Jolly Toper’s whisky tastings normally take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at The Kilderkin, 65/67 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, (they do a mean pizza). For more details on the tastings themselves please click here

P/O/U/R/S = Peaty, Old, Unusual, Rare and Sherry cask matured. Recently many people have requested the exact nature of the line up at the ‘pours’ tastings remain secret so a proper ‘blind’ tasting can be held. However I understand some attendees would be more comfortable knowing which drams were to be tasted before committing to attending. If you don’t want to know the confirmed line up contact us before checking the details listed below.

* = £3 discount for first timers and members. Membership costs £10 for 13 months.

Future dates:

P/O/U/R/S 10.7.14 £TBC*

Hopefully the new Cadenheads Authentic Collection will be bottled on time for us to taste the best 5 – otherwise 5 choice drams.

7/8/14 Canal boat tasting of 5 closed distilleries – £TBC but circa £35 – see below SOLD OUT

– On Thursday evening 7.30pm the 7th, our second tasting on a canal barge, new route from Linlithgow, featuring 5 closed distilleries which were located alongside a canal: Glen Mhor 30yo Cadenheads, Littlemill 21yo Lady of the Glen bottling, Port Dundas Cadenheads Small Batch 24yo 46%, Rosebank 12yo 43% Flora and Fauna and St. Magdalene. Tickets circa £35.

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– Sunday 24/8/14 at 3pm our initial walking tour of Edinburgh, ~£25 -visit sites of interest to whisky enthusiasts and try 5 drams connected to the capital and learn of the role ‘Auld Reekie’ played in Scottish whisky’s rise to prominence. Drams include Caledonian SMWS 30yo, North British 24yo 46% Cadenheads Bourbon barrel, a 1970s bottled Queen Anne, Glen Kinchie 24yo 49.2% Bourbon hogshead Cadenheads and EH10 blend 40%.

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After the Edinburgh Festival POURS tasting will restart from Thursday 28th August at 7.30 and will be every fortnight from this date until the end of the year – notwithstanding issues with these dates and the venue….

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Future themed tastings: a vertical Glendronach tasting, Bottled at the Distillery No.3, sherry casks and Canadian whiskies.

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