Thank you @thelittlewhiskyshop.co.uk for organising this one. Happy Christmas one and all

Talking of strong females…

I was lucky when I got there and found out there was a tasting, I ran (kind of ran anyway) upstairs and with a few minutes to spare they sold me a ticket. It was a great night.

It’s fab. Did you go upstairs to the lounge?

Skeets 😂

I love the piper bar, always head there when I visit Glasgow.

😂😂. More alike than you imagine. I did the same, at around the same time.

Not off hand, I do have a list of sorts but assume you mean unique drams it’s 4 figures. Lockdown increased the number. significantly. I have been drinking whisky for a long time.

Yes there are a lot open, it’s a dark room and green bottles… like you though I share a lot

That is a tough job, I like the idea of getting samples though. I have friends I share bottles with, especially the higher ticket prices.

Seriously though, where do you keep it? I’m building a whisky wall would love to see how others arrange/store theirs. I could use a little inspiration

Well now! That has given me some suggestions for Santa, great to know and definitely something I’ll explore.

And I am running out of space

No, well not knowingly 😂. There are so many whiskies and so little time. I keep trying new/different distilleries

Absolutely, it’s an easy go-to even now. Always have a bottle to hand

Definitely agree with Ancnoc as an intro. It has a kind of butterscotch thing going on.

I think that novelty factor was why I bought it to be honest. Before that I would drink whatever blend my dad had in, usually JW black. My taste is much more broad now thankfully and I favour peated single malts, but I will try anything. It would be fun to have a loch dhu for nostalgia sake.

Just following instructions, honest 😂

Loch dhu… (don’t judge me 😂😂 ) didn’t particularly enjoy it but that black colour was a great talking point. Wonder how much caramel colour they had to add to get to black?

Got mine, it is amazing. Thank you.

@islaywhiskyacademy.bsky.social Beyond the Barley by Rachel MacNeill. Arrived today. It is a thing of great beauty. It arrived with instructions to ‘enjoy with a dram’. Who am I to argue with that?

You too.

Thank you. This is so helpful.

I’m guessing it’s not Britannia 😂 but then again..you never can tell.

It’s like nothing I’ve seen before, amazing how accessible it all is, and a great food experience too. I loved the photo wall of it under construction.

I love to collect whisky pins too.

Looks as though you were at Port of Leith distillery about the same time I was there.