Welcome to the 2026 edition of the Feis Ile bottles guide!

Islay’s Fèis Ìle Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary and so I’ve decided to upgrade the grey logo with the colorful one published by the Fèis Ìle committee. Just nice to have a touch of color after 12 years 🙂

This year we also have a new Distillery showing up in the official Feis Ile festivities: Lagan Bay Distillery. Welcome aboard folks!

As usual it’s recommended to bookmark this post as this page will detail all the available information on the festival bottles and will be update each time more details will be revealed.

 

Updates:

31/03/2025 – Initial update with Laphroaig, Ardbeg & Bowmore festival bottles

Let’s get to the list of Feis Ile 2026 bottlings and the available information, all sorted by Festival dates:

Lagavulin – Open day on Saturday 23rd May 2026

• TBD

Bruichladdich – Open day on Sunday 24th May 2026

• TBD

 

Caol Ila – Open day on Monday 25th May 2026

• TBD

Laphroaig – Open day on Tuesday 26th May 2026

• Laphroaig Cairdeas 2026 French Oak (52.6%)

Laphroaig Càirdeas French Oak will be matured entirely in 100% French oak and be bottled at 52.6% ABV.

Tasting notes on the label says: “With bold notes of wood shavings and peat fires. A wave of plum, and maraschino cherry, dark chocolate, and polished leather. And a characteristic finish of sea salt and lingering peat smoke.”

 

Port Ellen – Open day on Tuesday 26th May 2026

 

Bowmore – Open day on Wednesday 27th May 2026

• Bowmore 2016 9 Year Old Fèis Ìle 2026

Distilled on 27 May 2016 and matured in a Pedro Ximénez sherry-seasoned Spanish oak cask, this single cask release is a true expression of Bowmore’s character. Made using 100% floor-malted barley, it reflects the care and precision that define our whisky-making.

Drawn from Cask No. 3756, this rare bottling captures the richness of the cask alongside Bowmore’s signature balance; layered, complex, and deeply evocative of its island home.

Ardnahoe – Open day on Wednesday 27th May 2026

• TBD

Kilchoman – Open day on Thursday 28th May 2026

• TBD

Bunnahabhain – Open day on Friday 29th May 2026

• TBD

 

Jura – Open day on Friday 29th May 2026

• TBD

Ardbeg – Open day on Saturday 30th May 2026

• Ardbeg Dolce (47.8%, £85/US$112/€99)

Aged in sweet Marsala dolce fortified wine casks from Sicily, along with Ardbeg’s signature Bourbon barrel-aged single malt.

“Sweet notes of apricot, marmalade and dark chocolate rub shoulders with salty, smoky flavours and roasted nutty tones.

“Enjoy this limited edition in a Sicilian courtyard, on a rain-drenched Scottish island or wherever you are. We think it’ll be an instant classic.”

Ardbeg will host events at the distillery and around the world in tribute to its limited edition Dolce, inviting fans to celebrate the glamour of 1960s Italian cinema with an ‘Ardbeggian’ twist.

Members of the Ardbeg Committee will have the chance to buy this bottling on the distillery’s website on 26 May, four days before its official release.

Laggan Bay – Open day on Sunday 31st May 2026

• TBD

SMWS (Scotch Malt Whisky Society)

Dramfool

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Douglas Laing

• TBD

Mac-Talla

• TBD

Elixir

• TBD

The Single Cask

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Finlaggan

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Islay Mist