When I moved to Belfast, one of the things I knew I'd miss was this event! You'd think moving to Ireland would have increased my access to the drink of life, but regrettably Ireland falls far behind our Celtic neighbours in the distillery leagues!!

So after two years in the whisky wilderness, it was with a feeling of great excitment that I drove from Nottingham to Manchester a week ago. 26 people, 8 whiskies with some haggis at half-time, what more could you ask from a Friday evening?

A picture tells a thouand words, but one picture would do this event little justice, so I've uploaded a video on the YMN Manchester's Facebook page.

If you are interested in hosting your own version of this event, our resident expert on the brown stuff has written this instruction manual. Just be sure to invite me!!