Whisky Tasting Experiences in London

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Whisky experience in London

Distilled Events hosts whisky tasting events in London and the surrounding areas. We design our whisky experiences around the individual requirements of each and every client, so it perfectly reflects their wishes. No matter what the function, whether you are staging a corporate event, a meeting or a conference, our whisky experience in London is the perfect way to entertain your guests or delegates. We make sure your event is one to remember by enticing people into the world of single malt whisky, imparting knowledge while ensuring guests feel part of an authentic experience.

If you want your event to last long in the memory of your guests or delegates, call David Wood on 07875 405980 or click here to contact Distilled Events. We would love to hear about your event and discuss how a whisky experience in London can make your event stand out from the crowd.

Scotch Whisky – a success story

According to the Scotch Whisky Association, 44 bottles of Scotch whisky are exported every second to markets worldwide, totalling 1.3 billion annually. In 2021, Scotch whisky amounted to 22% of all UK food and drink exports, worth £4.5 billion to the economy. This has grown even more since the pandemic bounce-back, with exports worth a massive £6.2 billion in 2022.

This renaissance of interest in scotch whisky has been created by imaginative advertising to appeal to a younger demographic. It has blazed a trail for other spirits to follow – firstly gin, and now rum. This renewed fascination has led to a thirst for knowledge about where and how Scotch whisky is made and an appreciation of the complexity of flavours within. It is our pleasure at Distilled Events to entertain, delight and even educate your guests or delegates through our exclusive whisky experience in London.

Why choose Distilled Events for your whisky tasting in London?

The answer to this question is simple. We are like no other whisky experience in London that you may have been to. What makes Distilled Events so exclusive, is that our host, David Wood, is not a salesman for any whisky brand or an ex mixologist! He is completely independent and therefore not affiliated to a particular brand. He only serves whiskies that he loves to your guest or delegates, single malts he is passionate about. He relates how they have been distilled and matured, drawing people into their individual stories, inviting them to taste those stories for themselves.

David has worked in the whisky industry for almost 30 years. He knows whisky inside out, building his extensive knowledge from working at the ‘coal face’ of iconic distilleries along the West cost of Scotland, including time as a distillery manager at the famous Caol Ila Distillery on the remote Isle of Islay in the Hebrides. He has also bottled and retailed his own single malt whiskies. But his speciality is to bring his enjoyment to others. David excels at sharing his passion for single malt whisky, bringing a little bit of Scotland to London. Your guests will find our exclusive whisky tasting events entertaining, engaging, enjoyable and above all, authentic.

What to expect from a Distilled Events whisky experience in London?

We will create a bespoke malt whisky tasting, serving whiskies that we love, whiskies that speak about where they were distilled and matured. Our events are created individually for you, so if you have a preference about which malt whiskies you would like us to feature, we are happy to do so.

· We liaise with you and the venue throughout the process to ensure that we deliver the perfect whisky experience for your event.

· We provide all glassware for the whisky tasting, so this is one thing you can cross off your list!

· We will hand-pick a selection of quality single malt whiskies from across Scotland, guaranteed to delight people attending your event.

Our host David is extremely knowledgeable and skilled at delivering the perfect whisky tasting event to both experienced and novice tasters and his passion for malt whisky is infectious! Your guests will sample a dram of our hand-picked selection of single malt whiskies while David takes them through his tasting notes. He will also explain a little about each distillery and the beauty of its surroundings, bringing a little piece of Scotland to your whisky experience in London.

We can also make our whisky tasting events extra special by offering a delicious optional extra! At your request, we can pair specially selected malt whiskies with mouth-watering handmade chocolates from The Highland Chocolatier, Iain Burnett. A Master Chocolatier, Iain and his team create a range of delectable Velvet Truffles® for Michelin starred chefs and VIP gifts throughout the world, from his base in Grandtully near Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands. If this sounds like the perfect tasting event for your function, you may like to read about a series of whisky and chocolate pairing tasting events we hosted recently at the London O2 Intercontinental Hotel. Booking a whisky tasting with Distilled Events will ensure your London event will linger in the memory of guests or delegates, long after the event itself has finished. Given our host David’s experience of the whisky industry, you can have complete peace of mind that your guests or delegates will enjoy an engaging, entertaining, enjoyable, informative and authentic whisky experience in London. If you would like more information, to check availability or make a booking, contact us today! Alternatively, you can call David on 07875 405980, who would love to hear about your event and discuss how a Distilled Events malt whisky tasting can make it an extra special experience for your guests.

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If you would like more information about our whisky tastings please complete the form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible, alternatively call David on 07875 405 980.

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Whisky Tasting in London

October 18, 2022January 30, 2024daviddistilled Leave a comment

Whisky and Chocolate Pairing at The O2 Intercontinental Hotel, London.

