Islay Festival Diary Tuesday 26 May - Laphroaig

On a bright and sunny Tuesday, Laphroaig Distillery held its Open Day; with Masterclasses, special tours and tastings happening at a distillery filled with visitors. Additional tastings, and an experience including a walk to the water source, cutting peat and turning the malt, are available at Laphroaig throughout the Feis Ile week. Please contact the distillery for details, and to book your places at Laphroaig events.

Laphroaig Distillery Panorama - full laphroaig panorama

Today the Maltings in Port Ellen opened for tours, and they will also be running tours on Wednesday & Thursday this week. There, visitors saw the drums and peat fires used in processing raw barley to make the malt for producing Islay malt whisky. A demonstration was also given in one of the Port Ellen warehouses, and the Maltings presented an exhibition of old distillery photographs and documents. Advance booking is required for Maltings tours. The day ended at Laphroaig’s Filling Store with a festive ceilidh led by the popular Howff Band, where all could join in with the traditional Scottish country dances. Below a video from Laphroaig's open day by the Ileach Newspaper:

Laphroaig Distillery Open Day 25th May from ileach newspaper on Vimeo.