tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81541993684520179442024-02-07T21:12:53.337+01:00iLaddie: Whisky NerdIn this blog I will post my findings along and during my Quest to explore the world of whisky. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8154199368452017944.post-41158415528471874442019-05-19T20:16:00.001+02:002019-05-19T20:16:59.151+02:00Welcome to the channel<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Il8XB-U6wyI" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8154199368452017944.post-6489456677084229412017-02-04T16:42:00.001+01:002017-02-04T16:42:57.725+01:00New Blogposts on WordPressI made a number of blogs on WordPress That May interest you:<br />
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<li>2016 Whisky Nerd Awards</li>
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<li>Highland Park Fire Edition</li>
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<li>Highland Park Fire Edition</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/unboxing-highland-park-fire-edition/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/unboxing-highland-park-fire-edition/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Kippery</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/rswfw-a-peaty-2-smokey-kippery/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/rswfw-a-peaty-2-smokey-kippery/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Woodsmoke</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/rswfw-a-peaty-2-smokey-woodsmoke/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/rswfw-a-peaty-2-smokey-woodsmoke/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Ash</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/rswfw-apeat-1-burny-ash/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/rswfw-apeat-1-burny-ash/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Soot</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/rswfw-a-peaty-1-burnt-soot/" target="_blank">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/rswfw-a-peaty-1-burnt-soot/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Tar</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/rswfw-a-peaty-1-burnt-tar/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/rswfw-a-peaty-1-burnt-tar/</a></li>
<li>Whisky Tasting Note: Glossery</li>
<li><a href="https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/rswfw-whisky-congeners/">https://iladdie.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/rswfw-whisky-congeners/</a></li>
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<li>How to make a Whisky Sour?</li>
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I have looked it up and the general opinion is that the ingredients are:<br />
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<li>bourbon</li>
<li>lemon juice</li>
<li>sugar syrup</li>
<li>egg white</li>
<li>Cubed ice</li>
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Garnish like:<br />
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<li>a cherry</li>
<li>a cranberry</li>
<li>an orange slice</li>
<li>a lime slice</li>
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This sparks questions: </div>
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<li>why bourbon? </li>
<li>any bourbon?</li>
<li>why not a malt?</li>
<li>if bourbon, than why isn't it calles "bourbon sour"?</li>
<li>are there more "sours?"</li>
<li>ice in whisky? normally that is not done!</li>
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Looking up some of the answers. Ah, there is also "bourbon Sour"! Interesting! That would mean there might be "malt whisky sour" too! Or a "Rye Whiskey Sour".<br />
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<b>recipes</b><br />
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I'm not going to say how its done, so here are some of the recipe links i found.<br />
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<li>liqour.com: <a href="http://www.liquor.com/recipes/whiskey-sour/#gs.gD3lCiA" target="_blank">http://www.liquor.com/recipes/whiskey-sour/#gs.gD3lCiA</a></li>
<li>beautifulbooze.com: <a href="http://www.beautifulbooze.com/blog/recipes/post/bourbon-sour" target="_blank">http://www.beautifulbooze.com/blog/recipes/post/bourbon-sour</a></li>
<li>beautifulbooze.com: <a href="http://cranberry-whiskey-sour/" target="_blank">http://www.beautifulbooze.com/blog/recipes/post/cranberry-whiskey-sour</a></li>
<li>jamieoliver.com: <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/drinks-tube/recipe/whiskey-sour/#eTQuhC5xWbCA55u4.97" target="_blank">http://www.jamieoliver.com/drinks-tube/recipe/whiskey-sour/#eTQuhC5xWbCA55u4.97</a></li>
<li>corsairdistillery.com: <a href="http://www.corsairdistillery.com/recipes/" target="_blank">http://www.corsairdistillery.com/recipes/</a></li>
<li>catoctincreekdistilling.com: <a href="http://catoctincreekdistilling.com/enjoy/47-cocktails/244-loudoun-whisky-sour" target="_blank">http://catoctincreekdistilling.com/enjoy/47-cocktails/244-loudoun-whisky-sour</a></li>
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Consistency in whisky is important for blends and single malts alike. I took this tweet by compass box as an opportunity to find out how whisky-makers do this.</div>
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What can we learn from this tweet and what can we learn from the photo? <br />
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The first thing I see are the three black ISO 3591:1977 sensory analysis - apparatus - wine tasting glasses. There glasses are prescribed when doing sensory evaluations of liquids, such as whisky. I have blogged about these glasses before. <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/05/standardized-whisky-tasting-glass.html" target="_blank">See this link.</a><br />
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The black glasses are to prevent the assessor from identifying any visual differences between samples by looking through a transparent glass. This prevents identifying the odd one out and thus influencing the assessor. <br />
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The "blind triangular tasting" that is mentioned is standardised via a number of ISO standards, depending on how the tasting is performed and for which purpose the tasting is performed. <br />
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In total there are 17 ISO standards in the "Sensory analysis -- Methodology" section. <br />
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These are:<br />
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<li>ISO 5497:1982 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Guidelines for the preparation of samples for which direct sensory analysis is not feasible</li>
<li>ISO 8588:1987 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- "A" - "not A" test</li>
<li>ISO 11036:1994 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Texture profile</li>
<li>ISO 16820:2004 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Sequential analysis</li>
<li>ISO 5495:2005 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Paired comparison test</li>
<li>ISO 11056:1999 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Magnitude estimation method</li>
<li>ISO 4120:2004 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Triangle test</li>
<li>ISO 10399:2004 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Duo-trio test </li>
<li>ISO 8587:2006 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Ranking</li>
<li>ISO 6658:2005 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- General guidance </li>
<li>ISO 13301:2002 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- General guidance for measuring odour, flavour and taste detection thresholds by a three-alternative forced-choice (3-AFC) procedure</li>
<li>ISO 5496:2006 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Initiation and training of assessors in the detection and recognition of odours</li>
<li>ISO 29842:2011 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Balanced incomplete block designs</li>
<li>ISO 3972:2011 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Method of investigating sensitivity of taste</li>
<li>ISO 11132:2012 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- Guidelines for monitoring the performance of a quantitative sensory panel</li>
<li>ISO 11136:2014 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- General guidance for conducting hedonic tests with consumers in a controlled area</li>
<li>ISO 13299:2016 Sensory analysis -- Methodology -- General guidance for establishing a sensory profile</li>
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From the word "triangular" in the compass box tweet I deducted that this could be the ISO 4120:2004 methodology. So I asked on twitter and the answer was positive. I found a legal copy of this standard and started reading. <br />
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In the photo you see the glasses standing in a triangle. This is according to point 7.2 of the standard. Tasting is done from left to right. Two of the glasses are filled with the same sample of the product. The third glass is filled with the other sample product. Six sets of combinations of these samples are possible and the assessor is not aware of which set sample is in which glasses.<br />
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Below the glasses are three numbers. These are chosen at random by the person that is setting up the procedure. Only the person setting up the tasting knows which numbers correspond with which product. The numbers intentionally mean nothing to the assessor so to not cause bias.<br />
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The assessor in this form used by compass box fills in the number of the sample that is the one that he or she thinks is different. What is not part the standard is filling out the level off similarity on a scale from one to ten. So maybe this is not the ISO 4120 after all ;)<br />
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This ISO 4120 test can be done in order to either<br />
- see if the assessor is able to spot the odd one out in order to show that the odd one out is indeed different,<br />
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- see if the assessor is not able to spot the odd one out in order to show that the odd one out is indeed "similar" <br />
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This last kind of test is what compass box wanted to show here. Is the new batch of hedonism so similar that the assessor cannot spot the odd one out. <br />
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The standard gives a definition for “similar” which reads: situation in which any perceptible differences between the samples are so small that the products can be used interchangeably <br />
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That is off course what John Glaser wants, consistency between two batches of hedonism. The batches of hedonism used here are two glasses of the May batch and one glass with the February batch.<br />
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I trust the batches were indeed found similar.<br />
