May 1st Meeting: Bold Blends

The fifth meeting of the Virtual Whisky Tasting group took place on Friday, May 1st at 9pm ET. This meeting focused on something that doesn’t get as much press – blended whisky. While aficionados talk about single malt and the exclusivity surrounding it, blended whisky still makes up the lion’s share of sales globally, and […]

April 24th 2020 Meeting: Islands

The fourth meeting of the Virtual Whisky tasting group took place on Friday April 24th at 9pm ET. The focus was on whiskies from the Islands region of Scotland. With many hundreds of islands, the range of whiskies ranges from light to peaty, and all varieties in between. As many islands are uninhabited, there are […]

April 10th 2020 Meeting: Irish Whiskey

The third meeting of the Virtual Whisky tasting group took place on Friday, April 10th at 9pm ET. The focus was on Irish Whiskey. About Irish Whiskey Unlike Scottish, Japanese and Canadian whisky, there is an ‘e’ in the Irish variety, and the word comes from the Gaelic uisce beatha, meaning water of life. Historically extremely popular, […]