The main reason Kevlar joined up with us in Scotland was to enjoy whisky from the Isle of Islay. We have already decided to come back for Kevlar's 50th birthday, and then we'll do ALL the Islay distilleries.
This time, sadly, we only had time for two whisky distilleries, so we made sure it was our two favorites: Lagavulin and Laphroaig. This, my friends, is the Adult Version of Disney World. It's a place where dreams come true for whisky-lovers. This is paradise.
We all dressed in our best Scottish attire for the day so that we could make it even more special. We looked dashing.
We started at 10:30am with Lagavulin. We got to join a few other folks that love whisky in a special room full of barrels and sampled large tastings of a bunch of their Lagavulin whisky. It was, obviously, super tasty. The guy in charge was really funny and gave us a few humorous stories as we sipped whisky.
Kevlar charmed the tour guide and got extra bonuses: (1) He got to use a large straw thing to draw up whisky to add to the bottle that we were going to drink from (and obviously slurp up extra at the same time); AND (2) He got some extra whisky added to his glass. The lucky jerk!
After that, we ate lunch by the castle ruins that looked down at Lagavulin. Then we did a mile-ish long walk to Laphroaig Distillery.
The lady doing this tour had a lovely Scottish accent and we wanted to steal her (and the whisky barrels) and take them home with us. It was another amazing experience and I'm so glad it all worked out. The tastings were delicious, and we got to pour our own whisky out of the barrel into glass bottles to bring home with us.
After that tour, we were in a happy place, and decided to walk back to the castle ruins overlooking Lagavulin and just relax for a few hours. We looked out over the cliffs, ocean, ruins, and Lagavulin distillery and decided that we never wanted to leave. We WILL be back!
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