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In other blogs I will go into the other ISO standards that give details on how to properly taste, nose, make tasting notes, rate etc. As a whisky nerd I find this all very interesting indeed. I would love becoming an assessor. The training of the assessor is also standardised in an ISO standard. The training of the coordinator is standardised, the glasses are, the preparations of the samples, the cleaning of the glasses, the room, the layout of the room, the tasting notes, the scoring etc. Etc. All is standardised in ISO standards. <br />
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I had a night to myself last night. My wife's sister had come by to talk and this was an option for me to retreat to my "office" and really take the time to nose and taste the Laddiemp4 drams.<br />
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I had wished I would have been able to join the live tasting on October 13th when I rather coincidently was on Islay. I had asked at the Laddie Store to the guy behind the counter if he could do me a really really big favour. He called in the aid of Ailse and she asked Adam. Adam was Adamant ;) ... the place was full. I got a bottle of the 16-062 so console me ... it has consoled me as the picture below shows.<br />
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I had been tasting my second bottle of the 16-062 more than the others. I had postponed it till a propper time. The time was now. I had cleaned three glasses. I had gotten a glass of water and a teaspoon. I had also gotten a pack of "Katjan Pedis" nuts, which I sat aside for later because this stuff will totally overpower your palette.<br />
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Guided by Adam Hannett on Youtube I am all set.<br />
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I have made an excel version of the scotch whisky tasting wheel. Divided into the Wishart taste groups. I plan to use that to log my tasting notes. It doesn't work editing an excel file and at the same time nose and taste, so this nerdy need needed to wait for later. Make notes with pen and paper is what I do.<br />
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<li>Cask #361 - distilled in 2008 and matured full term in a French ex-Syrah (red wine) cask. It is at 58% alc. vol.</li>
<li>Cask #16-062 - distilled in 2006 and matured in ex-bourbon before being finished in an ex-sherry cask is also at 58% alc. vol.</li>
<li>Cask #1062 - distilled in 2005 and matured full term in bourbon is at 59% alc. vol.</li>
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Starting of with the Cask #361 Syrah matured whisky.</div>
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<li>Orange, </li>
<li>Chocolate, </li>
<li>Salty, </li>
<li>Oak, even more so after adding water</li>
<li>Little mint, </li>
<li>Floral (dandelion), </li>
<li>Salted Cashew-nuts, </li>
<li>Brie (cheese), </li>
<li>Tobacco.</li>
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<li>Small bitter, </li>
<li>Warming, </li>
<li>Drying, </li>
<li>Hazel nut, </li>
<li>Cola, </li>
<li>Chocolate, </li>
<li>Ginger, </li>
<li>Light Coffee, (added while typing on youtube)</li>
<li>Liquorice, (added while typing on youtube)</li>
<li>Light tannins on the aftertaste.</li>
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If you are wondering why the Heineken can is on top of my glass. That is because I did not bring covers from downstairs. Got some fun comments online on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMuVzljhIZC/" target="_blank">instagram</a>. </div>
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Anyways, with this Syrah I had been wondering what notes I would get from this. Turns out the dried dark fruit notes which you typically get from Sherry matured casks are not in here as the predominant notes. My first reaction to this dram was "Cask 361 is friggin amazing". The orange and chocolate you would also get in a sherry matured dram are there. But not so much the salty influences of the floral notes. Interesting!!</div>
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<li>Buttery, I used buttery but could also used "creamy" </li>
<li>Figs, truthfully, i noted this because The guys on youtube did. I will need to sniffle some figs to be sure ;) </li>
<li>Leather, </li>
<li>Sweet and sour Pickles, </li>
<li>Melon, </li>
<li>Raisins, </li>
<li>Bit peppery</li>
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<li>Toffy, </li>
<li>Pear, </li>
<li>Vanilla, </li>
<li>Raisins, </li>
<li>"Wokkels", see below</li>
<li>Orange zest</li>
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Wokkels? Yes Wokkels. I had gotten this note before on a USA Dram from <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/07/i-smelled-and-tasted-koval-bourbon.html" target="_blank">Koval</a> also. I am suspecting the crispy cloy taste of these pretzels find their origin in the malt. This is where tasting notes don't translate internationally. I actually <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/01/culturally-dependant-tasting-notes.html" target="_blank">blogged</a> about culturally dependant notes in the past. </div>
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This dram is also not a typical Sherry. This is probably because it is a combination of woods. I re-watched the part where Adam explains. Its matured in first and second fill bourbon and from 2014 in PX and Oloroso casks. So this is a hybrid whisky with lots of different woods. This explains the combination of notes I got.<br />
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The third dram Cask 1062 is a Bourbon matured dram. It was matured in a Buffalo Trace cask.<br />
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This has an obvious American Oak influence</div>
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Nose:<br />
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<li>Peppery / Nutmeg, </li>
<li>Cinnamon, </li>
<li>Custard, </li>
<li>Vanilla ice cream, </li>
<li>Lemon, </li>
<li>Pear, </li>
<li>Melon</li>
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Taste:<br />
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<li>Peppery, </li>
<li>Salty, </li>
<li>Creamy, </li>
<li>Oaky, </li>
<li>Pineapple, </li>
<li>Clove </li>
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This one for me had a real "oomph" to my palette. An "oomph" I like. I do like the notes from the sherry, but I find the floral fruity tad spicy notes from first fill Bruichladdich a beautiful thing.<br />
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I will spend more time with these drams and improve and reconfirm my notes. I found that tasting these side by side really improves the sense of differences in smell. I makes the notes stand out more. I kept the Heineken cans on there as I sat and re-smelled them all. Some notes were gone, some became available. Its beautiful how these drams develop.<br />
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Time to eat the spicy nuts and destroy what is left of my palette ;) ... Yikes! Good thing I held back for these nuts, this would have blown the night! lol<br />
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Some of you may know I used to buy and sell Lego as a hobby. I stopped doing so and after much internal debate I am also selling the one Item I am most proud of owning MISB. I had a weak spot for collectable Star Wars UCS Lego. So when it got cancelled some years back I bought the 10221 at retail price. Now its price almost exploded and this is the time for me to get a nice Return on Investment. </div>
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<i>The Super Star Destroyer measures 124.4 cm (50 inches) long and is made of 3152 pieces. This set includes a redesigned IG-88 and Dengar and a new minifigure, Admiral Piett, along with a Darth Vader minifigure. The set features a smaller representation of the bridge featuring the walkway for Darth Vader, the computer panels on either side of the walkway down below where Admiral Piett takes command and the bounty hunters standing by the exit of the bridge.</i></div>
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<i>Bossk makes his second appearance to date but his variation remains identical to the one from 8097 Slave I released in 2010. Dengar makes his second appearance to date with his first being in 6209 Slave I. Dengar has been re-designed with extra details. Admiral Piett makes his first and only appearance in this set featuring the same face used for Professor Snape in the 2010 Harry Potter sets. Darth Vader appears in his latest variation for the second time with his first being in 10212 Imperial Shuttle. This variation of Darth Vader features a cartoon like face featuring white pupils and added detail.</i></div>
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<i>The set also includes a new Palpatine hologram piece which also appears in one other set, 7964 Republic Frigate.</i></div>
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<i>The Executor was Darth Vader's personal flagship, serving in the Battle of Hoth, and the subsequent asteroid chase with the <a href="http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Millenium_Falcon">Millennium Falcon</a>. The battle over Endor saw the destruction of the massive 19 km ship when Arvel Crynyd, Green Leader, rammed into its bridge in a kamikaze attack when he was hit. The Super Star Destroyer plummeted into the unfinished Death Star, causing enormous damage and killing most of the Galactic Empire's best officers.</i><br />
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I am selling this set so I can further finance some hardware I need for my Whisky Hobby. Hope it fetches a nice price. Now that the New Movie "Roque One" is set for later this year it should spark interest in any older vintage Lego Star Wars UCS series sets like this one. I also own a "Slave One" with Jango Fett, but I am still to emotionally attached to that set to part with it!<br />
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So Bart, from the <a href="http://www.scotchtestdummies.com/" target="_blank">Scotch test dummies</a>, if you are interested ;) ..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8154199368452017944.post-5624877874706414712016-11-10T16:44:00.001+01:002016-11-27T10:31:53.440+01:00Islay Trip: day three: Bruichladdich tour (part 1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The visit to Bruichladdich would be three fold. First a tour at 11, then a warehouse tasting at 12 and later the purchase of one of the Valinch bottles. <br />
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We payed the tickets and the tour began. First up was the barley mill. The tour guide explained how we could take pictures of everything but any photos of her would mean an added £5,- . She was naturally kidding! But we got the message.<br />
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The background of Bruichladdich was given. How it was set up by the Harvey brothers back in 1881. How the slope of the hill was used in order to use the natural flow of water through the buildings. The mill for the barley is the original one (minus spare parts and repairs). The steam engine that powered the belt was replaced by an electric motor, but other than that the whole place is original. I'm sure some of the wooden parts have been replace over the years but all in all it looks all very 1881-ish. Very cool indeed.<br />
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There is a basked next to the mills to show the different stages of milling from barley to flour. The basked with flour was empty. It is emptied out by a lady who uses the Octomore barley for her bread! Would love to buy a loaf of that!!<br />
