Nice shot that brings back great memories.
My wife and I spent a awesome week on the Isle of Skye. It was really sweet. The only reason I can recall for not visiting the Talisker distillery was due to ongoing hangovers. We made so many gracious Scots friends that they kept insisting on refilling our glasses during our evening pub socials. Being a wimp imbiber, it took me awhile to recover. Also adding to the mix was the remarkable quality of the whisky. We always have a bottle on hand now because a wee taste brings back the smell and feeling of burning peat so vividly!
We live on a ferry-only island--even have a
distillary--so there was a feeling of kinship and comfort. We hung out in Uig. We were totally surprised to discover what huge American football fans the pubgoers were. At that time the Seattle Seahawks were in the American Conference of the NFL and had a huge rivalry with the bad-boy Oakland Raiders. Two seconds after we walked into the pub, someone called out "where you from?" I said "Seattle" and in unison the pub responded "Raiders!!!." Then a glass of Talisker appeared in my hand and heaven on earth proceeded.
That's one of the best memories of my life.
M