INFORMATION Ta xis Hughie’s Taxi 07737 491 429 Taxis, Port Charlotte 07771 921 157 or 01496 850 170 ISLAY AND JURA Carol’s Taxis 07775 782 155 or 01496 302 155 Taxi Service 07899 756 159 or 01496 810 449 & Islay Tours DISTILLERY Bruichladdich Taxis 01496 850 271 or 07899 942 673 Bauld’s Taxis 07899 753 815 TOUR TIMES Bus services to certain parts of the island are operated by B. Mundell, Islay Coaches – please see timetable for routes and times - www.bmundell.co.uk/islay-coaches.html 2018 Bike Hire Bike hire is available from Jim Lutomski, Tel: 07760 196592 Jura Jura Island Tours, Alex Dunnachie – 01496 820 314 Buses are also operated on Jura by Garelochhead Coaches - please see timetables for routes and times Eating Out

Bowmore Harbour Inn, The Square 01496 810 330 Lochside Hotel, Shore Street 01496 810 244 Bowmore Hotel, Jamieson Street 01496 810 416 Distillery Visitor Centre & Old Kiln Café The Cottage Restaurant, Main Street 01496 810 111 Opening hours November to March: Monday – Friday: 09:30 to 17:00 April to October: Monday – Sunday: 09:30 to 17:00 (all week) Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant, Shore Street 01496 810 033 Cafaidh Blasta, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ile 07585 699 946 TOURS Golden Dragon Takeaway, The Square 01496 810 811 10:00 (*Daily, February - mid December) THE ARDBEG FULL RANGE TOUR & TASTING £20 Munchie Box, Main Street, (takeaway) 01496 810 669 1hr 45mins A detailed tour of the distillery with five drams of Ardbeg in Peatzeria, Shore Street 01496 810 810 the chairman’s study (core range plus one limited expression). 11:00 (*Daily, March to November) Port Ellen THE TOUR & WEE TASTE The Islay Hotel, Charlotte Street 01496 300 109 The Ardbeg distillery tour & wee taste £6 1hr 15mins. Informative and fun Old Kiln Café, Ardbeg Distillery 01496 302 244 tour with an Ardbeg dram of your choice from our core range. Sea Salt, Frederick Crescent 01496 300 300 14:00 (Monday - Friday, April to October) THE ARDBIG TOUR & ARDBIG TASTING AT TWO £40 Monday to Friday 2hrs 30mins Other Islay Restaurants Complete tour with tales, timings, temperatures, traditions and tuns with Hotel, Port Askaig 01496 840 245 tasting in Warehouse 3. Taste some cask samples and some old favourites. Bridgend Hotel, Bridgend 01496 810 212 15:00 (*Daily February - mid December) Inn, Ballygrant 01496 840 277 THE ARDBEG DISTILLERY TOUR & WEE TASTE Distillery Café, Kilchoman 01496 850 011 £6 1hr 15mins Informative and fun tour with an Ardbeg dram of your choice from our core range. Port Charlotte Hotel, Port Charlotte 01496 850 360 TASTINGS Lochindaal Hotel, Port Charlotte 01496 850 202 INNOVATIVE DRAMS £30 (Thursdays April-October) 12:00 1hr 15mins Yan’s Kitchen, Port Charlotte 01496 850 230 Learn more about how our whisky creation team put together the Ardbeg Port Mòr Bistro, Port Charlotte 01496 850 097 flavour profiles – taste four very different expressions of Ardbeg. An Tigh Seinnse, 01496 860 224 What happens in the lab? Gate One Cafe, Islay 01496 300 441 FESTIVAL FUN AT ONE £50 (Fridays April - October) 13:00 Islay House, Bridgend 01496 810 287 Duration: as long as it takes… It’s Friday! Islaylimpics, archaeology, the world cup, bicentenary, smuggling, under the sea… catch the flavours of the festival bottlings from 2012. Coffee & cake TEN GREEN BOTTLES… £40 (Saturdays April-October) 14:00 Labels Coffee, Ballygrant 01496 840 595 1 hr 30mins…sitting on the wall. Which five bottles will accidentally fall? Debbie’s Café, Bruichladdich Mini-Market 01496 850 319 Spin our cask end and see which five Ardbeg bottles we will pour. Roy’s Celtic House, Shore St., Bowmore 01496 810 304 You will taste five drams Outback Art Gallery & Café, Sanaigmore 01496 850 259 Burnside