My Christmas evening 2025 Islay dram and chocolate

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And suddenly the end of 2025 is rapidly approaching. But before that it’s time for some blogging, food and drink. Islay drink of course. It’s been quiet here since early October (driven by an injury followed by an Islay holiday), time for a bit of catching up. Here is what I’m enjoying tonight:

Picture of a dram of Laphroaig PX cask next to a bottle, in front of it some Islay Cocoa chocolate
My Christmas evening 2025 Islay dram and chocolate

Slightly more difficult to get as it’s only in travel retail and at the distillery, this is the PX Cask, one of my favourite Laphroaig Islay single malts. With it I had a first for me, a special chocolate from Islay Cocoa. I believe it’s only available at the distillery, it’s a dark chocolate bar filled with a Laphroaig whisky ginger caramel and crystallised ginger. I usually mainly have plain dark chocolate (usually around 80-85%), so the ginger isn’t something I’m used to. I very much enjoyed the experience, I thought the ginger went very well with the whisky.

Tomorrow, Christmas Day, I will probably wander over to the other side of Islay. For the whisky that is, the chocolate will also be from Islay Cocoa (although with a collaborator from the Rhinns of Islay).

Author: Armin Grewe

I blog about Islay.

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