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Anyway, the flour/grist is moved to a container where it is contained until the container is emptied in the mash tun. I tried making another "contained" reference here by but I can't. Sorry. <br />
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Moving to the mash tun we learn that the cast iron mash tun is still in use even though modern regulations prescribe a stainless steal one. The mash tun predates the regulation. Hell it predates the invention of stainless steel! I wanted to ask of the rathe brown rusty looking cask iron is not a Health risk, but i didn't. It looked beyond further oxidation so I'm sure it's inert. <br />
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The blender was damaged during a particularly firm mash. It was out of commission for a lengthy time. The parts that are broken were replaced. This is where the legislation kicks in because the new parts do look rather stainless steel like. As an engineer I wanted to ask why the new parts were a round turned part and not milled in an square shape like the old ones. The fluid dynamics around a round part would be rather different to a square section. Wouldn't it adjust the blending function? I didn't ask. I'm sure it has something to do with available machines on Islay or just plain cost driven. I was pretty sure the tour guide would not know. Plus the answer is not important.<br />
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Since the mash tun is open the efficiency of the process is less. Also the temperatures used during mashing differ from the ones I noted at Ardbeg. Seems logical. A different set of conditions ask for a different set of process parameters. Mashing is done using two "waters". Ones the mashing is done the wort is move to a free clean wash back. A 3th and 4th water are added and kept as the 1st and 2nd water of the next mash. Next we moved to the next room.<br />
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The wash-back room where all the fermenting takes place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friend at the wash-backs</td></tr>
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There are six wash backs at Bruichladdich. All Douglas Fir wood. All pretty tall. I made a photo down to get the height, but in a photo you just loose the sense of depth. Our tour guide lifted some of the ends to see which tank was a what stage. The ones we looked in were producing lots of CO2 and thus alcohols. The fluids were happily bubbling away so to speak.<br />
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The lads at Bruichladdich don't work during the weekend so the tour guide explained that the time spend in a wash-back, for some of the production, is increased by 48 hours depending on when it's put in the wash-back. That doesn't sound rather consistent but there you have it. (If i misunderstood any of this I'm sure someone will correct me)<br />
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We could smell the content. Our tour guide did not put her face in the hole like most of us did. To much CO2 she explained. So I scooped the smell with my arms. Got some frowns from the other people in the tour, but they started copying my approach and learned why I did so. The theory I got from my tour at Ardbeg the day before. Handy stuff.<br />
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I cannot remember if I had the same reaction to the beer like smell that I got at Ardbeg. I'm sure it had. I'm sure it had fruity malty cereal banana beer-like notes. I just can't remember as I am writing this weeks later (November 10th). Now I need to redo the tour and make notes! Darn!! <br />
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We were asked if anyone would have a taste. Are you kidding!? Bottle the stuff and sell it!! It's amazing tasting brew!! After the tour-guide put it down I snuck over and helped myself to another drink. Savouring the taste and smell as much as I could. Closing my eyes to lock out unneeded sensory input. Shame I can't remember! Me dork! <br />
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Looking at the still room we could see a familiar face. It was the Swedish tour guide Mia and her group. We waved. <br />
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On to the still room. There is a purpose build platform you can stand in to watch the room. Its safe during operation hours to stand there instead of walking between the operation. Clever stuff. Bruichladdich has 5 working stills. Two wash stills, two spirit stills and a Gin still called ugly Betty.<br />
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The Gin made at Bruichladdich is called "<a href="https://www.thebotanist.com/" target="_blank">the botanist</a>". All herbs that go into the Gin are on the wall on a big placard. We are told that when Jim McEwan made this Gin he was told that the maximum of herbs would should needs to be 5 maximum. So he put in 22. I have never took the time to understand Gin making but I will.<br />
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The process of whisky making was explained. How multiple distillations are sorted by different temperatures, cuts etc. I choose not to go into that to deeply since it's all very well documented on this Bruichladdich webpage <a href="https://www.bruichladdich.com/article/how-bruichladdich-islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky-made">https://www.bruichladdich.com/article/how-bruichladdich-islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky-made</a><br />
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We were free to take any photos we wanted of anything, so I did. I took some panoramas and detail photos. It gives a nice overview of the whole setup.<br />
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Round about this time a group of people walked in. I spotted Ailsa, the kind lady who had given me the laddiemp4 bottle as consolation for not being able to be at the live tasting of laddiemp4 that past Thursday. She was touring with guests and her family.<br />
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After pretending to make a cut and making selfies at the stills I thought i recognised Allan Logan, former mashman and now distillery manager, so I addressed him as such. I was close. It turned out the be mashman Graham Hayes. I knew that! Just tad dyslectic with names and faces.<br />
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He said he and Ailsa had recognised me as being iLaddie. Was I indeed? Yes I was/am! Great to meet one of the makers. Selfie time! We had a short but excellent talk. We shook hands and were both on our ways. We were off to the the laddie shop to start the 12:00 o'clock warehouse tasting!<br />
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I was looking at the Instagram feed of Allan Logan and I reacted on a hint given by Lisa Weisstuch. She said about Adam Hannett's Black Art 5 that it will haunt her dreams for a long time to come. <br />
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I reacted by hinting at the existence of Black Art 5. Allan Logan replied with :"BA5 is being released very soon"!<br />
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Martin Ahlquist from <a href="http://www.martinsmalts.se/" target="_blank">http://www.martinsmalts.se/</a> has had the pleasure of a taste. I look forward to his tasting notes. Please see his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BLEHicpjyTI/?taken-by=martinsmalts" target="_blank">instagram post</a> about Black Art 5.<br />
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I have known about Black Art 5 since I found the label online on August the 31st this year. The label was approved by TTB for the USA on the 25th of August 2016. I see the confirmation by Alan Logan as the go I needed to be able to blog about Black Art 5.<br />
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During my warehouse experience at the distillery on Saturday October 15th I asked the tour-guy if he knew when Black Art 5 would be revealed. He suspected early January 2017.<br />
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Black Art 5 is a 1992 expression and is now 24 year old. This is going to be one hell of an expression. The ABV is 48,4%. This is a 12.000 bottle release. Naturally no information is given about the casks used, except that they were Oak.<br />
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First review I found on whiskycast scoring a whopping 97: <a href="https://whiskycast.com/ratings/bruichladdich-black-art-5-1/">https://whiskycast.com/ratings/bruichladdich-black-art-5-1/</a><br />
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Today's menu feature a visit to the Loch Gruinart, then a tour and warehouse tasting at the Bruichladdich distillery, a visit to the wool mill in Bridgend and getting back to the Ardbeg shop for some goodies. </div>
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Eilidh<span style="background-color: transparent;"> welcomed us this morning with her typical heartwarming hospitality. What were we going to do she asked. We told our plans and she advised us to watch the weather. It was going to rain. It was supposed to have rained yesterday but somehow the clouds did not make it to the "</span>Ardbeg<span style="background-color: transparent;">" side of the island. She was right. It did rain when we started having coffee and eating out breakfast. No eggs for me today. Just salmon, toast, bacon, orange juice and coffee! Oh and some </span>crushly<span style="background-color: transparent;"> with yogurt. </span></div>
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Since the agenda shift, due to time zone differences, that had confused us yesterday I triple checked the tour times at Bruichladdich. If you're planning a trip and planning ahead by putting in meetings in your agenda, please check in what time zone you are planning those. Apparently the apple agenda shifts the meetings to the time zone you planned them in at the time you entered them. For me my appointments had shifted and hour because we went from Amsterdam CET to Islay time. If you have this issue when flying in from Australia you will be reminded 12 hours late, or early. Then you notice the obvious error. We were not going to be an hour early today! Plenty to see!</div>
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We started out to the Loch <span style="text-align: center;">Gruinart</span> <span style="text-align: center;">RSPB</span> bird and nature reserve. Why? Because it's <span style="text-align: center;">friggin</span> beautiful! You can walk to several observation huts and look at the wildlife. There were loads of birds and highland cows, sheep etc.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We drove, parked, walked to a hut. To our surprise we were not alone. There was a guy from the RSPB observing newly arrived barnacle geese. My friend is to birds what I am to whisky. The guy is a walking bird encyclopedia. Where I have apps for whisky on my phone, he has more for birds. The RSPB guy and my friend started talking shop. Hen Harriers this, Corncrake that, Lapwings, normal goose, geese, white fronted geese, white ass geese and more. The RSPB guy told is about the background of the loch. Had we seen the dike? What dike? Oh yeah! Now you mention it. Dutch immigrants had made a dike and farmed the dry land behind it. Funny even here we Dutch mess with nature. Just when the RSPB guy and my friend were starting to get in need of "a room", he went away.</span></div>
