Scotland Scorecard (& Pictures)

I thought I'd post a small fraction of the photos I took while in Scotland (I took over 625 - thank God for 1 gig SD cards).

Serge Valentin of Whisky Fun sent me this link to his pictures.

On this trip I racked up the following scores:

• 23 - distilleries visited
• 12 - distilleries toured
• 4 - "official" distillery tours taken
• 6 - number of cask samples I tried
• 1 - number of times reprimanded by a tour guide (good story)
• 1 - number of times I drove the wrong way on a street
• 3 - number of times I ate fish & chips
• 2 - number of times I ate Haggis
• 3 - number of times Martin Markvardsen said "Drink this" without telling me what it was
• 6 - number of drams enjoyed at the Quaich bar
• 14 - number of sample bottles I returned with
• 4 - festival/limited edition bottlings purchased:

• Macallan 14 year old Easter Elchies (only 570 bottles)
• Laphroaig 1994 (bottle 122 of 600)
• Bunnahabhain 14 year old Pedro Ximenez Finish (only 761 bottles)
• Ardbeg Committe Reserve Young Uigeadail (only 1392 bottles)

The best things I tried?

• 1970 Bruichladdich
• 1984 Lagavulin (aging at Murray McDavid warehouse)
• 18 year old Bunnahabhain
• but I haven't gotten through all of my samples yet...

Much more to come...