We are just back from hosting a series of whisky tastings at the O2 Intercontinental Hotel in London at the Forrester B2B Summit. We had a great time pairing beautiful hand made chocolates from The Highland Chocolatier in Grandtully near Pitlochry in The Highlands with wonderful single malt whiskies from around Scotland.

All of our whisky tastings in London are hosted by David Wood. David used to be Distillery Manager at one of the largest and most iconic malt whisky distilleries in Scotland, the mighty Caol Ila Distillery on the Isle of Islay in the Hebrides. If you book us to host a whisky tasting for your event in London you can be sure your guests or clients will enjoy an engaging, informative, entertaining and above all authentic experience.

At our tasting session at the O2 Intercontinental Hotel we paired the chocolates from whiskies from Caol Ila Distillery on Islay, Auchentoshan Distillery from Glasgow, Glen Garioch Distillery in Aberdeenshire and Bunnahabhain Distillery from Islay.

Enquire About a Whisky Tasting in London

If you are interested in having us host a whisky tasting at your private event in London please call David on 07875 405 980 or complete the contact form a little further down the page and we will get back to you very quickly.

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Whisky and Chocolate Tastings in London

October 6, 2022February 8, 2024daviddistilled Leave a comment

Whisky and Chocolate Pairing for your Event in London

We host exclusive whisky and chocolate pairings in London. This is the perfect tasting for your office party, corporate event or private function. Whiskies can pair brilliantly with single malt whisky and it is a great way to get people who think they don’t like Scotch to try it!

At our whisky and chocolate tastings in London we serve a selection of classic single malt whiskies from around Scotland with handmade, highly decorative and beautiful chocolates from Iain Burnett, The Highland Chocolatier in Grandtully in the Highlands.

The chocolates that we serve have been skilfully made to pair perfectly with specific single malt whiskies. At your tasting, as well as talking about each of the drams we have served we will explain exactly why we have selected each of the chocolates you enjoy with them.

(pics above courtesy of The Highland Chocolatier)

Whisky Tasting in London

Your whisky tasting in London will be hosted by David Wood. David has worked with whisky for nearly 30 years. He has worked in every aspect of the industry from working at the coal face of whisky production in iconic distilleries in Scotland to bottling and retailing his own single malt whiskies. For many years David was Distillery Manager at the mighty Caol Ila Distillery on the remote Isle of Islay in the Hebrides.

You can be sure that when we host a whisky tasting for you that your guests will find it to be an enjoyable, engaging, informative and above all authentic experience.

We provide everything needed for the tasting including the chocolates, the whisky, water and glassware. Usually our clients arrange the venue for the tasting but if this is not possible we can suggest some venues for you to consider.

Enquire about a Whisky Tasting in London

If you would like more information about our whisky and chocolate tastings, or if you would like to check availability or to book, please don’t hesitate to call David on 07875 405 980. Alternatively please complete the form below and we will get back to you very quickly.

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Whisky Tastings in London

September 30, 2022February 8, 2024daviddistilled Leave a comment

Whisky Tastings for Your Event in London

An exclusive whisky tasting experience is a fantastic way to engage with your clients either at your corporate event in London or as a fun and entertaining activity for your private party.

We host private whisky tastings in and around London for groups of all sizes. Each of our whisky tasting experiences is different, we create a bespoke event based on the need of each of our clients.

Where We Host Tastings in London

Whether you are looking for a whisky tasting in your offices, at your event at a hotel or restaurant or in your retail space we’ll come to you to host the experience.

We provide everything needed for including glassware, an awesome selection of whisky and an experienced industry professional to bring the whisky tasting alive. We regularly host tasting experiences throughout the city including central London, Canary Wharf and in various clubs and establishments in and around St James’s, Piccadilly and Pall Mall.

What to Expect at Your Whisky Tasting

Each of our whisky tasting experiences in London are hosted by distiller David Wood. David has worked with whisky for nearly 30 years and has vast experience of all aspects of the industry from working at the coal face of iconic distilleries across the West coast of Scotland to bottling and retailing quality single malt Scotch whiskies. David has hosted many whisky tasting events across Europe, both while he was Distillery Manager at the mighty Caol Ila Distillery on the Hebridean island of Islay and more recently as owner of Distilled Events.

Distilled Events is totally independent, we are not tied to any brands. This means we can serve whiskies that we love and quality drams that we are passionate about because they speak about where they were distilled and matured.

Provenance, placeness and terroir is very important to us. If you have particular preferences of which single malt whiskies you would like us to present, we can do that too.

Given our past experience in the whisky industry you can expect that your guests or clients will enjoy an engaging, entertaining, enjoyable, informative and above all authentic tasting experience hosted by passionate and knowledgeable people.

