 You may recall last month we told you
about Compass Box and The Whisky Shop
teaming up in an attempt to set a whisky
tasting world record, if not you can
remind yourself
HERE.
Just after midnight, at 12.01am Friday 15th June at The Whisky Shop in
Inverness, John Glaser and Dominic Roskrow hosted there first of 8
different whisky tastings in the space
of 24 hours in 8 Whisky Shops across 8
cities and with 643 miles between them from
Inverness to Brighton.
Travelling by car, the team reached
their destination in Brighton bang on
time at 11.30pm, 30 minutes within their
24 hour deadline.
Guinness were unfortunately unable to
process the World Record attempt before
it actually took place....but kindly
replied to Compass Box three days
afterwards (!) to confirm that it would
have been a new world record category
for them. So it’s the ‘World Record’
that wasn’t...
John looks as fresh as a daisy as he
begins the world record attempt with a
classic tasting at Inverness
Whisky Shop. Dominic looks exhausted
already!
Victoria Street Whisky Shop in Edinburgh
at 4.30am in the morning, astonishingly,
plays host to the biggest crowd of the
day. The theme of the tasting was the
history of Blended whisky and the rise
of the Highball.
Breakfast pairings at the Newcastle
Whisky Shop, haggis and Spice Tree,
kippers with Peat Monster, what more
could any Geordie want at 8.30am in the
morning!
John explains the art of blending
your own whisky in York.
Still standing, John explains oak - the
magical ingredient at
Birmingham Whisky Shop.
A big turn out cram into the small
Oxford whisky shop where the theme is
food & whisky matching - cheese, seafood
and spice.
Almost there! Whisky coctails at The
Whisky Shop London.
They made it! The team reached their
final destination, The Whisky Shop
Brighton bang on time at 11.30pm, 30
minutes within their 24 hour deadline
where they celebrated with something
special, appropriately the excellent
Compass Box Last Vatted Malt.
Well done to everyone involved, it is a
World Record in our eyes.
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