#WhyteChristmas Twitter Tasting Organised by Whyte & Mackay and hosted by Steve Rush @thewhiskywire A celebratory tasting spread across Whyte & Mackay’s brands of Blended Scotch Whisky and some of the individual single malt scotch whiskies from their portfolio The… Continue reading

Our report from the inaugural Fife Whisky Festival Continue reading

Regular readers are probably aware that each year I set myself some sort of Whisky Review Challenge. This year I have decided to go back to basics and attempt to sample the standard and preferably age-stated official bottling (or independent… Continue reading

Hampden Park, Glasgow, Saturday 11th November 2017 The 9th Glasgow’s Whisky Festival, and it’s third year at current venue of Hampden Park, took place on Saturday 11th November 2017. Run as two sessions from 12-4 and 5-9 making it a… Continue reading

We are 4! Celebrating 4 years of whisky blogging here at The Whiskyphiles. Thanks to all our readers and supporters, cheers!   Continue reading

Last night I attended the 20th annual #MeetThe Blenders or ‘An Evening With The Blenders’ as it is more formally known, hosted at The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh. Every year some of the top and longest serving Blenders in the whisky… Continue reading

During our visit to Dublin for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with Jameson Irish Whiskey we took part in a Whiskey Blending session at the Dublin Bar Academy with Billy Leighton – Head Blender at Jameson. The idea was to… Continue reading

Day 2 of the Jameson Irish Whiskey St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Dublin started with a jovial stroll through the centre of Dublin. Well, actually my day started a couple of hours earlier in the splendid Westin Hotel in Dublin… Continue reading