Scotchology: Year Two
June 2015 marks the two year anniversary of Scotchology. One day two years ago we were sharing a drink and wondering, wouldn’t it be amazing if there were a Scotch-of-the-month club? What if we each chipped in, say, $20? There were four of us and $80 a month opened up a lot of options. So we met in June 2013 and have been meeting every month since, growing our experience and exuberance for this fine spirit. To celebrate, we thought we’d talk about where things are, what we’ve learned in the past couple years and where we’d like to go from here.
World Whisky Day 2015
World Whisky Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May, or May 16 this year. It was founded in 2012 by Blair Bowman, a Scottish graduate student at the University of Aberdeen and whisky enthusiast. It initially started out as a Facebook page encouraging others to enjoy a wonderful drink. It soon struck a nerve (or taste bud) and by 2014 an estimated 250,000 people participated in hundreds of events in over 40 countries including China, New Zealand and Azerbaijan.
Merlin’s Rest Whisky Tasting
On the evening of November 6th, three of the founding members of Scotchology went to a Scotch tasting hosted at a local British pub, Merlin’s Rest, in South Minneapolis. Merlin’s happens to be the place we, as Scotchology members, go to try new Scotches and pick which ones to taste for our monthly meetings. What delectables were consumed and what sort of shenanigans were found? More importantly, why weren’t you there too?