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We looked at the birds. Some of the species were pointed out to me. I know some of these birds rather well because in the nature reserve next to lelystad you can find them as well. </div>
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We tried the bird call app. See if a natural enemy of these geese would send them flying the sound of a predator was broadcast. Nothing happened. The sound came from the wrong place and no predator silhouette could be seen in the sky. </div>
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We completed the circular walk and spotted all kinds of plants, trees, etc. Beautiful. We had a short visit to the visitor Centre. If you are into birdwatching this is one of the places you need to go see when on Islay.<br />
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Driving back to the hotel was a pleasure. The nature on Islay is absolutely stunning. Every other turn you are treated with a new kind of landscape. Along the coast are cliffs, sand beaches, stone/beaches. Up the hill are seemingly endless peat fields. The town of Port Ellen is a cute fisherman's Port. There is a boulevard you can stroll along. Past Port Ellen on the very strait road to Bowmore you can have a feel for peat. Peat, peat and more peat. <br />
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The glass it comes in confirms its a pint. I like the word pint. Pint is one of those measures of volume you have no clue about as a Dutchman unless you order it. So seeing a pint for what it is is fun. Just like a "dram" is a measure of volume. I also like the word pint because Merry, the Hobbit from Lord of the Rings, orders one at the inn of the prancing pony.</div>
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Eilidh brough us the menu. We told her about our day and how we ended up in a ditch. We had a good laugh. Time to look at the menu. Many things on the menu looked good. We needed meat.<br />
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I had the sirloin steak. Medium rare. With union rings. It went down very well indeed.<br />
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It was time to have coffee. We were introduced to Annie. She and Keith were working the bar that night. Somehow we went from "wow, you re tall", to showing the number in a passport, discussing how good the Dutch passport looks, to Annie getting her passport, to looking at all the stamps in her passport, to talking about her intended trip to Mexico, to talking about how Keith is going to Amsterdam, etc, etc. <br />
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This is when we met Roger. With Roger we discussed live, Brexit, medieval European history of Germany, why he was a mason, how he broke his back. We looked at the x rays, let him do bending of his back which he couldn't.<br />
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What did Roger do for work we asked. He is a charter plane pilot. Did he know Lelystad. (Where we live) Yes he did, he was even able to tell us the colour of our train station. We had to get the local Islay beer that he was drinking. No discussing it, it was obligatory! Good beer! He spend the next 30 mins finding out how much a flight would cost from lelystad to Islay, while at the same time talking to us. Explaining a drinking game, that we ended up doing. Something with guessing how many coins you hold behind your back and adding all the numbers. The aim was to get the looser, or winner, to pay the tab. We got 3 classic laddies. Roger was still finding out the cost of he flight. <br />
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So I showed roger the "band of gold" trick you can do with the 50% abv classic laddie. I added a very small amount of water to my glass, let the oils come out of alcohol solution, and made the band of gold appear. Right up till that point roger was looking at me if I was bonkers, but at least slightly nuts. When the band of gold appeared he was like "wow, I have never ever seen that before!!". I was a whizzard! <br />
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Roger took a moment to find out the cost for the charter flight. He gave us his card. When you are visiting Islay as a group we would indeed consider a charter next time. The cost is really not that bad. Save a hell of a lot of time too. <br />
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A guy come to the bar looking all Scottish in new tweeds. He was a Swedish guy. He had spend "some money" at the wool mill that day. He was send to the bar to get beers. He ended up talking to us instead and drinking a beer with us. He forgot getting the beers for the group. Great guy. <br />
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This is when we sorta bumped into Mia, the Swedish tour guide, from Sweden, that was touring Swedish people around Islay. Mia was apparently somewhat of a celebrity on Islay. She is a red head. We started talking and soon found out who was wearing the pants in this bar. Mia was! Mia turned out to be Keith's mom. Right. Sure. Go visit her site on <a href="http://skottlandsresor.se/" target="_blank">http://skottlandsresor.se/</a><br />
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Mia had come to the bar to get drinks for the Swedish people, because the guy in tweets was taking to long. Now that she was engaged with Roger she needed to be reminded of that task as well. So she ordered beer.<br />
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The night went on with these kinds of frivolous meetings and conversations. At the end of the night Roger, Mia, my fiend and me spend a half hour outside having a dram. The good man Keith was kind enough to donate a laddie. Go Keith. We discussed the full moon, we discussed how Mia was doing her own tours at Bruichladdich. She was apparently the number one source of organised visitors. What were we going to do tomorrow she asked. We would visit a bird viewing place, Bruichladdich and the wool mill. Mia "asked" us to say hi to the owner. I say "asked" but I really mean "ordered" ;) I replied "yes mother". We laughed. <br />
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It was time for bed. We had had an excellent night! <br />
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The next part of the "deconstructing the dram" tour is a warehouse tasting. Four samples of whisky are set out next to the three main drams of Ardbeg. The 10yo, uigeadail and corryvreckan.<br />
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The samples are all the cask strength versions of the main components that go into these drams.<br />
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The first is a bourbon matured one, the 10 yo. It is a blended malt of first and second fill bourbon matured spirits. <br />
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The first sample is a 2006 first fill bourbon matured dram at 58,3% abv. This dram is just over 10 years old and could have been part of the commercially sold 10 yo. <br />
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The second sample is a 2004 refill bourbon matured dram at 56,6% abv. This dram is over 12 years old. With all blended malts it's the youngest component in the dram that is the age statement you need to put in the label, if mentioned.<br />
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The idea behind these two drams is to allow the people on the tour to taste the difference between the component parts that makeup the 10 yo. The first sample had much more caramel/vanilla sweetness from the wood. the peat was a bit more profound compared to the more fruity nature of the second fill. Here there were orange citrus fruit influences. Some notes of banana. In the second sample the wood (oak) also was more noticeable. Not that the amount was more, just that the other components like caramel/vanilla were less pronounced allowing the wood influences to get noticed more.<br />
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What I learned firsthand (I had read and heard about it) from this tasting is that peat gets more subtle / subdued over a longer period of time. The strong wood influenced tastes of a first fill get less when the cask is used a second time. Ardbeg uses a system of painting the barrel ends to identify how many times the casks are used. No paint is first fill, white is second fill, dark is third fill. <br />
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I had a dilemma. I was driving and we were getting rather large servings of drams. What to do with the left over dram? We found a water bottle that was emptied and decided to use that as a container till we put it in a sample bottle. I had forgotten the sample bottles I had brought with me! So the first and second drams ended up being blended in unknown portions inside a water bottle. I know! Absolute blasphemy! <br />
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The tour guide and the people in the tour were looking at me like if I was totally bonkers by adding the left over dram to the blend in the water bottle. I felt for them, but I had no other option. Drive drunk or blend it. I choose blending it. <br />
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Dionne had brought crackers and flat water to clean our palettes. We used the time to get introduced and this was anecdote time for Dionne. Dionne told us about how the "boys" clean the wash backs by basically dangling in there. How the "boys" role the barrels. How the "boys" soak arriving bourbon, sherry etc casks in water to make sure they expand properly before being filled. How she herself dropped a very very expensive 1000 bottle exclusive bottling of a single cask, ending up with not 1000 numbered bottles but 999. Someone would not be getting the number they ordered. Apparently the manager had a good laugh at this. Dionne went on to explain what her favourite Ardbeg was. It was a dram named after the second smaller water source besides uigeadail. <br />
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The third sample is a 2005 sherry cask matured dram at 57,6% abv. I cannot remember if Dionne was able to inform us if it was an olorosso, px, fino or other kind of sherry. I had been hoping to learn this but either it wasn't told, or I forgot. What I do remember is the obvious influence of the "sherry". I asked if the notes of the sweetness were due to the sherry or to the wood. Unfortunately this was unknown. Maybe I'm too much a nerd in this issue, but I had hoped to learn this on this tour. Oh wait, Dionne said it was an olloroso cask. I remember because we asked how this could explain the sweetness since oloroso is as "dry" as it can get. I remember the guy from Sweden commenting this as well. So did the dude from the USA with the brewers background. <br />
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The left overs from this dram were added to my blend in the water bottle. Again frowns!<br />
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Dionne asked which one we liked best till now. The answers were different from person to person. My friend liked the more fruity refill bourbon over the more profound sherry and first fill ones. I must say I liked the second fill also over the other two, the first fill over the sherry. For me a first or second fill is more an every day dram over the more heavy sherry ones that fit less occasional times to drink it like Christmas or a birthday during the month with an r. <br />
