I have only recently started to appreciate scotch. A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the special variety of scotch that comes from Islay, an island that is part of the Inner Hebrides on the west coast of Scotland. I enjoyed it so much that I built a trip around visiting the distilleries on this remote paradise.

My friend, Tony, and I took the 30 minute flight to Islay from Glasgow at 8am and returned at 6:30pm the same day. This was a bit pricey ($225 round trip) but saved a lot of time. The alternative from Glasgow was a 2 hour bus to Kennacraig, then a 3 hour ferry to Islay, and spending at least one evening there.