Whiskey and the Loch Lomond Distillery

"If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious living into the bottomless pits of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fiber of my being.

However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer, the stimulating sip that puts a little spring in the step of an elderly gentleman on a frosty morning; if you mean that drink that enables man to magnify his joy, and to forget life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrow; if you mean that drink the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars each year, that provides tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest highways, hospitals, universities, and community colleges in this nation, then my friend, I am absolutely, unequivocally in favour of it.

This is my position, and as always, I refuse to be compromised on matters of principle.

(Address to the legislature by a Mississippi state senator, 1958, "Whiskey Speech")

Loch Lomond Distillery Company Limited

Snowy Whiskey Trail: Stag on the Road

Go easy on the 'hard stuff' (whisky), it can make you feel very good and very brave!



Excellent marketing shot but not really recommended!

Beautiful Pictures of Islay

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Mother and foal from the Ellister Islay Highland pony stud


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A rare Longtailed duck swimming offshore in one of the many inlets. More often seen in the seas around Orkney and Shetland Islands.

The sea cliffs of Islay are home for the rare Chough

Islay is one of the last strongholds of the rare and elusive Corncrake (Crex crex) in Scotland.

The Common Blue Butterfly of the grass fields and cliff tops of Islay

Credit and Thanks

Below you will find a list of talented people, both visitors and residents, who submitted their pictures to the Islay blog.

•Teresa Morris - Islay Wildscapes
•Ron Steenvoorden - Islay Info Website
•Claudio Riva
•Irena Krasinska-Lobban
•BondBloke - Sensual Eye
•Rae Woodrow - Islay Quilters
•Petter Rønningsen - Polarsirkelen Whiskyklubb
•Davie Campbell
•Brian Minnie - Says hi to the staff at Bruichladdich!
•Jane Dawson - http://www.ellisterislay.co.uk/