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The final and forth dram was a 2005 French oak matured dram at 55,6 % abv. The group responded very well to the more spicy taste you get from French oak. This is the main component of corryvreckan. When asked what the combination of cask would be for any of the drams we tasted Dionne informed us she couldn't tell us. <br />
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Like before this one was added to the water bottle too.<br />
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We were done. The tour was over. Or so we thought. Dionne informed us that as an added bonus we could choose a final dram from one of the following drams:<br />
- Ardbeg Galileo <br />
- Ardbeg alligator <br />
- Ardbeg something<br />
- Ardbeg Ardbog<br />
- Ardbeg supernova 2014<br />
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She explained what these drams were. What the occasion was when and why they were created. I did not make notes!! I'm an idiot. <br />
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My friend and I choose the supernova. I think. Could be the Ardbog. Can't remember! Lol. I think we choose the supernova because there was white in the label. I was getting to intoxicated to really enjoy this dram and still be back at the hotel before dark. There are no light beside the roads on Islay and I did not want to drive at night with any level of alcohol in me. So I did what I did with the other drams. Yes, I added it to my water bottle.<br />
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We now have about 10 cl of a totally unique Ardbeg cask strength blended malt! We will make time to nose, taste and enjoy the f#%k out of this delight! Will blog about it!<br />
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That done we went back to the shop. Asked for a coffee and sat there with a smile on our face. We took about half an hour for the coffee. Fitted some of the larger female sizes for Ardbeg polo shirts and discovered I'm to large/big/tall. Why did I fit the female polo? The men's were all sold! Bugger! Lol!<br />
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Well, that was that, we turned of the lights so to speak. Everyone was gone. Heading home. Oops! Forgot to pee! Lets stop at laphroaig and find a tree! So we did. We headed back to the hotel for dinner and what would turn out to be one very interesting and most enjoyable night at the bar! More on that in part two or the lochside hotel blogs!<br />
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Describing how a tour at Ardbeg is is like asking "what's that rollercoaster like"? The coaster is always there and there are some variations between the days and who operates the ride. Like a rollercoaster making whisky is a process of repetition. The same goes for tours. If I write it down like that than it sounds all wrong, but all process based quality driven processes allow for very small tolerances in order to get the quality needed and expected.<br />
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The variable in a tour is the person giving the tour and the persons on the tour. What are the backgrounds of these people and how does the interaction influence the outcome. What I'm trying to say is that these are my experiences and when (not if) you are visiting the experience will be different for you!<br />
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One of the variables is me and this variable had let his battery of his phone go dead just at the beginning of the tour!! Nooooo!! Luckily I brought a camera and so did my fiend. Tip: check your batteries.<br />
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Why had I chosen the "deconstructing the dram" tour. I have been trying to figure out by tasting, reading, studying where flavour components in a dram come from. How are these flavours what they are? The tour, that would give me some of the information i wanted out of my trip to Islay, was this one. <br />
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The tour started off with a sit-down in a reception kind of area. General background about Ardbeg was given but also information about components in a dram and how they translate to a smell/flavour. It was explained that Ardbeg is able to breakdown a dram into component parts using mass-spectrography.<br />
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The tour goes to at the mill where the barley is milled. Details are given about the amount of barley, the stages of milling and the final composition of the solids in the mash. I had always thought that only the fine "flour" would go into the mash, but apparently the mixture is a combination of different stages of milling from grist to flour. We tasted and smelled the un-milled barley. I have saved some for later to take my time to really taste.<br />
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Dionne, our tour-guide, explained the process in detail. How a fixed amount of milled barley is sifted and weighed in order to get the right mixture of components. I really need to think hard how this worked again, but I will probably remember when watching the photos. Everything gets recorded. Not only for internal process efficiency calculations (alcohol per ton barley ratio) but also for legal purposes. Tax and stuff. <br />
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So Dionne made us remember the amount of tons of barley that went in the mill for future reference. Naturally I can't remember! Lol! It's not really that important. What I take with me is that the "mash-bill" of Ardbeg is different compared to the "mash-bill" of, for instance, Bruichladdich. This mash-bill works for Ardbeg! This is the unique beginning of their process. Just like a mash-bill at a bourbon would contain fixed amounts of corn, Ardbeg milled their barley to a combination that works for them. The milled barley is transported to the next stage of the process.<br />
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Mashing at Ardbeg takes place in a large covered stainless steel vat. The milled barley is mixed with different temperature waters at different points in time. This is to extract as much barley sugars and other congeners as one can. (At the Bruichladdich distillery i learned they used different temperatures and heating times). I stuck my face in and withdrew it immediately. This steam is HOT!<br />
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The water is from Islay. It is collected form the Uigeadall and another lake. This explained one of the names of the core expressions of Ardbeg. <br />
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The product of this process is moved to a free wash back, where the yeast can do it's thing. We were allowed to "smell" different stages of this process by putting out arms in the wash back and spooning the air. The smell sticks to your arm and this can be smelled better than just sticking your head in the wash back. It felt weird, but it worked.<br />
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It smelled fruity, peaty and malty. It also had a beer-like smell to it in a way. It's great to experience this and let your nose do its job. I spooned the wash back as often as I could in an attempt to get as much smell in my brain as I could. Unfortunately you cannot bottle this. You have to be there. The wash backs are steam cleaned after use in preparation for the next batch.<br />
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Next Dionne asked of we would like to taste the wash. Are you kidding? YES!! It tasted like a fruity beer. I hinted on banana on the nose. This taste I tried as often as I was able too. Keep it in my mouth for as long as I could. Closing my eyes. Fruity, banana. The other taste must be malted barley and yeast as main components. What else could it be! Loved this experience!<br />
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Dionne did a alcohol gravity measurement and together with the numbers collected at the milling she was able to calculate the alcohol to barley ratio. I will have to look that one up again and describe it better. It made sense.<br />
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Behind the point of the door we were not allowed to photograph the stills. So we all photographed before going thru the door. The explanation was safety related. Just like a gas station you don't want to be blown up by alcohol vapours igniting.<br />
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The process was explained. The distilled liquid before the first cut is made is collected for re-use.<br />
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We were waiting for the operator to make the first cut. He did. We applauded! It felt nice!<br />
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The feints are also collected and redistilled at the next run. I wont give much detail here about the distillation process. The general principle is well documented. The one thing that makes the process unique for Ardbeg is a junction downwards in the beginning of the line arm that feeds back the heaviest alcohols into the still. <br />
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What surprised me is that there is no difference in this process for any of the Ardbeg expressions. All are produced in the same way. Only the casks make the difference between the final products. I did not expect that, but this entire process up to this point is a constant. This I find particularly interesting because it means that the flavour differences between Ardbeg expressions only can be explained by the casks and the time spend in the casks. <br />
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The produce of this process is transported to the area where the casks are filled. Not all casks are matured at the Ardbeg location, but a lot of them are and Ardbeg was working on expanding the local capacity. <br />
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We were NOT able to taste a sample of the new make spirit. A sample did NOT go from hand to hand. We were NOT able to nose and taste the fruity, malty, high alcohol, peaty smelling liquid! I did NOT have a recognition with other new make spirits I have tasted before. Other new make I have had has similar fruity, banana like nose. the beer like smell of the wash had gone and the peaty smell was more present. Strong but not with an alcohol burn. Well distilled new make! Which I did not smell or taste ;)<br />
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Next was a moment to get a photo of yourself and the Ardbeg sign! If we wanted to have our picture taken ...<br />
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On to the warehouse tasting for the next part of this blog.<br />
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Just before going on to the next blog I would like to mention the excellent charity started by <a href="https://twitter.com/adramaday" target="_blank">Ben Bowers</a> for a children's heart surgery Hospital. <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday">https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday</a><br />