Lodge, Port Wemyss 01496 860 296 SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO… Elizabeth Sykes Batiks, Islay House Square 01496 810 147 THE ARDBEG BOG OFF WALK (April to August) £50 Islay Studios, Islay House Square 01496 810 010 Wednesday 11:00 - 15:00 4hrs Take a hike in over the hills, drink in the landscape, taste exquisite drams Persabus Pottery, Port Askaig 01496 840 243 chosen by your guide, picnic lunch and short tour of the distillery. *Check for up-to-date opening hours on www.ardbeg.com Jura Restaurants Jura Hotel 01496 820 243 t: 01496 302 244 Antlers Bistro 01496 820 123 [email protected] www.ardbeg.com LAPHROAIG OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND APRIL: Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00 March to December – 7 days • January to February – 5 days Distillery Tour: 09:30 & 13:30 Warehouse Demonstration: 10:30 & 14:00 (Monday -Thursday) LAPHROAIG EXPERIENCE TOUR £10 (1hr) Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30 & 15:30 Includes 3 drams of your choice, a Laphroaig glass and Lanyard Sensory Tasting: 14:30 MARCH - OCTOBER (7 days) 10:30, 11:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:30 Saturday & Sunday 09:00-17:00 NOVEMBER – DECEMBER (7 days) 10:30, 14:00, 15:00 Distillery Tour: 09:30 & 13:30 JANUARY – FEBRUARY (5 days) 10:30, 14:00, 15:00 Sensory Tasting: 10:30 & 14:30 Enjoy a guided tour through the distillery, starting in the traditional Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30 & 15:30 floor maltings and ending in our Warehouse MAY - SEPTEMBER: Monday-Friday 09:00-18:00 LAYERS OF LAPHROAIG TASTING £20 Distillery Tour: 09:30, 13:30 & 16:00 Weekdays only 15:15 (1hr) Warehouse Demonstration: 10:30 & 14:00 (Monday-Thursday) Maturation Masterclass: 11.00 (Tuesday & Thursday, from June) Includes 6 drams of Laphroaig. In our dedicated tasting room, taste Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30, 15:30 & 16:30 and explore the individual flavours of whisky that are layered to create Sensory Tasting: 14:30 Laphroaig Select. Saturday & Sunday 09:00-17:00 PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE Distillery Tour: 09:30 & 13:30 Sensory Tasting: 10:30 & 14:30 PREMIUM EVENTS Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30 & 15:30 DISTILLER’S WARES £70 Available seven days – 10:00 (2hrs)

Includes: 3 drams, a 250ml bottle of your favourite cask in a presenta- OCTOBER: Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00 Distillery Tour: 9:30 & 13:30 tion box with a Laphroaig glass. Enjoy a malting to maturation tour Warehouse Demonstration: 10:30 & 14:00 (Monday-Thursday) ending in our warehouse. There you will taste from a selection of three Maturation Masterclass: 11:00 (Tuesday & Thursday only) single casks before bottling your favourite to take home and enjoy. Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30 & 15:30 Sensory Tasting: 14:30 WATER TO WHISKY EXPERIENCE £100 Saturday & Sunday 09:00-17:00 Available April – September 12:00 (4.5hrs) Distillery Tour: 9:30 & 13:30 Includes: distillery tour, picnic lunch, peat cutting, visit to the Sensory Tasting: 10:30 & 14:30 Laphroaig water source and a taste from three single casks. (250ml) Core Range Tasting Tour: 11:30 & 15:30 bottle of your favourite cask. Our most extensive and sought-after Laphroaig experience. You will be guided by a Laphroaig Host who NOVEMBER & DECEMBER: Monday – Friday 10:00-16:00 will share Laphroaig stories and secrets along the way. You will meet at Warehouse Demonstration: 10:30 the distillery to put on your wellington boots (provided for the day). Distillery Tour: 12:30 Sensory Tasting: 14:00 PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE Core Range Tasting Tour: 14.30 