Duncan and I went to London Whisky Live this year (it was his birthday present – way to get a present we both benefit from!). We played golf really badly at the Glenlivet stand but ‘won’ miniature bottles of that great Speyside nonetheless (I don’t think the standard required to win was particularly taxing…).
We had some fantastic whiskies that are going to be the subject of following posts, but before we get onto that, I wanted to share the secret we found out about halfway through the evening. We got into conversation with Emelie at the Ardbeg stand and mentioned our love of Ardbeg Very Young. Now the Very Young wasn’t out on display, so we marked ourselves out as at least a bit knowledgeable. Having got this far, we then played the masterstroke – ‘do you have any special whiskies here that you don’t have out on display?’.
Turns out the answer was ‘yes’ and we got some Lord of the Isles – a superb whisky.
We also picked up some news that we hadn’t heard yet about the next installment of Very Young…
