Showing posts with label Virtual Tasting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virtual Tasting. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 February 2023

Virtual tasting : Laphroaig with NEWAS

The North East Whisky Appreciate Society @eastwhisky is a great little group based in the north east of England who organise regular virtual tastings, this one featured @Laphroaig


The tasting was hosted by Caroline the Assistant Visitor Centre Manager at Laphroaig.

Monday, 30 January 2023

Virtual tasting: Fib Whisky with NEWAS

The North East Whisky Appreciate Society @eastwhisky is a great little group based in the north east of England who organise regular virtual tastings, this one featured @fibwhisky


The tasting was hosted by @Iain_Mundy and @Fib_Aedan from Fib.

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Virtual tasting: Firkin Whisky Company

A conversation with  @FirkinWhiskyCo led to a zoom tasting with the #RatFans #WolfPack #BlindPack #RaasayPossie #FirkinDrammers



Lets see what they were like!

Friday, 10 June 2022

Virtual tasting: Ailsa Bay Deconstruction Tasting with W Club

The @WhiskyShop W Club organise regular virtual tastings, selling samples for a zoom tasting.




For June this was a Deconstruction Tasting of @AilsaBay's Release 1.2 Sweet Smoke.

Thursday, 14 April 2022

Virtual tasting: Three Ships

You may not of heard of @ThreeShipsSA, they are one of a number of brands of South African whisky distilled at the James Sedgwick Distillery, one you may have heard of is Bain's.


I was lucky enough to try 6 of their bottlings.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Side by side: Two 'plain' ex-bourbon drams from The Sipping Shed

A recent tasting by #TheSheds of five @TheSippingShed releases allowed us to taste two ex-bourbon drams, one from Linkwood and one from Loch Lomond.


Let's see how they compare!

Monday, 7 February 2022

Virtual tasting: Milk & Honey with SWAG

@WhiskySussex, or SWAG as they like to be know, organise regular virtual tastings, this is the first one I've been able to join, it featured @milkhoneywhisky




The tasting was hosted by recently recruited @ShiltonAlmeida

Monday, 31 January 2022

Virtual tasting: Fettercairn from The Spirit Embassy

The @Spirits_Embassy organise regular virtual tastings, with either their own or a distillery representative hosting.




For January this was a @FettercairnWh tasting hosted by Andrew Lennie @lennie_ba

Thursday, 28 October 2021

Virtual tasting: Dingle Single Malt Batch 6 Tasting

After 8 years Dingle Distillery have released their first core bottling - followed quickly by the final release in it's Single Malt Batch Series - Batch 6


Dingle invited me to take part in a tasting of the new Batch 6

Saturday, 15 August 2020

Virtual tasting: Elixir Tasting with BCWS

The Black Country Whisky Society are a small group with big ideas from Greater Birmingham. They've been going for around 18 months and successfully held a number of tastings before Covid-19 put a stop to meeting together. So like most groups they went virtual.


Their tasting are sometimes opened to non-members and I was lucky enough to get a place on one from Elixir Distillers.

Monday, 27 July 2020

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!

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Virtual tasting: Wolfburn with Inverurie Whisky Shop

The -Pack gang are back! After a A.D. Rattray #RatPack tasting, we talked to the  Inverurie Whisky Shop about a 2nd Zoom Whisky tasting and they came up with a Wolfburn Small batch tasting - so the newly renamed #WolfPack were back in action!



The Inverurie Whisky Shop is a small shop in the town of Inverurie - great if you live near Aberdeen, but not too much use to those of us living in England or elsewhere. But they do a great line in both public and private tutored tastings.

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Virtual tasting: All Hail The Grain with Duncan Taylor

"Do you fancy another tasting?" seems to be a constant question during this period of lockdown and there seems to be a whole lot more around.


This time around I think it was @TheWhiskyNovice who asked the question, "What are we drinking?" was my reply....

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Virtual tasting: A.D. Rattray with Inverurie Whisky Shop

Due to the Corona virus a lot of companies have moved their tastings online - using Zoom or similar video conferencing systems. This has actually opened their market as they can attract customers from all over the world.


One such company is the Inverurie Whisky Shop, a small shop in the town of Inverurie - great if you live near Aberdeen, but not too much use to those of us living in England or elsewhere.