London Tastings with Royal Mile Whiskies

[Mattt]

Hi Everyone,

Thought you might like to know that our London shop is now offering a programme of tastings throughout Autumn, starting on Sept 11th.

We have a range of tastings geared to all levels of experience so everyone's welcome. We've got some great whiskies lined up for this.

Click on the link for more details.
http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/category.asp?cat_id=S_LON

Hope to see you there!

Apologies for the shameless plug btw, hope that's not regarded as poor form round these parts.

Mattt RMW

[MGillespie]

I've added all of the events to the calendar at the WhiskyCast web site, Matt...

Mark

[DanAir]

Welcome to the forums Mattt, I'm a regular in the London shop - are you based there? If so I'll be sure to introduce myself next time I pop in.

It certainly isn't a problem in my book for you to plug the tastings here, but I hope you'll stick around as a forum regular - I'm sure you've got a lot to offer the community.

[Mattt]

I've added all of the events to the calendar at the WhiskyCast web site, Matt...

Mark

Thanks Mark, much appreciated!

Mattt

[Mattt]

Welcome to the forums Mattt, I'm a regular in the London shop - are you based there? If so I'll be sure to introduce myself next time I pop in.

It certainly isn't a problem in my book for you to plug the tastings here, but I hope you'll stick around as a forum regular - I'm sure you've got a lot to offer the community.

Thanks for the welcome,

Yes I'm based at the London shop, Assistant Manager. If you're one of our regulars I'd be very surprised if we haven't already met as I'm in most days. See you soon I hope!

I'm sure i'll be on the forum every now and then with my two cents..

Mattt

[Wave]

Welcome to the WMF Matt

We probably haven't met face to face unless you've been to the Edinburgh branch though I believe we've conversed via e-mail from past on-line orders (phatzwave), the most recent being about the Port Ellen Sig cask# 2844.

Cheers!

[Willie JJ]

Hi Mattt
I'm not a frequenter of the London shop as the Edinburgh one is on my doorstep, but I do see these tastings as a great idea.

What would really help us (and no doubt wouldn't hurt sales) is to give us an honest post-tasting review of what the audience thought of the drams on offer. I know one local tasting organiser who asks for votes so that we can see where the consensus lies. For me this doesn't guarantee that I am going to buy a dram that I find stellar, but (and I do buy a lot of whisky) it does help me to avoid the dogs.

Nobody minds you making a plug round here, but genuine feedback on the tastings would make your contribution extremely valuable. I know that would be significant work for you but we really would appreciate it.

In any case, good luck with the tastings. I've looked at the proposed line-ups and they seem like they will be fun. I probably will only have to try the new Dormant Distillery Port Ellen once more before I commit to a bottle.

Cheers

[Mattt]

What would really help us (and no doubt wouldn't hurt sales) is to give us an honest post-tasting review of what the audience thought of the drams on offer. I know one local tasting organiser who asks for votes so that we can see where the consensus lies. For me this doesn't guarantee that I am going to buy a dram that I find stellar, but (and I do buy a lot of whisky) it does help me to avoid the dogs.

Not sure if there's going to be any votes but i should have an idea of what whiskies went down well during the evening. I'll pop on here occasionally and let you know.

[Mattt]

It may be worth me mentioning that places on these tastings are pretty limited so you need to get your skates on if you're interested in coming along and you need to book in advance either through our website or in the london shop.

See you there!

Mattt

[Deactivated Member]

Just glanced at the tastings planned for the rest of 2008.

I few things struck me. I intend these to be very much 'constructive' comments.

Mid-week tastings are perhaps OK for those living close to Central London. But, it'd be more attractive to out-of-towners such as myself (Milton Keynes) if they were instead on say a Friday.

Unless 'very generous' measures are going to be offered, the price points for some of the tastings involving 'more common' drams are perhaps a bit steep - especially if the aim is to encourage new custom to the shop.

It'd perhaps be good to have an optional 'meal deal' (ie a cut price bolt-on pub food offering).

[Mattt]

Hello again,

As suggested, I thought i'd let you know how the whiskies were received in our first couple of tastings.

For our first tasting we tried Auchentoshan Classic, Glen Ord 12, Balvenie Dblw 12, Springbank 10, Highland Park 12 and Ardbeg 10. Votes were spread pretty evenly amonst the 6 whiskies but I think the HP12 and the Ardbeg were equal, favourites.

Second tasting consisted of Littlemill 12, Benromach Organic, Glencadam 1974 - 97 CC G&M, Mortlach 16 F&F, Benriach 21 and Longrow CV. The Benriach seemed to be most peoples favourite followed by the Mortlach and then the Glencadam.

Anyway, the next one should be good, Brora, Port Ellen, St Maggie, Dallas Dhu etc etc.... Yum yum.

See you there, 23rd Oct.

Mattt