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS £200 + per person cost of selected Saturday 10:00-16:00 experience. Available April – September 17:15 (weekdays only) (2hrs) Sensory Tastings: 10:30 & 14:00 Distillery Tour: 12:30 Once all the visitors have gone home for the day, experience the home Core Range Tasting Tour: 14:30 of Laphroaig. Pick from the Experience tour, Layers of Laphroaig, or Distiller’s Wares. Or contact us to create your own bespoke Laphroaig FESTIVE PERIOD experience. Closed 23 – 26 December PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE Open 27, 28, 29 & 31 December Closed 1 & 2 January t: 01496 302418 [email protected] t: 01496 302 749 www.laphroaig.com [email protected] www.lagavulindistillery.com VISITOR CENTRE SUMMER OPENING TIMES Monday 2 April – Sunday 28 October CAFÉ, SHOP & VISITOR CENTRE Monday – Saturday 09:30 – 17:00 Sunday 12:00 – 16:00 March 26 -November 2: open every day Unlock Hidden Depths Tasting Tour £10 November 3 - March 2019: open Monday - Friday Monday – Saturday 10:00, 11:00, 13:30, 15:30 Sunday 12:30, 14:00 Distillery Tours: 10:00, 14:00, 15:00 (Max 12 people) £7 Reinventing the Flavour Wheel Tasting £40 Monday – Saturday 15:00 Vaults Secrets Tasting Tour £70: Monday – Friday 09:45 Our distillery tour lasts approximately one hour and includes two drams and a small tasting glass to take away VISITOR CENTRE WINTER OPENING TIMES as a souvenir of your visit. (approx. 45 minutes) Monday 29 October 2018 – Sunday 3 March 2019 Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 17:00 Premium Tour: 11:00 (Max 10 people) £35 Unlock Hidden Depths Tasting Tour £10 An in depth tour with one of our senior tour guides, Monday – Saturday 10:30, 14:00 visiting the malt floor, the still house and warehouse, concluding Reinventing the Flavour Wheel Tasting £40 Monday – Saturday 15:00 with a tutored tasting. (approx. 2 hours) Vaults Secrets Tasting Tour £70: Monday – Friday 10:15 TASTINGS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNLOCK HIDDEN DEPTHS TASTING TOUR £10 On this one hour tour you will be guided through one of ’s oldest distilleries. Includes a tasting of three drams and a small Bowmore tasting Three Drams (20ml) of our Core Range - £5 glass to take home. Three Drams (20ml) of our Limited Edition Range - £10 Additional expressions can be added. Please ask a member REINVENTING THE FLAVOUR WHEEL TASTING £40 of staff when booking. This highly interactive and in-depth masterclass allows you to blind nose and taste four specially selected drams and create your very own unique tasting notes. This is where we mix, whisky, science and imagination! Café is open daily from 09:45 – 17:00 The Café offers a delicious range of home-made soups, VAULTS SECRETS TASTING TOUR £70 sandwiches and cakes, together with our famous Cullen This tour gives you unlimited, behind the scenes access, to Bowmore Skink and barista style coffees. Distillery, where you will explore a distillery steeped in tradition and heritage. Eventually you will reach our exclusive Vaults Secrets tasting cellar, where you will enjoy a very special cask tasting. This tour comes For groups of eight or more, we can offer a private tour complete with a unique Bowmore tasting set, including a wee sample combined with lunch. Please contact us for more details. straight from the cask, so that you can reminisce when you get back home. (Our summer silent season runs from July 1 until August 14; during this t: 01496 850 011 time the distillery is not in production and we will offer an alternative to [email protected] this tour). Bowmore Tasting Bar: If you don’t have time for a tour you can always www.kilchomandistillery.com pop in for a wee dram in our whisky bar, last orders will always be 30 minutes before we close. We