Ardbeg Distillery Programme 2012
Saturday 2nd June 2012
Islay-lympics (& Other Sports)
- Pass the Baton – Relay Tours
- 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30 15 places on each £5.00
- Take the baton and pass it on – prizes at each stage. Learn about the team work that goes in to every drop of spirit at Ardbeg. Meet some of the team along the way.
- Phenolic Gymnastics Tastings
- 10:00 12:00 14:00 30 places £25.00
- Our resident Islay/Ardbeg chemistry student, Bryony MacIntyre, now working in our laboratory at HQ reveals some of the hidden secrets of our phenolics – there will be some lightweights, middleweights and heavyweights to contend with. Round by round you will pick up points about the peaty depths of what is in your glass.
- It's a Marathon or Sometimes a Sprint Tasting
- 11:30 13:30 50 places £25.00
- Sometimes a whisky rushes to maturation with speed and athleticism, occasionally the spirit requires staying power and stamina, from a short race to one with staying power - we will let you taste short, middle and longer distance Ardbegs. Which gets the gold for you?
- Coasting – Smoke on the Water
- 10:00 12:00 14:00 12 places each £40.00
- Take a rib from the Ardbeg pier round the south east coast of Islay past the smugglers coves, the nibbled rocky coastline and land at the bothy – a magical place where drams, bites and a bit of music will set your senses alight.
- Old Kiln Café Olympic Feasts
- The Café will be serving a real medley of good home cooked food – with an Ardbeggian twist of course. Pole Vault, Long Jump OR Triathlon... Fast food for athletes!
Ardbeg Islay-lympics
We don't need security for our very own take on the Olympics.
- Beat the Beastie
- Stack Attack
- Sheep Tossing
- Distillery Discus
- Terrier Racing(canine permitting)
- Smugglers Spirit
- Bog Snorkelling
The opening ceremony will be at 11:00 and all entrants will parade once around the visitor centre. Then the Islay-lympics commence. Closing ceremony with medals at 16:00.
Also during the week:
- A Concert of Malts
- Tuesday 29th May and Friday 1st June 11:00 14:00 30 places £25.00
- Take 5 Ardbegs – old and new, find a place in your memory or make a memory. Add some good tunes for a great vibe. Indulge your senses and smell and taste the malts of Ardbeg. But be sure to listen. A child of the 60s or a raver of the 80s – this one is for you. Let whisky and music get down and boogie.
- Peat Bog Dialogues
- Monday 28th, Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st May 11:30 each day 15 places £15.00
- Take a walk. Not any walk. Take a friend. Not any friend. Introduce yourself to the landscape of Ardbeg – from the trickling water to the composition of the peat which has been used on Islay for thousands of years. Take afternoon tea and cakes and have a rather civilised afternoon on the peat bog.
- Beauty and the Beastie BBQ
- Thursday 31st May 7pm TO 10pm 50 places £20.00
- Airigh nam Beist - the shelter of the beast. High in the hills over Ardbeg distillery lurks a creature – it's our chef Calum! He will be ready to prepare a feast fit for a beast. Sprinkle some peat on the BBQ under the stars and let the guitar play. Sing a little and eat lots!
Please contact Janey Torrance on 01496 302244


