILOSOPHY - with a dash of Whisky.... #slàinte! . #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #porridge #SingleMalt #Islay #Scotland #IslayMalt (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmiem2-g7yO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jgvejhj8b8kw

A wee Taste of Islay at #CaolIla #Distillery. (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmf1VnSAwO0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1simf10du1v5y

A quick progression of barley growing for #Kilchoman #100%Islay - field..malted...bottle..glass! . #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyConnection #ScotchTalk (at Kilchoman, Argyll And Bute, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmZZq70gV3H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1icyg35z6cio

I was delighted to meet Paul Kavanaugh 'The wee ginger dug' whilst doing the hospitality for the SNP & Scottish Freedom Tent at the Islay Jura & Colonsay Agricultural Show yesterday. #Slaintenah-Alba #BonnieScotland (at Islay) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmTXUcAgsaI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17j3vv3puz9dc

This tumbled little jumble might not appear much on first glance...BUT...what we have here is the generosity of my friends in various Islay distilleries. First off we have a 30 YO #CaolIla...30 YO?? ! THANK YOU! - bloomin lovely...thin and intellectual..not what I expected. Next up we have #Ardbeg #Perpetuum...because I said to one of the great tour guides- 'I can't remember what it tastes like'- and Santa appeared with a wee dram.... Then we have a lovely Caol Ila Feis bottle from years back.... A wee Uigeadail and a fantastic #Bunnahabhain Brandy finish. Then a 11 YO Muscat wine finish... and tonight I am tasting them all... and saying #SLÀINTE! to all the great distillery workers. Sometimes we are too busy to have proper blethers...but I appreciate you all. Here's to Islay' s great distillery workers- the talkers- because...if you didn't talk about it...no one would know what the workers were making! XXXX 😍 (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmPB_5YA15X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xt2962xhaacd

Clermont Springs and Jim Beam brands Bourbon Whiskey casks, also "sherry" casks at #Bunnahabhain today. Also the proverbial pirate ship....and a beautifully festive trailer! It's all there at one of my favourite distilleries.... . #Slàinte! #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk #pirates #whiskycasks #IslayMalts #BonnieScotland (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmOmONsgK1Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3kfw065aq5hy

Find your way to Islay. Drink some whisky.... . #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #TalkScotch #Islay #Scotland #QualityMalts (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmMm7JugquC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d9m3bs5ibsws

ISLAY WHISKY ACADEMY Email: [email protected] to book your place. Diploma Course: 5 Day Residential 22 - 26 October 2018 (inclusive) · Lectures x 5 Mornings · Distillery visits X 5 Afternoons · Transportation from Lecture venue to Distilleries & return X 5 Days · Course Booklet X 1 · Diploma Certificate upon successful completion of course X 1 · Peat Cutting Experience X 1 · Transport to and return from Peat Cutting X 1 · Accommodation in own room in shared house from Sunday 21st – Saturday 27th October X 1 · Houses must be vacated by 10.00 on Saturday. · All inclusive Presentation Whisky Dinner X 1 Cost is £1200. Deposit is £300 with outstanding amount of £900 to be paid in full by Friday 21 September 2018. Proposed Lectures TBC Monday - Exploring Peat with Botanist James Donaldson Bruichladdich Distillery Tuesday - Yeast: an overlooked superpower Wednesday - Copper & Stills with LS Stainless, Coppersmiths & Turn key Distillery Constructors Thursday - Wood - Coopering & Maturation Friday - Psychology of Nosing & Tasting with Rachel MacNeill of Islay Whisky Academy Additional Experiences: Monday - Educational Whisky Masterclass hosted by Mr Jim McEwan of Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Ardnahoe Distilleries Wednesday - Scotch Malt Whisky Society Whisky Dinner hosted by Global Brand Ambassador Mr John McCheyne Thursday - Dalmore Distillery Masterclass hosted by Brand Home Ambassador Shauna Jennens ********************** Friday - Grand Finale Diploma Presentation Whisky Dinner - included in price. Email [email protected] to book your place (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmJ-LZ1Av9L/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1139uamn1ntpk

Who knows in which distillery we will find all these wee flags....?? And what are they for.....? . #foL #Islay #SCOTLAND #ScotchWhisky #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk (at Islay Whisky Connection) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmJ7GIBAptV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19qkkz5nsqztw

Cool hipflasks from #Ardnahoe Distillery shop. New Distillery hoping to be in production end of September. #WhiskyMagic #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk (at Ardnahoe)