Shortly after the unveiling of Jameson’s sixth limited edition bottle ahead of its annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities, Jameson chanced their arm and extended an invitation for me to join them in Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the artist… Continue reading

The Whiskyphiles blog has been shortlisted for the UK Blog Awards 2017! If you like what we do here at The Whiskyphiles, please show your support by voting for us via the following link: http://blogawardsuk.co.uk/ukba2017/entries/whiskyphiles Voting is open Monday 5th… Continue reading

2016 Whisky Roundtable Discussion A few weeks back my good friend Tom at Tom’s whisky reviews enquired if I was free to join him and some others for a couple of whiskies over some discussion about whisky to be recorded… Continue reading

The Dram Team Incredible Indies Twitter Tasting A follow-up to the inaugural tasting from The Dram Team, Thursday 27th October 2016 saw their 2nd twitter tasting – a much less formal affair – based on their latest tasting set release,… Continue reading

WORLD CLASS BARTENDER OF THE YEAR MIAMI 26th – 29th SEPTEMBER 2016 26 SEPTEMBER 2016: After 12 months of national and regional heats involving nearly 10,000 entrants across the globe, the 56 most talented bartenders will be descending on Miami… Continue reading

We are officially 3 years old today!Time flies when you are having fun! (Fruit flies like a banana) Slainte Barry@TheWhiskyphiles     Continue reading

Water Of Life Society Tasting: Omakase Sayonara The farewell swan song from outgoing WOLS president Richard Kuo. Unfortunately this academic year had been particularly busy for me having recently had a new addition to the family and completing my PhD… Continue reading

Bushmills Tweet Tasting On the 17th June Steve Rush @TheWhiskyWire  hosted the #BushmillsWhiskey Tweet Tasting event, during which we sampled the following four expressions from their standard line-up plus a bonus Distillery Exclusive expression! The Old Bushmills Distillery is a distillery in… Continue reading

The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve Launch Tasting at The Whisky Shop 25th February 2015 Following the recent announcement of the replacement of The Glenlivet 12 Years Old by their new Founder’s Reserve expression, The Glenlivet soon went out on the road… Continue reading