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The drive from Lagavulin to Ardbeg is a short one. You could walk it, or take the bicycle. Parking on the most excellent car park I have seen yet on Islay puts you right next to the distillery. Where the car park used to be is now a large area which is covered with the Ardbeg logo. Its big enough to be spotted by the international space station crew! Beautiful!<br />
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Out of this world is one of the phrases one can label the Ardbeg distillery with. At least that's what I think. <br />
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Due to weird time zone agenda stuff we had come in an our early. We thought we had a half hour for lunch, but after some confusion we discovered we had an hour. The confusion began as I told the lady behind the counter that we were in for the 13:00 "Deconstructing the Dram" tour. The lady looked at us a tad odd. I told her my name. She wrote it down, because I wasn't in the list. She went to talk to a colleague and the colleague came back. She asked if I had come for the 13:00 tour? Yes I did. There is no 13:00 tour sir. I was starting to get a bad feeling. The tour was full sir! .... after a bit she walked to the counter , checked the tour book waved me over. Is this your name sir? I looked! Yes it is! The smile returned in the lady's face and it was all sorted. <br />
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So after a hearty excellent lunch we went outside for some photos. We walked past the parking area around the buildings and went to check out the sea. Tried to get an angle to shoot the sign but couldn't. We located the spot we needed, below the cliff. <br />
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The angle just wasn't right. Lets climb the cliff. So we did. The angle can only get better if you are on the peer during the tour or on a boat. The angle from on top of the cliff is pretty amazing too and not many people make the effort. <br />
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My friend had spotted a palm tree standing around which would be excellent for getting a feel for this trips nature. The diversity is like nothing I have seen yet on any other place I have been to. The closest is a combination of the south and north island of New Zealand. <br />
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Next we went down the cliff on the other side. Found an engine block, a table, a hammer, stuff you find that came ashore and lots of loose rocks and seaweed. Excellent views of the sea. So close to the distillery but yet so far away. If you do this by yourself and get hurt, no one will hear you scream. That's another tip when on Islay outside the trotted tracks, don't go alone, don't!<br />
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So we strolled some more, found all kinds of flowers and excellent nature. We needed coffee. So we went back to the cafe.<br />
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After coffee we spend a while outside talking to guys that were sitting outside. One of them was from the USA, San Something above LA. He had slept in a small tent on top op a cliff overlooking the Laphroaig distillery. He and his tent were almost blown of during the night becaus it does get a tad windy up there it seems. We were discussing the USA presidential election, housing prices, forrest fires and why he was packing all that crapp in his backpack. I mean the dude had Brie, Chedder, Bread, Tomatos, "fresh" fish, butter, salt, pepper etc etc with him. I figured he was like the male version of a friggin Hermione Granger.<br />
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After discussing life, the universe and everything we figured the answer would be 42 and this meant we needed to get inside for the "Deconstruction of a Dram" Tour.<br />
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Just before going on to the next blog I would like to mention the excellent charity started by <a href="https://twitter.com/adramaday" target="_blank">Ben Bowens</a> for a children's heart surgery Hospital. <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday">https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday</a><br />
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We only did a short visit to Lagavulin Distillery. When we went from Laphroaig towards Ardbeg I was under the assumption that we would not have the time for a tour. We had not booked on either, but we popped in anyway. </div>
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Se we parked and made some photo's of us in front of the Lagavulin sign. The sun was shining into the lens of the camera so the photo's are rather dark. Sorry!</div>
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The shop is cute enough. Not as extensive as Bruichladdich, or Ardbeg or Laphroaig but it contains all one needs I suppose. Seeing that we had "only a short while we needed to get going to Ardbeg to grab some lunch and wait for our tour to begin. So next time we are there Lagavulin will be on the list for the extended tour.<br />
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After getting back to the hotel, I managed to sorta work on a photo on my phone and I abused it into this photo below. I know, it looks horrible, but at least its light enough to make out my face!<br />
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On to <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/10/islay-trip-day-two-ardbeg-part-one.html" target="_blank">Ardbeg!</a><br />
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Just before going on to the next blog I would like to mention the excellent charity started by <a href="https://twitter.com/adramaday" target="_blank">Ben Bowens</a> for a children's heart surgery Hospital. <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday">https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday</a><br />
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We had spotted the spot where <a href="http://www.laphroaig.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">Laphroaig</a> cuts its peat. Its on the way from Bowmore to Port Ellen. It just beside the road, but we did not stop there because ones i realised what it was we had past it ...<br />
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The road from Port Ellen to laphroaig is along the coast. You could do it on foot. There is a walk/bicycle track next to the road that is excellent if you want to walk the distance between the three distilleries.<br />
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Ones parked at <a href="http://www.laphroaig.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">laphroaig</a> we went to the visitor centre. Some of the buildings were in scaffolding. Probably for maintenance. Naturally we would have a selfie with the laphroaig letters on the backdrop.<br />
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<a href="http://www.laphroaig.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">Laphroaig</a> had two tents set up across from the warehouse to project and broadcast opinions of customers during the dark hours of the day. I had mine broadcast some days before. This is what I had send in via twitter.<br />
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<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/Laphroaig">@Laphroaig</a> <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/opinionswelcome?src=hash">#opinionswelcome</a> <a href="http://www.laphroaig.com/opinions/opinionswelcome/iromby/1" target="_blank">"I want to plant my flag in something! Might as well be Peat!"</a><br />
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The lady behind the counter explained how and where I could print my square foot plot certificate. So we did. I am a stubborn laddie so I refrained from putting on the wellies. I had my flag, I had my plot. Now all I needed was the gps gismo.<br />
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The batteries were dead, so after the kind lady put in new batteries we were good to go. No more words for now. Let the videos do the talking.<br />
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What the video is showing is that the field where on can plant the flag is rather .... soggie, muddie, peaty.... one should really wear wellingtons. In the video I am explaining how the location where I planted my flag "really" is the spot shown on the GPS. It isn't, but I am saying it is .. </div>
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After completing the task of planting the Flag we went back to the Distillery for some light shopping. </div>
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Having turned in early we woke up early. At just past 06:30 we went out the door. We had a wee stroll to the peer. Put the Bowmore distillery on a photo and went to check out the gates to the distillery. Apparently the distillery is closed at 06:48 in the morning which we found preposterous! I mean, we are up! Just kidding.<br />
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You may think while reading this: How is this a whisky blog? You are right, it isn't, it much more like a diary. A diary of a whisky related trip. It helps me remember for later and if you are reading this you are either me, family, friends or people that have decided to go to Islay too and want to get a feel for it all. Or you have been to Islay and maybe my texts sparks some memories. Or you live on Islay and then you can smile at the detail of it all.<br />
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We had a day of activities ahead of us. First to the American memorial. The view across the sea is supposed to be amazing. It was still dark when we set out hoping to get sun up from the cliffs. Then we would plant a flag at Laphroaig, pop in at Lagavulin, and the onwards to Ardbeg for lunch and a tour. <br />
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So off to the American monument. For more information about the monument see this <a href="http://www.islayinfo.com/american-monument.html" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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The road to the American monument is first to Port Ellen, just past the malting’s one turns right, up the hill for a bit, then turn left. This is where the road turns into a one lane road, even less wide than the road to Kilchoman. Not to worry right? <br />
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Wrong! We were meeting a car and I estimated that the "grass" to the left of the road was firm enough. It wasn't. It was grass that had grown high enough inside the, invincible, ditch so it looked firm enough. The front left wheel went over the side and we came to a gentle halt. We were not driving fast anyways. The moment is captured on video. <br />
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What to do? No one around! Do I have reception to call anyone? Yes I do! Who to call? The rental company? Eh .... I had the Lochside hotel on my contact list (tip!) so I called and the kind lady at the hotel would send a tractor. Where were we she asked! Ehhhrmm ... we took a right at Port Ellen makings and are just out of the woods on a road leading to the oa. Or ao, anyway, to the monument! (Mull of Oa, Isle of Islay, PA42 7AU, U.K.) The lady understood and help was on its way.<br />
