Whisky Squad #6 – BRILLIANT BLENDS – is now 100% booked up, so commiserations if you missed out this time…
However, all hope’s not lost: keep a space in your diary for Whisky Squad #7! The date will be Thursday October 7th 2010, and the details will be announced here at whiskysquad.com shortly.
Can you really believe that Whisky Squad’s reached the midway point between not being in existence, and being a year old? That’s right… it’s session number 6 already! Our “anni-half-sery”!
Whisky Squad #6 will take place on Thursday September 9th at 7:30pm at The Gunmakers pub in Clerkenwell (London’s finest and most convivial ale house). The theme for this month is:
BRILLIANT BLENDS
“Sorry, did they say ‘blends’?”
You bet your [valuable things] we did! Single malt enthusiasts the world over seek the wide-ranging flavour options of each distinctive region and distillery… so surely there can’t be any blended whiskies that will interest us will there? WILL THERE? And just what’s meant by a blend, anyway? Come along to Whisky Squad #6, and all will become clear*….
Bookings now open on the form you’ll see when you click on this link.
£15 per head in advance, first come – first served. We’d like to be able to open each session up to more people, but it’s a fairly cosy environment as-is. Hopefully you’ll be lucky enough to score a spot. Or, put a circle around October 7th in your diary and keep an eye on the goings on here at www.whiskysquad.com !
(* at least as clear as usual)
“Whiskies for Summer” came and went, and our man Billy has already coalesced the vapours of recollection into a disturbingly accurate report of what happened that fateful night in Whisky Squad HQ. Special thanks to our whisky expert & spiritual guide for the evening, Mr Colin Dunn – a man who knows so much about whisky he can tell you which one’s best for breakfast, and which ones make for a good aftershave!
In fact, through the magic of Darren The Whisky Guy’s multimedia production skills, here’s a video of Colin telling us about the Dalwhinnie Distiller’s Edition:
Makes me wish I had some here with me now…
UPDATE: Andy’s also blogged Whisky Squad #5 over at Good Drinks Etc.
Yeh, I know we haven’t even done WS#5 yet (fully booked for Thursday August 5) – but we wanted to give Squaddies advance notice of the next fixture so calendars can be cleared in anticipation. WS#6: Brilliant Blends is scheduled to take place on Thursday September 9 (that’s the second, not the first, Thursday of the month). Amend your diaries accordingly, and watch out for further details soon.
For our 5th session we will be joined by a guest tasting expert in the form of UK Whisky Ambassador Mr Colin Dunn, who will be giving us introductions to some fine whiskies for the summer season. It promises to be yet another excellent evening of whisky, and one not to be missed.
The date is Thursday August 5 starting at 19:30 upstairs at The Gunmakers pub. Entry is £15 per person.
UPDATE: This event is now fully booked, but keep checking here in case further places become available.
Our Islay session was one of the best yet, according to popular consensus, and our wide-eyed Internet-trawling trolls noticed that Whisky Squad first-timer Billy, of Billy’s Booze Blog, wrote a quite thorough & accurate account of the evening’s proceedings. That was quick… It’s almost like he started writing notes on the tube home… now there’s an achievement worthy of recognition!
Andy over on Good Drinks Etc. has provided an excellent report of his recent trip to Islay, the lucky scoundrel.
Jason, in the meantime, is still stumbling over putting together a blogpost about the time he sat behind Bon Jovi. But then that’s hardly relevant.
Whisky Squad #5 bookings open very shortly… stay tuned!
UPDATE: Finally, eventually, just as everyone’s moved on to the next thing, here’s Andy’s post on WS#4, at Good Drinks Etc.
For our fourth outing, we’ll be tasting our way through some wonderful whiskies from the island of Islay, Queen of the Hebrides, famed for its peaty potions and phenolic tonics, as well as some lighter expressions too. The island is home to eight active distilleries, giving us plenty to choose from, and anyone who hasn’t already signed up is advised to do so sharpish!
The date is Thursday July 1 starting at 19:30 upstairs at The Gunmakers pub. Entry is £15 per person: there are 14 spaces only, so don’t delay – click here to reserve yours now!
Jason's favourite Islay holiday snap
Our resident Yoda of booze and a man who – if he started wearing a full-faced helmet in public – could very well be the Stig of Whisky, Darren the Whisky Guy, managed to beat Andy to the punch this month and has written up some notes about our Islands tasting session. If you want to read them, you can do so by clicking on this sentence (i.e. the one you’re reading now… isn’t technology marvellous?).
UPDATE: You can now read Andy’s belated blog post on Good Drinks Etc – here!
Thanks to everyone who has signed up to our third session on Thursday June 3. We’ll be in touch shortly to ask for your £15. We are now fully booked, but anyone who missed out on a place can email me at andy@whiskysquad.com and I’ll put you on a reserve list.
Looking forward to WS#4, pencil in Thursday July 1. Details to follow.
Now we know how to drink whisky (thanks, Whisky Squad #1) of contrasting styles (cheers, Whisky Squad #2), we thought it was time we sent our tastebuds and olfactory bulbs on a little scenic adventure. Whisky Squad #3 will take you island hopping – with some fine Scotches from destinations flung as far as Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura and Arran.
The date is Thursday June 3 starting at 19:30 upstairs at The Gunmakers pub. Entry is £15 per person, with spaces limited to a lucky 13.
It would be ludicrous for you to miss this chance to try the interesting and sometimes lesser-known flavours of Scotland’s periphery - sign up here, immediately!
