Bluff, Irving, and I had the distinct pleasure of meeting American independent bottler Jeff Topping and his brand The Wild Scotsman at Sam’s Spirits Night tasting on February 28th. Jeff is a young, passionate, American who has recently founded his own independent bottling label and has already released his first vatted malt. Interesting timing coming across Jeff after our discussions regarding vatted malts and their potential in the industry just 4 nights earlier.

Jeff is living a keeper’s fantasy life as an independent bottler and he is also an apprentice whisky master living in Scotland. I liked him very much when we had a chance to chat at Sam’s. Please read this interview with Jeff when you can. His is an interesting story and the link also serves to highlight our latest addition to our links area The Scotch Blog which is another wonderful resource for us to use.