About Us

The Real Dram started life as a whisky review and articles site, run by three friends from Bristol: Simon, Rob and Tom.

We started the blog in October 2015, around the same time we set up a whisky club with some friends in Bristol.

The aims of the blog were simple:

• To chart our relationship with the dynamic and endlessly interesting spirit that is whisky.

• To act as a digital aide-mémoire, reminding us what we thought of specific drams and how our palates have changed over time.

• To provide a place for non-fussy, honest opinions about whisky, for anyone who might be interested.

Over time, we’ve developed our style and adjusted our tone, but we’ve always tried to remain positive and flavour-focused.

In case you were wondering about the slightly odd name, its genesis lies in the combination of two words…

Reel — as in the container onto which film is loaded. The original idea for the blog was to pair whisky with film, but that quickly fell by the wayside when the reality of my inability to write coherently became patently obvious.

Dram — a small, unspecified measure of something, usually alcohol.