Let's look back

Once again we are looking back on an eventful year. Let’s review the year 2019: What has happened at Whisky.com in the past 12 months?

We founded Whisky.com in 2014, when we bought the domain and started our English YouTube channel. This means, in 2019 we have been active for five years - a great accomplishment for us! In the mean time, 50.000 users have subscribed to our YouTube channel. Thanks very much to all of our subscribers for being part of our community!

A lot has been going on on our YouTube channel in 2019: On the first of July, the Whisky Vision TV cask broke! Luckily, we reacted quickly and were able to save nearly all of the spirit in canisters. The cask was repaired and has a wooden lids now, instead of the glass ones. We were able to refill it on the 19th of September. The spirit has matured two years now (not counting the time it spent in canisters, of course). In about a year, we will have our Whisky.com Whisky, matured in our own cask!

Ben Luening went on two distillery tours for you during the year 2019: In spring he travelled the Southern Highlands and in autumn he went to Speyside. Once more, we produced many exciting Distillery Visit Videos. These short video documentaries offer exclusive insights behind the scenes of Scottish distilleries such as Aberfeldy, Tullibardine, Glengoyne, Glenfarclas and many more. You can watch the videos in our distillery database. Two more tours are in the planning for the year 2020. There is something for you to look forward to!

Starting last year, we are trying to organize one Live Tasting per month for you. We almost succeeded: 10 times you could join us live in 2019 and taste Whiskies from selected distilleries with us, including Bowmore, Cooley, Teeling, Benriach and Glendronach. These events are always exciting for us and it is nice to keep direct contact to our customers. Many thanks to you for joining us! Of course, we are planning many new Live Tastings in the year 2020.

Towards the end of the year, we made a few design adjustments to our website. Whisky.com now presents itself brighter, more modern and with an easier readable font. Our logo has changed a bit, too: A small icon of our Whisky.com nosing glass now decorates the usual slogan 'Whisky.com - Where Fine Spirits Meet'.

Since 2019, you also have the possibility to buy merchandise items in our Whisky.com Merchstore. You can find posters, T-shirts, bath towels or mobile phone cases with beautiful designs of our distilleries, from pot stills to casks to peat kilns.

Over the course of the year, we have been busy feeding our Whisky.com Instagram account with pictures. Many thanks to our numerous subscribers! If you are not yet following us, please feel free to have a look on Instagram. Daily photos of new and popular bottlings, rarities and exclusive insights into distilleries are awaiting you!

As you can see, a lot has happened at Whisky.com in 2019. We are happy that you have been part of our community and look forward to the new year 2020 with you! Start your new decade right and toast with your favourite Whisky - Slàinte mhath!