Review of my whisky year - 2024

Firstly thanks to all of you who have read my blog (c296,000 up from 228,000 last year) and followed me on social media.

This blog has been going for 8 years now and this is the 759th blog post! In that time I've reviewed over 2,060 whiskies! Let's review 2024!

Side by Side : A Trio of Man With The Hat Releases

@SouthportWhisky club founder Victor Porter @onekv regularly releases Indie bottles with his own distinct labels designed by the maestro @jwbassman_.

But I think @uk_whisky Peter Hunt from the club chose the latest 3 single cask  releases and sent me samples to try!

Southport Whisky Festival - Winter 2024

This year's @SouthportWhisky Festival was held in a great new venue, it was great to meet up with old friends and make some new ones!

Here's my thoughts!

Side by side : SWC Inchmurrin Manzanilla

@LochLomondMalts's Distillery site is a huge place, distilling around 3 million litres of whisky each year, they have in excess of  280,000 casks on site.

Somewhere along the line four got lost!

Side by side : A Famous Grouse flight

The Famous Grouse is one of the biggest selling whiskies in the world - around 43m bottles annually.

It features whisky from Edrington's Glenrothes, Highland Park, Macallan, North British, swaps with other Scottish distilleries and until recently Glenturret.

Ardnamurchan Tasting with SWC

Following their hugely successful Summer Whisky Festival @SouthportWhisky Club have continued their regular virtual tastings.

I joined in for a virtual tasting of Ardnamurchan @Distillery1826 single casks.

Southport Whisky Festival

How do you organise a Whisky Festival during Lockdown? People aren't allowed to meet in large numbers, suppliers can't or won't get onboard...

You find an enthusiastic team... maybe an existing whisky club... with a leader with strong industry links.... and put a plan together!