Burns Night with Whisky and Cynicism | Simon Smith - Whisky Events, Training and Consultancy

Simon Smith doesn't just know his way around a whisky bar, he literally curates and creates them. In our longest episode recorded, Simon talks us through his journey from Australia to Inverary in the Nort West of Scotland and how he became known within the industry for his incredible work in curating and creating whisky collections. Simon created his own business from writing about the cynicism in whisky online in his blog. What started as a way to keep him amused during lockdown, has now grown into his own business which specialises in events, training and consultancy for whisky and other spirits. He has also opened his own pop-up bar in Edinburgh City Centre which was so successful over the festive period he has extended his license to keep it open for another couple of months. As this will be going up on Burns Night, we also spend some time talking about the great Bard and his connections to the whisky industry. There's also some very ropey and probably not fully factual history stories dotted in this episode. This is our longest episode that we've recorded, but the drams were flowing and the chat was great and we could easily have gone on and chatted for much longer. Pour yourself a dram, sit back and relax to another episode of the Whisky Stories Podcast. How to find Simon - https://www.whiskyandcynicism.com/Instagram - whiskyandcynicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.