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Committee Newsletter Momentous Minutes A truly momentous minute! Issue 1 December 2000 It’s out with the old This careful and precise copying of every down to the pot to be redistilled. Together, detail and dimension has been a lengthy these features contribute to the remarkable and in with… and painstaking procedure - and crucial balance found in Ardbeg Single Malt, in maintaining the quality and character achieved by taking the lightest and of Ardbeg whisky. sweetest volatiles of a naturally phenolic How to arrive at the same and highly flavoured spirit. Their The body of Ardbeg’s still has a relatively replication ensures that the distinctive A hum of excitement has pervaded the broad girth, which narrows into the collar Ardbeg character will be retained. Distillery at Ardbeg, as we await the imminent arrival of our brand new spirit still. One further feature that we have been at 1000 – 1493 AD pains to keep is the intricate riveting Essential information to help you neighbouring island Arran and the Mull of The Lords of the Isles arriving at their seat of power: Islay Since our relaunch in 1997 we have been which runs round the top and the bottom come and claim your free dram Kintyre en route. And best of all, you can renovating and replacing buildings and of the still, depicting Celtic knots. Harking see Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig as All visitors are welcome at the Distillery, you fly along the coast of Islay, before equipment. Most importantly, we have back to an age before welding, the rivets but none so much as our new Committee coming in to land. The wee plane has twin spent over 36 months planning the are no longer structurally relevant, and members! So to help you find us, we propellers, and be warned, it can be construction of a still, to replace the one our insistence on them being replicated thought this very practical information distinctly bumpy in the winter months. which has been here for 51 years. The may seem pedantic. But we think not! would help. average lifetime of a still is only 15 to 18 They are part of the old method of By your own boat years, so the still that has served us so long construction, and the Celtic design is also Once you arrive on Islay it’s very easy to Map C64, produced by Imray, features Islay and faithfully truly deserves her rest. But testimony to the Distillery’s heritage and find Ardbeg – although not quite so simple within the area of Belfast Lough to Lough she will not be lost to us entirely, for in her history – and the Spirit of Ardbeg. as following your nose. Take the low road the year. There are normally 3 daily Foyle and Crinan. You can moor here or at south towards Port Ellen, pass Laphroaig, sailings, except Wednesdays and Sundays. one of 10 yacht moorings at Port Ellen, wake will come a replacement cast Every other weekend Lagavulin then before you come to the The crossing takes about 2 hours and, where you’ll find a range of facilities...a perfectly in her image. The moment of her arrival is something 136 Irishmen arrive in rubber dinghies at Ardbeg Kildalton Cross you’ll see Ardbeg’s rocky on a fine day, is absolutely beautiful! hose and fresh water! Please be very careful we have dreamed of for a long time. cove. We’re open 7 days a week during the Prices start at £6.85 for a foot passenger – over 250 shipwrecks and strandings are As any whisky enthusiast is well aware, the We shouldn’t pretend there won’t be a summer, but from October to June we and from £36 for your car. Coach services known to have occurred around Islay’s shape, size and construction of a still few obstacles to overcome as she settles close for the weekend. operate from Glasgow to Kennacraig, rugged shores. influences the character of a whisky as at the base of its tall neck. This bottom- into her new home. And the story of her contact Scottish Citylink Coaches for Welcome... Yo u can pick up a road map when you arrive details on 0990 505050. By rubber dinghy much as ingredients and the surrounding heavy shape contributes to a heavier journey to Islay by sea will undoubtedly be We hope you enjoy this first issue of joining from far-flung places all over the Ardbeg hospitality! It’s good that our in Islay. Inflate your dinghy, don a life jacket environment. So we have given the flavour, and because of the cleansing told in the next issue of Momentous Momentous Minutes which we’ve world... India... Bahrain... South Korea... website at www.ardbeg.com seems to be By air and paddle like mad. Or use a motor and Coppersmiths, Richard Forsyth & Sons properties of the copper in contact with Minutes! But thanks to years of scrupulous produced for members of The Ardbeg Thailand... and Namibia. Some Ardbeg so popular. If you live within the EU, you follow the example of our devotees from By car ferry British Airways (tel: 0845 7733377) fly Committee. The Committee is still in its fans closer to home are going to can use it to order your supply of Ardbeg Ltd, the exact measurements of the old the spirit, the flavour is intensified. But and exacting preparations we can all relax Caledonian MacBrayne (tel: 01475 650100) from Glasgow airport twice daily, first thing Northern Ireland. infancy – it was launched just 9 months extraordinary lengths in their devotion: – worth remembering if you can’t get still, from which they have masterfully Ardbeg also has a purifier on the lyne-arm in the knowledge that at least nothing 1 run the ferry between Kennacraig on the and last thing. The flight takes only /2 an ago. Yet we’re delighted to report that 136 made it over here in dinghies from hold of your favourite vintage elsewhere fabricated her replica. which forces the heaviest volatiles back about the whisky is going to change. mainland and Port Ellen or Port Askaig on hour. It doesn’t quite land on the beach – A warming dram and hearty congratulations already there are over 3,500 members, Northern Ireland, for a dram and some for Christmas! Islay. Timetables obviously change during just right beside it. It flies over especially awaits you. Ardbeg Distillery, Port Ellen, Islay, Argyll PA42 7EA www.ardbeg.com L , i A r n l e s m e h t e o a d n e rs o d h e C i p s l t , y i , n n ip h k n w r c o C a u ,k a h z D e y o b m h e n m e d s c i , al, l o u a s , n o d y fis t rth n t c f d u n n i m e r a o u n d t , u arco t u o e ts s e g f c y t t k , g w ,c l d l c , o This hospitable inclination has meant that o c , , e a e v a a lo s c l ss), e u m ty, ch e b l t a r k o c e v n r o MISSION i t s e e e ,s e n n u y o p , a b n a s d e r s g t (m ,e m o ,so o a t s o i m a c s W s e , e we’ve needed to hire another 4 folk to help p l n M y b c S u w y a p r i e o g g l n o apw c b ,c o a o ch c d a o e N ro s rb il l ly o r r B ir d e a a , u z c s n ood, resin p d B b o ir , h i f The Islay People’s Half Members’ Noticeboard The Missionary Position d t y a u p o arry t tu n s A f n r t O i STATEMENT us manage all the catering! Next on the p , a y o l e c s l t t d , n b n e l e i a T e d s l e d n in p r e k e a y o l g r, i P o o s p O c o Marathon Committee , e rm p to in Resinous a m e el agenda is preparing the new Committee a e k S t w g , k , y P, e st rn C rin y N u T , b e B e w al din The Ardbeg Committee would like to Since the launch of the Ardbeg Please write and tell us about your Menthol, camphor, naphtha w in lo It’s a quirky fact that Islay, with Room upstairs. We’ve been so rushed off o ic y, o Nutty/Oily d pra d e as ol Smoky M Se enth thank The Islay People’s Half-Marathon Committee, you have been regaling us messianic endeavours, fulfilling Members’ e, m air ntin a population of just 3,000, has our feet that we haven’t been able to make Spicy a- urpe Bourbon Se irit, t al sp Committee for their thanks for Ardbeg’s with stories of how Ardbeg whisky is being Rules and Regulations: urgic c S Salty tholi more than 140 Committees.
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