islay in A Sentence

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    Whisky has a long history on Islay.

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    Inspired by trips to the Islay distilleries in Scotland, they wanted to create a similar experience back home.

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    Oldest of all Islay distilleries, however, is Bowmore, a beach-fringed northern stalwart whose lighter strain of peat-reek is perfect for newbies.

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    Far be it from us to name Scotland's best whisky(frankly, we wouldn't dare), but Islay can lay an assured claim to being the leading island when it comes to a wee dram.

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    Fifteen years later, in 1452, it was at Stirling Castle that James stabbed and killed William, 8th Earl of Douglas, when the latter refused to end a potentially treasonous alliance with John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford.

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    All three offer distillery tours where you can learn the age-old secrets of traditional whisky production, but savouring their produce is best done fireside at the Ballygrant Inn's whisky bar where the drinks menu runs to some 300, dozens of them from Islay itself.

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