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One minute later we heard at something come up the hill. Ones around the corner the something turned out to be a truck. A truck owned by Martin. Martin the truck driver is our hero and he made short work of getting us out the ditch. He had done this before, even with his own car and with his truck. We called the kind lady at the hotel, so she could call the person on the tractor to go do other things than rescue us. After a last thank you and a handshake we went on. We took it very much more slowly from that point on and absolutely avoided stubbornness. Tip: Use the passing areas!!!<br />
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Onwards to the memorial. The road went from tarmac to gravel to connecting potholes. Ones at the parking space we went on on foot. Staying clear of big, but gently grassing horned cows and bulls. Some sheep greeted us with a not to be miss-understood "meeeehhhh".<br />
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The walk to the monument is beautiful. The view at the monument is abso-frigging-lutely stunning! We could see Ireland, just about the whole loch and a good chunk of Islay. Let me shut up and let the photos do the talking.<br />
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The wind was coming from the sea, and we were warned not to dismiss the risk of being blown of the cliff. So noted. Tip!!!<br />
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Back to the car, past the sheep, past the cows, past the gates. The drive back gave us a perspective we had not noticed on the way to, but one’s going back we appreciated the ruggedness even more.<br />
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Next destination: <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/10/islay-trip-day-two-laphroaig.html" target="_blank">Laphroaig flag planting </a><br />
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Just before going on to the next blog I would like to mention the excellent charity started by <a href="https://twitter.com/adramaday" target="_blank">Ben Bowens</a> for a children's heart surgery Hospital. <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday">https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday</a><br />
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We were met by the owner of the Hotel who bid us a hearty welcome and we were shown to our room. Room 7 had been recently refurbished and I must say it looked very well indeed. After a short shirt refresh it felt like we needed a beer. Luckily the hotel has also a bar, a pub, a restaurant and an outside terrace. What more could we possibly need.<br />
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A bar and a pub? Yes a bar and a pub. The hotel bar is only separated from the "next door" pub by one wall and a door, which is in the one door. Same personnel works both places! Very convenient setup!!<br />
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We took our beer from the pub, through the door in the one wall, to the restaurant "next door". We got a table and this is where we met our graceful hostess for the first time. Eilidh would become one of the highlights of our trip!<br />
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We asked what was good. The fish was good. We ordered the fish. The fish was indeed good. What more can one say about fresh fish from waters just outside the window! No burgers for us this trip we told Eilidh! (We broke that statement Saturday night when we found out the Islay burgers are friggin delicious!)<br />
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On to the bar, on this side of the wall, so not the pub. You will get it when (not if) you go visit. This is where me met Keith, one of the staff. I think we ordered coffee or something. Doesn't matter what we ordered but we got to talk to a guy from New Zealand who was visiting Italy for a ICT programmer kinda conference but had decided to take a wee detour to Islay. That is some detour dude! Excellent bloke. Excellent conversation. The first of many excellent folk we would meet at the bar.<br />
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I had gotten my 200 ml bottle of laddiemp4 and was about to find the Bruichladdich youtube steam only to find out the internet was, let just say, not performing that well. We would not be able to see the stream any more than Bruichladdich would be able to upload it. The same internet glitch hit us. (We found this out the next day) So we had to do a tasting without the guidance of Adam Hannett. Ah well. Lets do it!<br />
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We asked for 3 glasses. We got three glasses. One for my friend, one for me and one for the New Zealand dude. Put in a dram and before we knew it we met by the fair but strict reprimand from Keith. We were not allowed to drink a dram we brought ourselves. Oops! In our enthusiasm to join the laddiemp4 tasting we had forgotten a very basic bar rule. We slammed the dram (sorry!) and I brought the bottle up to the room. Better to order some classic laddies and get on the good side of Keith ;) hi Keith!<br />
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We had been up since 4:15 am and were knackered. So we turned in at 20:30, which felt like 3 am to us. Slept like babies only to wake at 6:00 am. Day two had begun.<br />
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Just before going on to the next blog I would like to mention the excellent charity started by <a href="https://twitter.com/adramaday" target="_blank">Ben Bowens</a> for a children's heart surgery Hospital. <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday">https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/adramaday</a><br />
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I had done what I had promised myself I would do. I had gone to the place that had become a goal in itself. Complete the promise to myself and live by doing stuff of the heart, right now, not later.<br />
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The first selfie I made on the Bruichladdich inner courtyard was one with many emotions going through my mind. I can see the tension in my face.<br />
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The second selfie I made shows I have broad smile and I am thoroughly enjoying myself. The reason for this was a short visit to the shop of Bruichladdich.<br />
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The second reason we had come to the Bruichladdich distillery strait after landing on Islay was to ask if we could please please please be in the audience for the laddiemp4 micro provenance tasting that would be hosted by Adam Hannett later that day in warehouse 12! So we asked the man behind the counter and while he was pouring us the classic laddies he said he would ask Ailsa. (I'm not explaining who this is, you will have to figure that out for yourselfs).<br />
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While enjoying my dram and raising of it the heavens to toast my late sister and the friendship with my fiend Ailsa met with us.<br />
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I was able to plead, just about beg, if we could join the tasting. She would ask Adam and she did. Adam being the fair man that he is was truly sorry, but had to tell us no. We had off course anticipated this answer but we, being boldly Dutch, just had to try. Ailsa totally surprised us with a 200 ml bottle of laddiemp4, cask 16-062, 10 yo, sherry matured. (Yes I had two of these babies now). So we could enjoy it in the hotel while watching the YouTube stream later that day.<br />
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After finishing our drams we strolled the shop some more. We would be back two days later for the tour and warehouse tasting. So just a stroll. Time for a photo of the yellow submarine, the blue truck and naturally the casks making up the word Bruichladdich just outside the gates.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me all smiles</td></tr>
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we decided on the spot that is was to early yet to go to the Lochside Hotel in Bowmore, so what to do next. Lets see that beautiful beach to the left! Cool, lets do that. So we asked some directions. We got the directions, plus a tip to make sure to use the passing areas along the way to allow upcoming traffic to pass.<br />
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Turn left out the Bruichladdich gate. Drive just for a tad till you reach the Kilchoman road sign, turn left and just drive till you reach the end. We learned soon enough that the single lane roads that go to the cute places on Islay are a thing of their own. Tip: use the passing areas. DON'T be tempted to just use, what looks like grass, on the sides of the road. I mean DON'T!! More on this subject on the day two blog!<br />
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The kilchoman beach is absolutely stunning in its beauty. Just watch the movie and see for yourself.<br />
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After goofing around at the beach for a while we would go to the Lochside Hotel in Bowmore (yes, i am spamming their name!). We were in need of a drink and in need of a meal.<br />
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So, naturally when we passed Kilchoman Distillery we looked at the clock. It was 16:45. We still had time. We were here now. We could just walk in and get a feel. Check it out. No tour mind you, we had not planned one but now that we were here, why not!<br />
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Just some self explanatory photos of the visit to illustrate the place! It looks amazing!<br />
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Now we would go to the Lochside Hotel in Bowmore. No more side trips !<br />
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The train ride was uneventful and this is also true for the checkin process at Schiphol Airport. A quick check-in and security check is what you can expect from Schiphol and this was again true that day. What helps is using the KLM app to check-in ahead of time and to not bring any fluids over the allowed limit. <br />
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Sitting Economy Comfort is totally acceptable so the 1:15 hour flight was comfortable and over before you knew it. Security at Glasgow is fine, although the cameras used to check the face of my 208 cm tall friend had to adjust itself far upwards in order to even scan his face. This gave a good laugh of the lady of the border police.<br />
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Picking up the rental car at hertz was easily done. We had to check what the man at the counter meant with "go through the window, then turn left" .... finally we figured out he meant "go through the door, then turn left". It made much more sense when we got that translation from the Glasgow Scottish that was spoken by the guy at the counter. Great guy by the way. <br />
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So, put the stuff in the car, try to find all the controls, program Tom and Tom and then start to drive. Taking the wrong side of the road was ok, except that it felt odd at first. What feels more odd is shifting with my left hand. I put it in 3rd or 4th gear a few time, but after that all went smooth. Oh, and think miles per hour, not kilometres per hour. <br />