always recommend booking ahead to avoid disappointment. To find more detailed information about our experiences please visit: t: 01496 810 441 e: [email protected] www.bowmore.com April – September 2018 Laddie Shop Monday – Friday 09:00 – 18:00 Saturday 09:00 – 17:00 Sunday 10:00 – 16:00 Tours Monday – Friday 10:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:00 TOUR & TASTING SCHEDULE Saturday 10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 APRIL - SEPTEMBER 09:30 – 17:30 Sunday 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 Warehouse Experience OCTOBER 09:30 – 17:00 Monday, Wednesday & Friday 11:00, 14:00 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 11:00 Distillery Tour (£6) – 10:15, 16:00 (excluding October) Botanist Experience Tuesday & Thursday 14:00 Whisky & Chocolate Pairing (£23) – 11:30 October 2018 Cask Strength Experience (£25) – 14:00 Laddie Shop Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00 Core Range Tasting Tour (£15) – 15:30 Saturday 09:00 – 17:00 Sunday 10:00 – 16:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Tours Monday – Friday 10:00, 13:00, 15:00 Distillery Tour (£6) – 10:15, 16:00 (excluding October) Saturday 10:00, 13:00, 14:00 Blenders Masterclass (£90) – 11:00 Sunday 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 Warehouse Experience Cask Strength Experience (£25) – 14:00 Monday, Wednesday & Friday 11:00, 14:00 Core Range Tasting Tour (£15) – 15:30 Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 11:00 Botanist Experience Tuesday & Thursday 14:00 NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 10:00 – 16:00 November 2018 – March 2019 Monday, Wednesday, Friday Laddie Shop Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00 Distillery Tour (£6) – 10:15 Saturday 09:00 – 16:00 Whisky & Chocolate Pairing (£23) – 11:30 Tours Monday – Friday 11:00, 13:00 Core Range Tasting Tour (£15) – 12:30 Saturday 10:00, 14:00 Cask Strength Experience (£25) – 14:00 Warehouse Experience Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 14:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Botanist Experience Wednesday 14:00 Distillery Tour (£6) – 10:15 Blenders Masterclass (£90) – 11:00 Tours Standard Tour – £5 Warehouse Experience – £25 Core Range Tasting Tour (£15) – 12:30 Botanist Tour – £25 per person Cask Strength Experience (£25) – 14:00 £5 tour ticket redeemable against purchase of a 50cl or 70cl bottle. Please note: Children are welcome on our tours but over 18s only NEW FOR 2018 – Blenders Masterclass on the warehouse experience. Caol Ila plays an important role in the Johnnie Walker family BRUICHLADDICH FESTIVAL OPEN DAY of blends and you can learn about our contribution through our SUNDAY 27 MAY 2018 new blended masterclass. Enjoy a special, luxury tasting work- SHOP CLOSED/ NO TOURS ing through a variety of whisky characters which are integral Easter Sunday – 1 April 2018, Show Day – 9 August 2018 to the blending process in the creation of your very own unique Festival recovery! – 28 May 2018 blend. On this unique Islay offering you will gain an under- CASK VISITS: Customer cask visits are Friday mornings only standing of the importance of Caol Ila in the Johnnie Walker and must be pre-booked at [email protected] blends as well as learning about the art, and skill, that goes in to TOUR BOOKINGS creating a blended whisky. 