Colin & Maria were treated to some local beers by their Inverness hosts Kathrin & Ryan. Inverness, population 57,000
Black Isle Brewery, "Beer with the great outdoors brewed in". Many different flavours come from the brewery.
Brewed in the Scottish Highlands!
It's organic and has 4.2% alcohol.
Red Kite Ale, creamy, smooth and tastes great (obviously)! Blonde, a light tasting brew that doesn't have an after taste. Infact it was so delicious they picked up six more that included Heather Honey Beer. www.blackislebrewery.com
Also in the fridge was Northern Light, 5000 years in the making, "hand crafted in small batches", it's the Orkney Brewery, Quoyloo. Delicious!
They were also treated to a few drams of whisky. Glen Fiddich (meaning Valley of the Stags) and Glen Morangie.
Glen Fiddich was superb! The malt whisky liqueur hasd a light coloured, honey flavour. While the Glen Morangie (highlands single malt whisky) La Santa was amber coloured without the harshness (try it with a drop of water.. Literally a drop!)
Today Colin & Maria were taken on a tour of the Glen Morangie Distillery, owned by Louis Vuitton, the famous luggage guy.
Where they were shown the warehouse full of old whisky, distilled on the spot from the peat and water of Scotland. As soon as you walk in, you can smell the alcohol, and Maria had noticed a sign that read "No mobile phones" and "No smoking".. It would cause a terrible explosion..
Then came the sampling at 11 am! Sweet! Slen juva!
The second stop on our tour that day included a picnic near Dornoch, where in the distance the flag of Newfoundland was spotted, just below was the flag of PEI, NS & NB! Colin went to investigate and met the Sinclair's!
3rd stop was to the Clootie Well, think wishing well except with clothes..
If you were driving by, you would think that people were hanging clothes from the tree.. You find everything there, including underwear nailed to one tree..
4th stop for the day was Chanory Point where the dolphins play just 50 feet from the shore!
Tonight it's HAGGIS!
