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Recommended Books Island Series - Islay Guide A small book, loaded with gorgeous colour pictures of this beautiful Island in the Hebrides. Has a useful Information and Places to visit Guide. Includes a map, distillery info and lots more. Landranger Islay Map This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series and is designed for people who really want to get to know an area. This map makes your Islay Discovery a lot easier and is a must for every visitor of Islay. Walking Islay A guide to the best walking on Scotland's remote Southern Hebrides - Jura, Islay, Colonsay and Oronsay. Jura, Islay and Colonsay offer some of wildest scenery in the British Isles

Alfred Barnard made an epic journey with some friends in the late 1800s and visited working whisky distilleries in Scotland, Ireland and England. About his journey and distillery visits he wrote a book called ’The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom’, describing in great detail and wonderful style the distilleries of that era. It's a fascinating book and a must have for the true whisky lover. Of course Barnard visited all the Islay Distilleries as well and clicking below on an image will bring you to a new page with his findings and description of that particular distillery. The book itself has no longer any copyright since it was written in 1887. Barnard visited the distilleries in the following order: Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Port Ellen, Bowmore, Lochindaal, bruichladdich, Caol Ila and Bunnahabhain. Enjoy reading!

Ardbeg Distillery	Bunnahabhain Distillery	bruichladdich Distillery
Caol Ila Distillery	Bowmore Distillery	Lagavulin Distillery
Laphroaig Distillery	Lochindaal Distillery	Port Ellen Distillery