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Blind tasting spirits

Why taste blind? Our approach to tasting spirits

Blind tasting spirits isn’t just an exciting challenge of identifying distinctive characteristics—it’s also a way to strip away preconceptions, flashy packaging, and marketing hype. What’s left is the pure essence of the spirit itself—whether it’s delightfully memorable or, well, not quite to your taste!

Blind tasting has long been a trusted method for judges at awards ceremonies to avoid bias...

Burns Night Event Devon

Celebrate Burns Night at The Cridford Inn with Six Premium Scotch Whiskies, Haggis Dinner, and Live Music

Raise a glass with us and toast Scotland’s legendary poet, Robert Burns, at a special Burns Night celebration at The Cridford Inn in Trusham on Saturday 25th January. Hosted by Ellie Gibson from Azu Spirits, the event will start at 7:00 pm and feature a premium whisky tasting, a traditional Burns Night supper and live music from The Midsummer Gurnards, a local band known for their sea shanties and folk tunes. It’s the perfect way to honour the spirit of Burns and immerse yourself in a night of Scottish tradition.

Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, is renowned worldwide for his...

Host your own whisky club

Spirits specialists release their first ‘host-your-own’ Whisky Club tasting sets.

Azu Spirits blind tasting sets are centred around sharing. Offering a range of Scotch whisky and British gin tasting sets, they have now released a host-your-own Whisky Club series to run alongside their monthly tasting events.

A 5 month series with 30 single malts to explore and a new theme every tasting, each set includes 6 100ml sharing bottles, a guide, tasting tips, a flyer...