5 Whisky Hotspots You Need To Visit While In London

You may or may not know it, but I used to live in London. Yeap, right in the heart of formerly-cool-and-alternative Camden Town, where I settled just after turning 18, with my black & pink hair, working as a translator by day and spending all my money attending concerts by night (\m/).

I still get this kind of emotional link to London each time I go back, and now that I have grown a passion for whisky, it has enabled me to discover another visage of the city: its buzzing food & drink scene, more “avant-gardiste” than ever and a trend setter for the rest of Europe.

Let’s then explore 5 spots you need to visit while in London if you like your whisky!

No 1. Black Rock

Black Rock is an experience on its own. Not your typical whisky bar, don’t expect a lounge-type bar with a luxury shiny wooden bar.

“Instead, the proprietors of this sleek subterranean drinking hole – who are also responsible for cocktailing mecca The Worship Street Whistling Shop – have taken a large 185 year old oak tree, laid it on its end, split it in half, and turned it into a gigantic whisky-filled table. And we mean that literally. Because they’ve also cut two channels down the full length of the trunk, lined them with charred American & European oak, covered them with glass and filled each with 17 litres of whisky cocktails which age as they’re stored in there, and are delivered straight into your glass through taps at the end of the trunk.

You can therefore sit and watch as twin rivers of glorious booze flow directly into your drinking vessel, scoring you either a Cherry River (with American whisky and cherries) or a special house blend of whisky…which the owners will continue to tweak over time.”

Source: thewhiskylady.net