From the monthly archives: September 2012
My Heart is in the Highlands
Morning on the grounds of Drummuir Castle
Just beautiful
From the Garden
Pre-Dinner Falconry on the Castle Grounds
“The Professor” with the ultimate symbol of Freedom
I feel like Harry Potter
Our Piper for Dinner
Piping in the Haggis
The address to the Haggis
Stewart at Royal Lochnagar explaining Malting process
Spirit Still at Lochnagar… It’s wee…
Tasting the fruits of labor at Royal Lochnagar
Lunch with Suzy and Alan at Tannochbrae… Recipients of the Loch and K(e)y Award
Charlie, Lia and Dave enjoying the spread at Tannochbrae
Alan carving Racks of Local Lamb… Absolutely delicious
In the belly of the beast; Mash room at Roseisle
The Professor; at the heart. The Still House at Roseisle.
Final days, arriving at Drummuir Castle to unwind before the journey back across the pond home.
After checking in at the castle, I stretched my legs with a walk around the castle grounds. This shot is of some of the many types of Thistle growing wildy around Drummuir.
I also stumbled across these wild red raspberries. They were slightly tart; magic.
Drummuir Castle’s library, the Loch and K(e)y travellers spent many hours studying.
Charlie tasting the worts at Glenrothes
A Glenrothes cooper working his craft
The “Inner Sanctum” at The Glenrothes
The Glenrothes in it’s various incarnations through time
Cask Samples for Loch and K(e)y Cask selection at Glengarioch
Lunch time drams in the courtyard at Glengarioch
Still House at Glendronach
- A Parliment of Rooks
So no pics for day 3. We boarded a ferry in Portig on Islay headed for the mainland Kennacraig on the Mull of Kintyre. From Kennacraig we had a 5 hour drive to Huntley in the east Highlands. A very long uneventful day but worth it for the time spent on Islay.
Randall doing malt Angels on the malt Floor at Bowmore
Glenn tossing the Malt the old way. Bowmore is one of only a handful of Distilleries in Scotland to use floor malting for a portion of their grain.
Wash Back # 1 at Bowmore
Still Life; Bowmore
Bowmore’s Spirit Safe
Ardbeg; but the glasses are empty
Jackie, our guide at Ardbeg. Awesome…
that’s better some Ardbeg in an earlier incarnation; Kildalton…
View from the dock at Ardbeg
The Money Shot
Loch and K(e)y members contemplating the Kildalton… A unanimous winner!
Celebrity Whisky couple Brandall horsing around at Ardbeg
The contemplative lifestyle. The professor deep in thought.
Still House at Ardbeg. Ardbeg was the first distillery we visited on the trip. It certainly set the tone for an amazing trip. Thanks to Jackie and the Moet Hennessy folks in the US for making it possible.
