Check-in with a Bowmore single malt and make a short break to Islay superb

With six holiday cottages right beside the Bowmore Distillery, the whisky maker’s former workers’ homes are the perfect place to savour a dram

A visit to Islay is on most Scotch whisky fans’ lists, and Bowmore makes that dream a little easier to realise than most. Taking pride of place right next to the distillery is a series of former workers’ cottages that you can check into for short stays every month of the year. 

BOTTLE OF THE WEEK

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

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Ardbeg Corryvrecken is a headline release from this famously peated whisky maker. Stuffed with flavours of peat, pepper, dark fruits and bitter espresso, it was awarded Best Single Malt in 2010, and has since gone on to win fans everywhere that Scotch is poured. 

Bottled at 57.1%, it’s a meaty and complicated affair that delivers waxy dark chocolate, warm blackcurrants and muscovado sugar on the nose followed by chicory, aniseed, star anise and pepper sauce on the palate. A proper smoky dram.