I had to show you this. If nothing else, this was the highlight of my trip to Edinburgh last weekend.

Of course, I met great people and had interesting conversations. Even bought records and did a lot of sightseeing around the city. But the Port Ellen was the bit I got most excited about, I have to say.

It had been recommended to me by a couple of people who knew I was into single malts - and it had been described in hushed tones as being ‘awesome’.

The distillery is long gone and the bottles are not cheap. Appreciating in value as they become less and less common. If you were inclined to buy me a present, and were thinking upwards of £85 seemed about right, then you could not do better than to go here and spend money.

In fact, I’m inclined to revisit that whisky blog I started last year. I’ve had a few people mention it to me. Maybe I’ll revive it as a group blog and get a bunch of friends together to do tastings and report back on the blog. Actually, why not stage virtual tastings? We don’t have to be in the same room when we try something…

Let me give that some thought…