01496 850 190 , Caol Ila, Port Askaig, Isle of Islay [email protected] t: 01496 302 769 caolila.distillery@.com www.caoliladistillery.com TOUR & TASTING OPTIONS FOR 2018 April-October – Monday - Saturday 09:00 – 17:30 Tuesday & Thursday 09:00 –19:00 09:30 Production Tour £7 50min 10:30 Warehouse 9 £25 60min 12:00 Quick-look tour £5 30min 13:30 Production Tour £7 50min 14:30 Premium Tasting £35 60min 15:30 Production Tour £7 50min Tuesdays and Thursdays only 17:00 End of day Tour £7 50min 18:00 Ultimate Ardnahoe Distillery will start to produce spirit in (e.g. 18yr, 25yr, 40yr, 46yr & Fèis etc.) 60min £175 May 2018 and very soon after that the doors of the Sunday new Visitor Centre will open to show the world 11:00 – 16:00 11:00 Production Tour £7 50min Islay’s ninth & newest distillery. 12:00 Warehouse 9 £25 60min Keep up to date with our news on social media 13:30 Quick-look tour £5 30min 14:00 Premium Tasting £35 60min and our website. 15:00 Production Tour £7 50min Tour & Tasting Options for 2018 – November - March 10:00 – 16:00 Sunday 12:00 – 16:00 www.ardnahoedistillery.com 10:00 Production Tour £7 50min facebook: ardnahoedistillery 11:00 Warehouse 9 £25 60min 12:30 Premium Tasting £35 60min twitter: @ardnahoe 14:00 Quick–look Tour £5 30min Instagram: @ardnahoedistillery 14:30 Warehouse 9 £25 60min Ultimate Bunnahabhain (by arrangement) e-mail: [email protected] (e.g. 18yr, 25yr, 40yr, 46yr & Fèis etc.) 60min £175 Sunday 12:00 Quick-look Tour £5 30min 13:00 Warehouse 9/Premium £25/£35 60min 01496 840 711 14:30 Production Tour £7 50min Each tour includes a £5 voucher, redeemable on a 70cl bottle of our core range expressions in the Visitor Centre shop. Bunnahabhain Drams by the Glass – Available every day Booking in advance is strongly recommended. Children under the age of 8yrs old are welcome at the distillery, but are not admitted to the production areas or tasting areas. t: 01496 840 557 [email protected] twitter: @bunnahabhain | f: /bunnahabhain www.bunnahabhain.com SUMMER OPENING TIMES 26 March to Saturday 27 October 2018 Monday to Saturday: 10:00 to 16:30 Sundays: Closed (please see restrictions below) Fèis Ile open day Thursday 31 May. Standard tours will not be available, please visit website for more details. Distillery summer shut down-Friday 20 July – Monday 13 August. Due to essential maintenance in the production areas of the distill- Lussa Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by three ery there will be no tours available, but the Distillery visitor centre will still be open as per the normal summer opening times. women at the north end of the Isle of Jura Jura Music Festival – 22-24 September using 15 botanicals that they can grow Limited opening times: Saturday 22 10:00 – 13:30 (11:00 tour only); or forage on the island. Closed Sunday 23 & Monday 24 The result is a zesty, aromatic gin. DISTILLERY TOURS The Distillery Tour, Monday – Saturday 11:00 & 14:00 (£6) Distillery tours are available by appointment. Join our daily distillery tour and discover our island heritage and how we hand craft our unique whisky, takes approximately 45 min- Please email utes (maximum of ten people per tour). The Signature Jura Tour [email protected] Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays 10am (£15) or call A more in depth distillery tour where you’ll discover the intricacies of the signature Jura style, takes approximately 1 hour 30mins (maxi- mum of six people per tour, over 18s only). 01496 820196 Discover the Uncommon, Wednesdays and Fridays 14:45(£25) The Stables, , Isle of Jura, Express distillery tour including an exploration of some of the rarer Jura expressions, takes approximately 1hr 30mins (maximum of six PA60 7XW people per tour, over 18s only). Please book the tours in advance to avoid disappointment, either by www.lussagin.com email: [email protected] or 44 (0)1496 820 385. For more up to date distillery information please visit our website www.jurawhisky.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twit- ter: @jurawhisky. Children under 8 years old are not permitted on Distillery tours. 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