About Miss Whisky:
Miss Whisky was created by London-based journalist and Canadian expat Alwynne Gwilt in 2011 out of a desire to widen her knowledge of whisky and to help increase the number of females writing about this fine spirit.
Having fallen in love with whisky during a tasting at Milroy’s whisky shop in Soho in 2008, Alwynne continued on her quest to discover and learn about the water of life, buying a bottle for herself every birthday and Christmas.
A change of job direction in 2011 saw her pondering her next career move and during a four-month bout of traveling she decided to return to England and delve into the world of whisky.
The site launched in November 2011 after much research of the industry and she hasn’t looked back since.
The aim of Miss Whisky is to provide a wide range of content relating to the whisky industry – from features, to news, reviews and profiles of the women who work in this space – and to show that whisky is having a makeover, becoming a drink that can be appealing to a much larger demographic than it may have been advertised as in the past.
Her main hope is that you give whisky a go – whether you’re a novice or not! She wants you to stay tuned to her news about whisky, to read about the women out there who love it or who work in the industry, and to know that this spirit really is, “The Water of Life”.
She now runs whisky tastings as well with companies such as The Balvenie and through her section on the Secret Guru site, which can be found here: secretguru.co.uk/Alwynne-Gwilt.
Tastings for the latter are held at the wonderful Coach & Horses pub in Farringdon, which she highly recommends you visit whether you’re there for whisky, wine, beer or food. For more details on the pub, head here: thecoachandhorses.com
And, after you’ve scrolled through the pages here on Miss Whisky, she hopes you sit down with your favourite malt and maybe even drop her a line to say why it is you love it. If you’ve got none in your cupboard, she hopes you head to the nearest shop to pick some up!
If you do want to drop her a line, send her some samples, share your experiences or book a whisky tasting, you can do so through the following means:
Email: info@misswhisky.com
Twitter: @themisswhisky
Facebook: facebook.com/themisswhisky
Secret Guru: secretguru.co.uk/Alwynne-Gwilt
Just wanted to say I love your tweets and Whisky updates…my wife and I both love Whisky…had a nice glass or two last night of Penderyn…as that’s nearly finished will have to hunt out something special now for Christmas…any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Aubrey
Hi Aubrey,
Thanks for your message. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the site. I shall have a think of something new that you might like.
Best,
Miss Whisky
Well, well, well! I love finding these gems! Anything whisky is great, anything “women” whisky is FANTASTIC!
As far as I know, I’m the only current Canadian female writing/blogging about whiskies. I am one of the founding members of the Saint John Whisky Tasting society in New Brunswick Canada and my mandate, simple: Educate women on whisky! It’s not just your dad’s dram anymore!
I’ll be following your tweets and will add this site as one of my favorites. Slàinté and I hope to read/see wonderful things from you!
Johanne
@Whiskylassie
Thank you Johanne! Always lovely to find out about another whisky loving woman. Look forward to hearing the news from NB!
Hi Alwynne
Read your article in the SMWS magazine – thanks so much for the nice things you said about me.
I am delighted to tell you that I am still working in the whisky industry, having enormous fun and doing tastings around the world. Mainly to raise money for various charities, but still doing them for the industry when they ask me.
Are you based in London? If so maybe we could catch up.
With very best wishes
Helen
Hello Helen – I am so glad you saw the article. I was going to pass it onto you through your contacts on your website once it was out in PDF form. I am indeed based in London and I would love to catch up with you. I’ll drop you an email! Very best – Alwynne
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Hi Alwynne,
I have just discover your website and what a nice and fun site you have. It’s always fun to learn more about whisky. We are a whiskysociety, in Linköping Sweden, with 120 lassies (only lassies) and we really like to taste and learn about whisky together.
Hello – thanks so much for getting in touch! I am so glad to hear about your group and that you’re working to spread the love of whisky amongst more women. I’d love to speak to you more about what you’re doing so will be in touch. Best – MW
Very cool, the things you’re doing. It’s nice to see a lady’s perspective in such an…errrr…phalicentric industry. Also love the frequent twitter updates. Keep it up!
Best regards,
Curt
Cheers Curt. Glad you enjoy and I’ll definitely check out your site too! MW