Enquire About a Whisky Tasting Experience

If you would like more info about our whisky tastings or to check availability or to make a whisky tasting booking, please don’t hesitate to call David on 07875 405 980. Alternatively please complete the contact form below and we will get back to you very quickly.

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Whisky and Chocolate Pairing in London with William Curley

November 21, 2018July 23, 2023daviddistilled Leave a comment

I was delighted to be invited to co host a very special single malt whisky tasting at a large solicitors premises in London last week with the very talented patissier and chocolatier William Curley. It was a pleasure working with William in preparation for the event, especially the bit where I got to taste a lot of chocolate with a lot of great whisky!

Whisky and Chocolate Pairing

Finding perfect pairings of chocolate and whisky is great fun. At most of the whisky tastings that I host there is always a bar or two of dark chocolate being passed around, it is perfect with dark, sherry matured drams. Rather than a contrast, when pairing chocolate and whiskies it is more often similar flavours that complement one another that you are looking for. People are often surprised when I talk about pairing whisky with food, it isn’t just great with chocolate, there are drams our there that are great with cheese, great with puds and you only need to try Talisker with haggis or Caol Ila with shellfish to really to start to appreciate the versatility of Scotland’s gift to the world.

William Curley

William’s career began when he worked as an apprentice at Gleneagles Hotel which lead him to train with some of the country’s greatest chefs including Pierre Koffmann, Marco Pierre White, and Raymond Blanc. His ambitions lead him to become the youngest Chef Patissier in the history of The Savoy Hotel.

Since opening his business over thirteen years ago, William has achieved numerous accolades including four times winner of Britain’s Best Chocolatier by The Academy of Chocolate and a gold medal at The Culinary Olympics. In 2012 William became a member of Relais Dessert International the most prestigious association for Patissier – Chocolatiers. He also achieved the Master of Culinary Arts by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts. This is the highest accolade awarded to chefs in the UK.

Our Whisky Pairings

During this very special corporate tasting, our 50 guests enjoyed 6 wonderful single malt whiskies perfectly paired with William’s exquisite chocolates. The whiskies had a wide range of flavour profiles beginning with a light style from the Lowlands of Scotland, we then brought the guests together at the close of the evening to taste a heavily peated, cask strength, single cask whisky from the Highlands.

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky with Yuzu

A fragrant citrus infused dark chocolate ganache with flavours of lemon, grapefruit, blossom and vanilla.

Auchentoshan is a Lowland single malt whisky from Glasgow. This bottling, the 12 year old is matured in both American and European oak. There are aromas of toasted almonds and caramelised toffee and the whisky is smooth and delicate on the palate.

Deanston 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky with Muscovado Caramel

A rich, dark vanilla infused caramel, encased in Toscano 70% dark chocolate. There are flavours of molasses, butter and vanilla.

Deanston is distilled on the banks of the River Teith near Stirling in the Highlands and is matured in American oak. The nose is reminiscent of days of haymaking with flavours that are creamy sweet with honeyed spiciness, vanilla and cloves.

Talisker 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky with Tayberry Toscano

A tayberry pate de fruits, topped with a dark fruity ganache.

This is the classic island whisky from the Isle of Skye, matured in American oak. Peat smoke and sea saltiness accompanied by red fruit and an explosion of pepper in the mouth.

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky with Orange & Almond

A crispy base of roasted almond praline and feuillantine wafer, topped with vibrant orange infused ganache. Flavours of toasted almonds and orange zest.

Bunnahabhain (Foot of the river) is distilled in an extremely remote location on the beautiful Isle of Islay in the Hebrides. The whisky is rich and sweet with creamy vanilla and cinnamon with the faintest waft of peat smoke.

Caol Ila 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky with Richmond Park Honey

A smooth pure dark ganache made with Richmond Park honey. Flavours of meadow flowers and earthy woodland notes.

American oak maturation and slow distillation gives this smoky, oily, maritime whisky from the Isle of Islay gooseberry, lime and smoky flavours alongside aromas of tar and wet fishing nets. A natural choice given I was once the Distillery Manager.

Fraoch Mòinteach Edition IV Highland Single Cask Single Malt Whisky with Beurre De Sel

A punchy salted caramel, pure dark chocolate ganache. Flavours of vanilla and butterscotch, seasoned with a burst of sea salt.

Fraoch Mòinteach Edition IV by The Moorland Distiller, Highland single cask single malt whisky is a limited release straight from a bourbon barrel and bottled at 59.8%. This whisky is all about rich caramel sweetness along with masses of peat smoke.

Contact Us

We host corporate whisky tastings in London and all over the United Kingdom. If you are interested in learning more about our whisky tastings, or if you are interested in having a whisky and chocolate pairing please call David on 07875 405 980 or complete the form below and we will reply very quickly.

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