About Jeff Whisky

About Me

In honesty, I find all this talking about myself quite embarrassing. However here goes…

Growing up I never really liked the taste of lager and ale, so being in the West Country, I embraced the bumpkin life and turned to cider. This very quickly lead to Rum. Any Rum was good Rum.

The obvious next step was Whisky. The classic introduction bottles were explored included Glenfiddich, Monkey Shoulder, Johnnie Walker and Haig club before making me want to dive in deeper to the whisky world. From 2018 I really threw myself deep into whisky exploration including signing up to sample services and discovering folk talking whisky on Youtube.

Then came the dreaded year of 2020. Suddenly the online Whisky world exploded, with tasting sets, online tours and Whisky communities popping up everywhere. After a couple of months this lead me to create the Instagram page – @jeffwhisky to help keep track of my adventure. This then lead me to meet and talk with some amazing people who have been so welcoming and encouraging. Growing up with Youtube I really wanted to bring whisky into the world I knew of quick cuts, daft humour and an irreverent approach.

A visual shift happened in the summer of 2022 as out of the blue, I was hit with bells palsy which really took the wind out of my sails. However with half of my face paralysed I decided to carry on with the channel and over the space of 6 months it has about 90% recovered. I still wear the shades as at times the muscles in the left side begin to get tired and it has become just as much of my channel as slapping bottles at this point.

Cheers for reading,

Jeff