The London Whisky Club

ByJames Hope
20th March 2019

March saw another first for The London Whisky Club, a hosted tasting by the good people at Loch Lomond Group. To be more specific by Ibon, the brand ambassador for the Loch Lomond Group. As a young club it is really exciting to see these events come together and provide even more opportunities to enjoy and share whisky…

ByKieran Hammond
7th March 2019

I had the absolute delight of a recent trip to the Waterford Distillery in Ireland. Here, everything is about terroir – the land, the soil, the climate and the character of the barley. There’s a real connection to the land, the farmers and the individual fields. There are a handful of Scottish distilleries doing similar interesting work with organic and…

ByJames Hope
27th February 2019

February at the club saw a slightly different format to usual. We held the first blind tasting we’ve ever done. Blind tasting whisky is one of the best ways to learn about your palate, your likes/dislikes and the whisky itself. When all preconceived notions about brand, reputation, cask type, colour, marketing etc are stripped away and…

ByJames Hope
23rd January 2019

On Wednesday 23rd January the club came together for the first congregation of 2019. With Christmas and New Year behind us, and people watching the pennies after the holiday period, it seemed fitting to theme the evening around value in whiskies. As usual, within that theme we kept things quite open so the only rule was that each bottle must cost…

ByJames Hope
22nd November 2018

It was a weekend in the middle of November, nothing special you might say and nothing to get excited about. However this wasn’t any old weekend, it was a weekend where myself and Jez would get to meet a whole host of really wonderful people from in and around the whisky fabric. It all came about after Jez won a ticket to go to Ralfy’s annual charity tasting…

ByLondon Whisky Club
20th November 2018

This week saw the 7th meet up of the club and an exciting new venue in Hammersmith. Winter is very much starting to take hold and everyone was in need of some warming up. With that in mind the theme gravitated towards warming sherried drams. As usual the selection didn’t disappoint and we were treated to some fabulous whiskies. Our venue at…

ByLondon Whisky Club
24th October 2018

On Wednesday 24th October, with the nights starting to draw in and the air turning cooler, the London Whisky Club met for another night of whisky fun. The venue was once again The Bottlescrue Bar in St Pauls and the theme was to be “my favourite bottle”. As usual there was no expectation for people to bring more than one bottle or anything super…

ByMichael Hay
22nd October 2018

In the words of Aqvavitae, this week was a good whisky week. Whisky Show in London on Monday, and then three whisky events up in my hometown of Glasgow including a friend’s whisky night at his house and also getting to meet Roy from Aqvavitae in the Pot Still. But the third thing I managed to do while up for the weekend was to take some time out…

ByMichael Hay
12th October 2018

It was with a sense of great excitement that I made my way towards my first ever whisky show recently, when I attended the London Whisky Exchange Whisky Show. The day started well, when I met my fellow London Whisky Club members, Conor and Frankie, at the very front of the queue outside the Old Billingsgate venue in London, after Conor had…

Loch Lomond Tasting

Wonderful, wonderful Waterford

Blind Tasting

Value Whisky

Ralfy Tasting 2018

Sherried Whisky

Club Favourites

Auchentoshan Distillery Tour 2018

The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2018 – Part 2