Brian Palmer, editor of Islay’s local paper and lead drummer in the pipe band, gives a unique, teetotaller’s view of the island’s whisky festival
Every year, Italy, France and Spain hold three-week national cycling tours, despite the amount of traffic disruption and financial outlay that such
tours involve. And the reason that they are so keen to continue to do so, apparently, is that the television coverage allows them to show off almost eve...
Islay
from Issue 33 published on 25/9/2003
Brian Palmer, whisky Magazine's first ever tee-total contributor, reveals the Ileach view of Islay's famed annual whisky celebration
It’s a fact not lost on many visitors to Islay that those of us who live here have the ‘benefit’ of being surrounded by malt whisky
distilleries, some of the most famous in the world, and that it is possible to meet with a manager or two in the supermarket on a Saturday morning. An Islay malt whisk...
Islay
from Issue 25 published on 16/8/2002