Water Of Life Society Tasting 14/7 Suntory 23/10/2014 Sadly I was unable to attend the Suntory tasting presented by Tatsuyo Minagawa their European Brand Ambassador. Apparently I missed one of the best tastings the WOLS has held for some time. Tatsuya… Continue reading

Water Of Life Society Tasting 14/8 Edinburgh Whisky Blog presents: The greatness of grain 13/11/2014 This weeks tasting was presented by the wonderfully moustachioed Chris Hoban & Tiger White of the Edinburgh Whisky Blog and was a celebration of the… Continue reading

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 65,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert… Continue reading

To all our dear readers, followers and supporters, Many thanks for your support in 2014. When we started this blog in 2013 I set myself the challenge of attempting to sample every whisky distillery in Scotland. Having summarily failed miserably… Continue reading

Water Of Life Society Tasting 14/7 Whisky and The Chocolate Tree 30/10/2014 For the WOLS 7th tasting we teamed up with Alastair Gower from The Chocolate Tree for some fine whisky and chocolate pairings, what better way to celebrate the upcoming Halloween? During… Continue reading

Jolly Toper Tasting P/O/U/R/S 11/09/2014 Or Jolly Toper pours whisky At the start of the new season of Jolly Toper tastings I was lucky enough to be able to attend as our own Edinburgh University Water Of Life Society (WOLS)… Continue reading

Water of Life Society Tasting 14/4 Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover 09/10/2014  Our fourth tasting of 2014 (14/4) is all about preconceptions and misconceptions – to prevent them we are blind-pouring all drams and allowing you to taste and… Continue reading

Whisky Pilgrimage #2 Islay The second whisky pilgrimage for The Whiskyphiles was non other than the ‘Island’. The island of Islay with its soon to be 9th Distillery is considered one of the spiritual homes of scotch whisky making. Islay… Continue reading