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Ones of the two lane highway the scenery became less flat and increasingly mountainous. Incredible views opened up before us as the road twisted and turned along the lochs, glens and bens (lakes, valleys and mountains). The advice speed is 60 mph along much of the route and this is fast enough. You really don't want to drive any faster if you'r not a local and know the way. Tip: if the word "slow" is painted on the road, then follow the advice and slow down!!!<br />
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After just over two hours we reached the ferry terminal at Kennacraig and just as predicted, there is absolutely nothing else there besides the ferry terminal. There is a toilet, which is a big plus. And a coffee machine. Check-in here went smoothly as well and ones on the ferry we had a meal that we so very much needed. Combined with the company of a couple that was on their way to visit their son, the experiment on the ferry was totally enjoyable.<br />
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Tip: bring cash. There is no electronic way of paying for anything on board. The credit card option is the one from the last century. It works. Tad slow. On the ferry one meets all kinds of people and this is only the first encounter of many that would follow. One meets locals, tourist for whisky from all over, but also other travellers that just use the ferry to go to work. If you are open to it, one can have the most delightful conversations. The views that you can have are amazing to. We went to Post Askaig which took us past Jura. The couple we met indicated the breast-like shape of the mountains of Jura and we had a good laugh about this. The mindset was set so to say.<br />
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Leaving the ferry is just as smooth as getting on it. We landed at Port Askaig and we decided to do the thing I had promised to my late sister first. Head to Bruichladdich distillery and have a dram in honor of her memory. So we did. I could feel the emotions in me increase as the distance decreased. Along the beach of the loch a first tear. Ones at the gate one more. Then as i got out the car, saw the famous blue laddie shop letters I cried my eyes out. Even as I am writing this my eyes turn misty. I had done what I had promised myself to do. Live and not postpone living. The realisation and the tears were met with a good hug of my friend. A weight had been lifted. My mind cleared up. Now it was time for fun, to live and enjoy friendship. </div>
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This blog entry stops here. <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/10/islay-trip-day-one-laddie-shop.html" target="_blank">The next blog will cover the initial heartwarming visit at Bruichladdich, a visit to Kilchoman Beach and a visit to Kilchoman Distillery</a>.<br />
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Probably the first glass I owned were two Glencairn glasses that came with a Zuidam gift set. I made the horrible mistake of putting these in the dishwasher and this absolutely making them useless. So lesson one I learned is : do not wash your whisky glassware in the dishwasher.</div>
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The I went to the same store again and got a small glass. The idea being that this was the only one available at that store. No intelligence yet in my buying strategy. It is rather small but contains just a cute amount to get a feel for the dram. Sturdy little glass, but not meant for nosing or tasting in any serious manner. Rather like it for everyday enjoying a dram without fussing over making notes.</div>
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My first serious glass was one I ordered from the Bruichladdich online shop together with a Bruichladdich book for making tasting notes. At this point in time I had decided to start my whisky nerd development in a serious manner and all the guys online, like Ralfy, were using this. So it must be good. YouTube movies by Ralfy deepened this believe. Still clueless why these glasses are so good. Still learning.</div>
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I was starting to get the idea that there must be an industry standard for nosing smell components. This sparked the nerd / engineer in me and I used the ISO standards website to search for industry standards for tasting and smelling congeners. The standard I found is the ISO 3591:1977. Please see this <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/05/standardized-whisky-tasting-glass.html" id="id_2c51_6d95_427a_ea5">blog</a> entry about it. I have looked for it in stores but could not really find the glass that was indicated in this standard. </div>
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All this glassware has a purpose for enjoying a dram. Depending on the temperature, location, mood you are in, intension etc. you pick your glassware and enjoy your dram. For me the ISO 3591:1977 glass is my glass. I'm an engineer. I abide by standards, so I feel the nerdy need to comply! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8154199368452017944.post-12639718588377373262016-10-07T06:58:00.000+02:002016-10-08T09:38:09.636+02:00Islay Trip Day OneHi As some of you might know a friend and I are going to Islay, Scotland on the 13th of October. <br />
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Ones we get thru security our next stop will be the Hertz rental-car-desk to pick up our economy class rental. I hope to god my friend is able to sit comfortably in this "Corsa" because the dude is like 208 cm tall. It should be ok. We are also bringing our friends Tom and Tom to show us the way. <br />
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The way is of to Kennacraig to catch the 13:00 ferry to Port Askaig. Check-in closes at 12:30 so that should leave us with at least some time to complete the 2:16 hour drive. There is plenty to see along the way. We pass by lakes, hills, peaks we Dutch would consider mountains, villages etc.<br />
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There is also plenty of opportunity to take the wrong way around a roundabout and end up having to track back. This I say because this will be the first time I will be driving on the left side of the road. Wish me luck! <br />
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From Port Askaig I scouted the route to Bowmore using google street view. Handy tool to see if the Islay roads are dangerous or not. They seemed perfectly ok to drive on as long as I KEEP LEFT! <br />
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What we would love to do is attend the Bruichladdich YouTube webcast for the Laddiemp4 bottles in the shop at Bruichladdich. Unfortunately the place is jam packed. Bummer!!<br />
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The rest of the agenda is pretty open, but three things are planned. A extensive tour at Ardbeg on Friday afternoon and two tours at Bruichladdich on Saturday morning. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8154199368452017944.post-47190111164094777242016-10-01T18:28:00.000+02:002016-10-02T12:11:11.656+02:00The teenagers from Bruichladdich<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Bruichladdich had announced on facebook that it will come with three new expressions. All aged 10 years. All are Un-Chill Filtered. All are Natural Colour. </div>
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This made me look at the USA based site for spirits to get their labels approved and I found the designs for the drams.</div>
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<b>The Laddie Ten, Second Limited Edition </b></div>
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This is the Classic Single Malt expression by Bruichladdich. It is bottled at the standard 50% ABv. I like this ABv since it allows me to add water to the point where I know the oils will come out of alcohol solution. This is a 18.000 bottle release. The Casks used are First Fill Bourbon, Sherry and French wine Casks. This is typical for The Classic Laddie. For more compositions of this dram see this <a href="http://iladdie.blogspot.nl/2016/04/three-recipes-of-classic-laddie-compared.html" target="_blank">blog entry</a> </div>
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This Dram is also bottled at 50% ABV. This is a 18.000 bottle release. The Casks used are First Fill Bourbon, Sherry, Tempranillo and French wine Casks. I like the Tempranillo grape alot when I drink wine, So I am very interested in the influence this will have on this Dram. </div>
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The peating level is 167 PPM. The ABV is 57,3%. This is a 18.000 bottle release. The casks used for this dram are not revealed on the label.</div>
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All these expressions are add 10 years. The good thing about this is that one is able to compare terroir , mashing, malting and other influences while keeping the age the same. As Adam Hannett often sais "Interesting" and "a moment in time". </div>
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This is what Bruichladdich often does. In these drams Adam Hannett allows people to explore influences one a spirit while keeping some parameters the same. This is not only good marketing, but it allows serious Bruichladdich fans to explore congeners and influences. With these expressions the age is kept te same. </div>
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The other expression I found while browsing the USA label site was a 1992 expression of a 24 year old Black Art. This is going to be one hell of an expression. The ABV is 48,4%. This is a 12.000 bottle release. Naturally no information is given about the casks used, except that they were Oak. </div>
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Look me up if you want .<div><br></div><div>What do I think of Periscope? <br><div><br></div><div>I actually found out that periscope is pretty <b>useless</b> when your trying to broadcast a tasting by yourself. I just lack the amount of arms and hardware needed to keep my phone stable, read comments and keep focused on nosing and tasting. </div><div><br></div><div>It could be useful for streaming a distillery tour. That is, if it is allowed and people don't mind looking at an iPhone strapped to your face while making the tour. And if the 3G/4G/wifi supports the bandwidth. Let's just say the Scottish isles are not blessed with broadband like Amsterdam is.</div><div><br></div><div>It is however useful, and funny, when watching other struggle with the same issues. </div><div><br></div><div>The better options for recording a tour would be a GoPro or similar device. Don't worry about streaming it life unless you have the technical support of a team, permission and the needed bandwidth.</div><div><br></div><div>The option of doing a "face to face" chat with your whisky mates is limited to "friends only". This is where periscope is quite useless as well. The better options would be Facetime or any other program where you can just use the camera in your IMac, laptop etc. </div><div><br></div><div>So my use of periscope will be limited to waiting on others to broadcast something whisky related. </div><div><br></div><div>Final verdict on periscope for whisky geeks? Useless for now ....</div><div><br></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703940746121697774noreply@blogger.com0