Geography and all that Jazz

Well done to the Taychreggan Hotel !! My favourite place to drink whisky, as blogged about in 2006 , in West Ferry, Dundee has been named as the Malt Whisky Bar of the Year , even beating off the Gleneagles Hotel... Below is a picture of Mark, the owner I hope to pop in later this year for a dram or three... Slainte !!

Geography and Whisky When starting this blog, I nearly called it Geography and a Wee Dram, as along with jazz, single malt whisky is one of my other passions... Got a very nice booklet today from those nice people at Ardbeg . It introduces a new whisky called "Airigh Nam Beist" which sounds rather nice. Recently finished a rather nice bottle of Ardbeg "Still Young", and intend getting another bottle soon! While up in Scotland at the SAGT Conference, I visited my favourite whisky bar: the Taychreggan Inn at West Ferry, Dundee and was made very welcome as always. This time, Mark the owner gave us a free dram of a new discovery: a peaty Speyside malt called BenRiach . Very nice it is too! The picture above, taken by John Vannet, shows Mark pouring a generous measure of Ardbeg : the greatest Islay malt, one of over 300 malts stocked at the Taychreggan. Laphroaig also have another Geographical connection: visit the website and claim your free square foot of Islay - I h...