About

Welcome to my first blog and thank you for finding it and staying for long enough to read what I have to say. My name is Shane Kinloch and I am a dad who loves his whisky. I am not a whisky expert, journalist, professional Sommelier or distiller; but I am more than just a whisky drinker.

I love whisky

I love the way it tastes. I love learning why it tastes the way it does. I love learning about the history of distilleries and the influence of politics and geography on the distilling process. I love examining the impressions that a whisky can leave me with and trying to link them to one or more things that happened in the years it took to reach my glass. I love that whisky takes a great deal of time, skill and passion to make.

So why write a blog?

Other than sharing my love of whisky, there is a very real reason for me to do this. Writing a blog about something I am passionate about is a positive step for me to fight my own depression. Like millions of people the world over, I suffer from depression. One of the hardest things for me to do is find the motivation to do things other than sleep or just exist passively. I love writing, but just enjoying it isn't enough to motivate me to do it regularly. I hope that by combining my loves of whisky and writing in a blog, I can build and connect myself to a likeminded community that will encourage me to keep writing on my way to becoming well again and beyond.

Additionally, I hope this blog will legitimise my whisky habit and perhaps lead to cheaper whisky in the future. I can only dream.

Shane Kinloch
WhiskyDad
2016