Deciphering runes.
A lost civilisation.
Ashy hints remain.
Tag Archives: Islay Malt
Laphroaig PX Cask
Full frontal attack –
Assault from every angle.
There’s fire in the hole!
Port Charlotte 2007 CC:01 Cognac Cask
In a citrus grove,
we picnic beside charred grass,
ghost of a bonfire.
Lagavulin 16 year old Distiller’s Edition
Winter solstice dram.
The old spirit at New Year
will lengthen the days.
Bunnahabhain 10 year old
Whisky for breakfast.
Scotland needs some climate change.
It’s snowing in June.
Kilchoman red wine cask
Berries from the hedge
sticky-sweet at dusk. Green wood
spits on the bright fire.
Ardbeg Kelpie
I taste my own pyre.
Salt penetrates to the bone.
This is changing me.
Black Bowmore 1964
An oligarch’s wealth
goes missing. We sip lychees,
toast fortune like kings.
Caol Isla
Wind howls. Rain pelts down
outside. Inside my house, my
glass, a coal fire burns.
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