CAOL ILA (AKA Glen Isla).

Location :	Caol Ila, Port Askaig, Islay, Argyll. Strathclyde Region.
Region :	Islay
Country :	Scotland
Type :	Islay - malt whisky.
Distillery :	Bulloch Lade & Co. Port Askaing, Islay, Argyll PA46 7RL Phone: 01496-840207 Fax: 01496-840660 Manager: Billy (old distillery manager was Mike Nicolson) Visitors : Open all year from monday to friday (by appointment only) Admission charge redeemable in shop. Caol Ila Distillery Visitor Centre Port Askaig Isle of Islay PA46 7RL Tel: 01496 302760 Site operations Manager - Caol Ila Distillery : Billy Stitchell GPS: Latitude 55.8543 North - Longtitude 6.1093 West
Founded :	Still built in 1846, reconstructed in 1879 and modernised in the 1970's.
Owner :	Diageo Distilling Ltd. Caol Ila Distillery, Port Askaig. Isla of Islay Argyll PA46 7 RL http://www.malts.com (Earlier United Distillers)
Producer :	Caol Ila (Diageo)
Water :	Loch Nam Ban or Loch Torrabus - A peaty loch about a mile away sends water across fields to Caol Ila.
Remark :	Caol Ila also known as Glen Isla : The name is pronounced "cull-eela" = "South of Islay" in Danish it soulds alot like Kål Ihhh-la. The Gaelic word "caol" is more familiar as "kyle" The Ila is short for Islay / Island They use ex-bourbon and sherry cask's The distillery have 3 wash stills and 3 spirit stills. You will have a hard time finding Caol Ila as a standard bottling from the distillery, but you may find it from independent bottlers such as : James MacArthur & Company, Gordon & MacPhail, United Distillers, Master of Malt, Blackadder and Wm. Cadenhead. From our visit at the distillery we now have the following facts.: Caol Ila uses whatever barley they can get as this is not important when producing Caol Ila whiskies. The Warehouse has 3 floors to store the barrels, but most of the barrels holds/stores Lagavulin The warehouse is NOT open to public. Driving from Bowmore area towards Caol Ila - you'll se a beautiful nature, lots of hills where nature is covered with heather / moor and ferns. (Between Caol-Ila and Bunnahabhain you would also se a lake where it is possible to do some Trout fishing. Stay tuned in order to se some of the pictures taken on our tour.

Here's a swedish comment from a reader...:

Det här är en tämligen civiliserad Islay -- ja, en adlig smak, kanske
man kan säga. Mycket god. Den förekommer faktiskt i en roman som jag gav
ut nu i höst, Gyllene Gåsen, som utspelar sig på en krog med samma namn.
I kapitel 2 presenteras krogens dryckesmästare, och där står det så här:

"Dryckesmästaren heter Katz. Hans uppgift är att smörja maskineriet. Med
samma glädje som han bär fram ett glas utsökt Caol Ila presenterar han
en stork stark och en törstig sjåare för varandra."

Ja, det kunde ju vara intressant att veta, tänkte jag...

Skål!

Erik Andersson

Caol Ila Bottlings

A Caol Ila Barrel vintage 1996 (Sleeping...)

Caol Ila 12 years old
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Age :	12 years old.
Vol :	40%
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Remark :	Sorry no Caol Ila remarks at present time.

Caol Ila 15 years old

Age :	15 years old.
Vol :	40%
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Remark :	Sorry no Caol Ila remarks at present time.

Caol Ila Rare Malts 20 years old
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Age :	Vintage 20 years old
Vol :	61,18%
Type :	Islay Malt
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Remark :	From the bottler Rare Malts this unique 20 years old cask strength is av.. You can perhaps find a hint of Moor. You will discover that this whisky will turn into a green like colour when mixing with water. Danish comment : Her finder du en whisky med et hint af lyng og et særsyn at den f.eks. går over i det grønne når den blandes med vand.

Caol Ila Rare Malts 21 years old
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Age :	Vintage 21 years old
Vol :	61,18%
Type :	Islay Malt
Price :	?
Taste :	?
Remark :	From the bottler Rare Malts this unique 21 years old cask strength vintage 1975 is av. You can perhaps find a hint of Moor. You will discover that this whisky will turn into a green like colour when mixing with water. Danish comment : Her finder du en whisky med et hint af lyng og et særsyn at den f.eks. går over i det grønne når den blandes med vand.