Whisky Blender

Occasionally, great ideas arrive in the pub. Such was the case for whisky enthusiasts and childhood friends Andrew Nicolson and Andrew Davidson, who, on returning from a trip to Ayr’s Whisky An’ Ai That festival, settled in a Glasgow hostelry to discuss ways of turning their hobby into a business. The resulting website, Whisky Blender (whiskyblender.com), was launched in November 2011. The concept is simple: users fill a virtual 700ml bottle with varying quantities of seven single malt whiskies. The end product is a totally unique, bespoke blended whisky, which the customer names. ‘People are having fun with it,’ says Nicolson. ‘The one that sticks in my mind was called Staple Gun Donkey Punch.’

By Dan Stubbs