Our core team has led many private tastings for all types of crowds and events – corporate, private, beginners or experts – we can cater a tasting to you and your guests needs: We can focus on the whiskies themselves, the distilleries, the history of whisky, the nuances of different whisky making regions or all of the above! To explore a private tasting with us, … Continue reading Hire us for your whisky tasting!
We teamed up with Kilchoman and Noble Estates, a distillery we hadn’t yet featured in any events before, and had a great line-up of whiskies. These were presented by James Wills, son of the founder of of Kilchoman, and he shared amazing and hilarious stories and anecdotes of his experience working with his family to found, run and grow the distillery into the well respected … Continue reading Kilchoman Tasting with Noble Estates
In Feb 2024 we held a tasting with a brand we had long hoped to work with – Bruichladdich. Reed Pettit brought a few bottles and we acquired a Laddie 10 from the 90s, along with two experimental bottlings courtesy of a member of the club. The tasting was incredible, the stories and insights Reed shared were equally phenomenal and everyone had an amazing time. … Continue reading Bruichladdich Tasting
We don’t know if it’s general inflation or just increased demand (spoiler: it’s inflation), but it seems that every time you turn around, the price of whisky has increased. It’s remarkable how many bottles, including ones well loved and formerly reasonably priced, have become priced out of the “every day” category. Since the holidays are fast approaching, at a recent TWS event, we asked the … Continue reading TWS’s Holiday Gift Guide / Best Whiskies under $100 at the LCBO
The first tasting for the new year brought out some familiar faces to celebrate Glenfiddich with a couple stalwarts from their line-up, plus some new ones to the group: Long time friend of TWS Jamie Johnson led the evening with a fantastic lineup including: The 14 Bourbon barrel was familiar to most, but new to a few. The bourbon lovers in the room really loved … Continue reading Glenfiddich 2023 – first event of the year!
Our final event of each year is our Annual General Meeting & Heels Party. Yes, we had another heels party earlier in the year, but since we had to do them virtually the prior 2 years, we figured why not make up for lost time! The turnout was amazing and we got through some important business, including constitutional amendments, and the election of three new … Continue reading 2022 AGM & Heels Party
There are so many whisky clubs out there these days, and they take many different forms. Some have long histories and many chapters across the country who enjoy formal tastings with dinners. Others, like us, were millennial-founded and approach whisky from a very nerdy, inquisitive place, and that passion for trying new bottles leads to the pursuit of unique brands and bottlings. The Park Whiskey … Continue reading Park Whisky Society X Toronto Whisky Society tasting
FINALLY! After over 2 years of virtual events, we returned to in-person events in July 2022. And what better way to do so than with a good old fashioned heels party! We booked the new party room, everyone brought some interesting drams and we partied till the night was no longer young. Here are a few shots of the night and a few of the … Continue reading WE’RE BACK Heels Party
In late 2021 we were planning to return to in-person events after nearly 2 full years of virtual events… and then Omicron hit. So for early 2022, we remained virtual, but hopeful for a return to in-person at some point in the year. We kicked off 2022 with a classic TWS theme – Oddballs. Devon selected a great line-up of unique whiskies for us and … Continue reading Oddballs 2022
In September 2021 we had a very fun event we called the ‘Battle of India’ where we pitted the two big single malt producers from India against one another: Amrut and Paul John. We had 3 pairs of spirits that were similar in nature to one another from each distillery, and one mystery dram at the end. Each pair was tasted blind and members guessed … Continue reading Battle of India Tasting: Amrut vs Paul John
In summer 2021, we had an event fall through fairly last minute, but fortunately, The Whisky Explorer came to the rescue! Mike Brisebois used to be the brand ambassador for the Distell Group of scotch brands (Bunnahabhain, Ledaig, Tobermory, Deanston, Black Bottle) before branching out on his own endeavour which includes: Needless to say, we’re big fan’s of Mike’s and had done some events with … Continue reading Bunnahabhain Instagram Live Tasting – June 2021
While Covid changed a lot of things, one thing it didn’t change was our annual Oddballs tradition! in 2021, we had a great Oddballs line-up tasted over Zoom including the following drams, all of which were single cask and cask strength Opinions and favourites were mixed, but everyone agreed there were some massive surprises in the line-up, with the speyside’s sulphury palate being the most … Continue reading Oddballs 2021
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