Hello! We’re
Neil and Joel from Caskstrength.net A few years back,
when were both working as A&R chaps at rival major record labels, we
met at the back of a gig in Camden. After discussing the second-rate indie
band that were playing we started chatting about whisky and soon discovered
that we shared a mutual love for the
water of life. After a couple of
heavy drinking session between our respective flats in South London, we
decided to start a blog. Soon after, Caskstrength.net was born. Since
its inception at the beginning of 2008, we’ve been lucky enough to try some
fantastic whiskies, meet some wonderful people and visit some beautiful
places. There has also
been the occasional hangover and depressing credit card bill that comes
with a love of whisky. Anyway, we hope
you like the site and our new sister site The
Caskstrength Warehouse, where you can find an
archive of all our whisky reviews. Below are some
pointers regarding this site as well as some questions that you may want
answered. If you have any additional questions then please feel free to
email us here.
Q. Who are we?
A. We are Neil (on the
left) and Joel (on the right)
Q. Where are we based?
A. We are based in
London.
Q. Do you have adverts on your site?
A. Nope, we don’t have
adverts on our site.
Q. Where do you get your whisky from?
A. Most of it is bought
by ourselves or tasted at tasting sessions or leeched from friends collections.
We are also sent samples to review but this in no way sways our opinion of the
liquid in the bottle. It just means it’s a whole lot cheaper for us!
Q. Do you do earn any money from whisky?
A. Yes, we do. We
occasionally run tastings for distillers and have worked with a variety of
Scottish and Japanese distilleries to help educate people about whisky.
Hopefully, this “evangelism” for whisky will mean other people fall in love
with it in the same way we have. We also write for a range of publications
including Whisky Magazine.