Whisky Drams

28/03/2024

17/03/2024

☘️St Patrick's Day mischief 🍀

08/01/2024

These were out to finish with a friend.

Great drams are better shared.

R.I.P George T Stagg, Bowmore 21 1973 and Old Rip Van Winkle.

31/12/2023

My Favourite Drams of 2023 - In No Particular Order!*

Let's start off with something with 2023 on the bottle👍

🔸Midleton Very Rare 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this epic Irish blend - if you don't drink blends, think again.

🔹El Dorando Versailles
Guyanese, Single Still Rum!

Delicious on its own, perfect with a cigar.

🔸Trappistes Rochefort 6 or 10
I don't like beer! So when I find one I like, I celebrate it.

I try beer, in every new place I visit and this punchy, floral, hoppy, fruity beauty was recommended by Nico in Geneva👍👍

🔹Bowmore 21 1973

I said goodbye to an old friend today 😢

I first opened this on my birthday during lockdown.

It was soo good I had to share it. Each time I poured it it made me smile.

Absolutely wonderful stuff.

🔹Dewazakura Omachi Junmai Ginjo

I don't and haven't had that much sake, I will remedy that in 2024.

This was given to me by an expert at a sake event, lovely stuff. I'm looking forward to trying it with a cigar.

27/11/2023

Whisky, Wine & Wagyu!

A favourite of mine.

The series ends Dec 6th.

29/04/2023

Sunday April 23rd was The Best London Marathon yet.

Sifan Hassan is the embodiment of courage and self-belief!

Courage is a quality of a Saint.

Did you know that was also St George's Day!

We are celebrating courage and self-belief with distillery founder Max Vaughan. Who turned his dream of making whisky into an award winning whisky, rum and gin distillery.

May 10th is Late St George's Day come celebrate with us.

https://www.whiskydrams.co.uk/tasting-event/7/late-st-georges-day-whisky-tasting

23/04/2023

Did you know today is St George's Day?

Here's a fun fact. St George wasn't actually English, he was a Roman Soldier!

We are celebrating with a Late St George's Day Whisky Tastings, join us.

www.whiskydrams.co.uk for more details.

18/04/2023

This was Whisky Wine and Wagyu!

Don't miss the Late St George's Day Tastings.

16/02/2023

What an event I have planned for you!

08/02/2023

Late Alternative Burns Night was a great night.

Great company, epic whisky, brilliant rum, delicious food and a little bit of business got done.

The only thing missing was a cigar.

25/01/2023

Working with GREAT people makes life easy.

31/12/2022

"My Favourite Drams of 2022 - In No Particular Order"

I'm finishing off on peat with another monster 👾

This is a private bottling from a club. It's a blend of peat monsters. Yes a blend.

It's all Scotch and I believe it has some Laphroaig in there. It was big bad and heavy 😋😋😋

31/12/2022

"My Favourite Drams of 2022 - In No Particular Order"

I took a trip to The Peaks District to get Small Batch & Over Smoke, such was the demand!

Great distillery tour and owners. When Max visited London he hosted a tasting for us.

Peat, peat and more peat. Loving English whisky.

30/12/2022

"My Favourite Drams of 2022 - In No Particular Order"

This called to me from the top-shelf in my favourite pub.

Ardbeg Supernova 2015 Committee Release 😋

It's a Big Peat Monster, not for the faint-hearted.

The Committee Release are hard to get your hands on but when you do, they offer something special.

23/12/2022

"My Favourite Drams of 2022 - In No Particular Order"

I mistakenly didn't feature any English Whisky last time, so I'm remedying that.

The Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No4 won World's Best Single this year 🥳👍

I'd suggest you go out and discover this category if you haven't already.

No5 is the current release. No4 is long gone and considerably more expensive now.

Both are lovely drams with a big sherry influence.

Look out for more English drams on the list.

19/12/2022

"My Favourite Drams of 2022 - In No Particular Order"

Just after Y2K was a thing… but wasn’t, the good people of Auchentoshan decided to astonish us with 3 very limited release bottlings.

Auchentoshan is sometimes referred to as a breakfast dram! Not because I like whisky with my eggs, but because it's light, easy to drink and smooth.

The 17yr old Bordeaux Wine Finish is a limited edition of just 3600 bottles, and is unlike any other Auchentoshan I've tasted.

Absolutely delicious! Big wine notes, smooth and unctuous. Well worth the wait and a must to share at a Whisky Drams tasting.

It’s also epic with ci**rs.

There is a dram for every occasion with whisky.

16/10/2022

Sunday night dram & smoke😇

Loving Springbank right now.

04/10/2022

You meet some great people at The Whisky Show.

Then there's the whisky🫣

I went underground with Bimber, had a delicious gemini from Paul John, then added the e and had a grand time🥰

The best comment of the day was "let's go to the pub after" 🤣🤣🤣😍😍😍🤣🤣🤣

01/10/2022

A very enjoyable day on the underground👍

15/09/2022

A very good find 😊🥰

03/09/2022

Ready 🙂

02/08/2022

Look what the cat dragged in!

A little bit of Gold 🥰 135yrs in the making.

This special release has been matured in a selection of Bourbon, Port, Sherry and Bordeaux casks.

It will be opened at the next tasting.

I love that cat🤗

13/07/2022

Let’s talk about blends!

I've heard far too much talk of "I don't drink Blends”, or "I only drink Single Malts".

First off. Don’t think blends are inferior to single malt - they can be equally complex, delicious, palate provoking and aged.

Let's not forget, some excellent single malts are actually used in blends:

If you've had Dewar's Double Double 21, Compass Box whiskies and good old Johnnie Walker, then you have tasted the GOOD, the GREAT and The WORLD’S BEST Blended Malt.

sources: Scotch Whisky Association - abridged

Single Malts grow in popularity, with exports up 14.4% to £550 million.

Blended Scotch Whisky grew too, rising 8.9% to an export valuation of £1.26 billion.

05/07/2022

Whisky Afternoon Tea😋

Started with Weller, finished with Octomore.

"Big Peat" worked remarkably well with the sweet things.

Definitely one to consider for drams of the year!

28/06/2022

I popped into the Queen's Head and they had this beauty.

Happy Happy Happy 😊

20/06/2022

When was the last time you tried something new!

An epicurious person, lives life in constant pursuit of great drink, food & open-minded adventure!

Wine cask finished whisky. Try it, there are some epic bottles to pursue and this is one of them.

15/06/2022

Antique collection Weller🤗🥳

William Larue Weller, it's a thumping 62.65%, uncut, unfiltered, wheat based bourbon 😋

Quality is always paramount. So no Stagg this year, they didn't think it was on par for the brand.

That speaks volumes.

30/05/2022

What an inspirational week!

Distillery owner Max Vaughan shared his latest Small Batch release at our tasting, before the release date 🤫

And I was invited to the Chelsea Flower Show, where I met my food hero and inspiration Raymond Blanc 🤩

I hope you enjoyed the cigar Monsieur Blanc.
White Peak Distillery

17/05/2022

Gorgeous things, for a gorgeous day😊

16/05/2022

2 very different year olds.