Meet Laurie Black: Co-Founder & Head of Whisky at Bevvy

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EDINBURGH: Today we meet one of the Co-Founders of Bevvy, Laurie Black. Staying in Edinburgh was a no-brainer so he chose to stay & put down roots in Edinburgh over going to London. With a database of 150,000 bottles that he built and manages, he has extensive knowledge and passion for the whisky industry. Today we look at his quest & unique path towards passion-driven work.
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Inside this episode:

• Follow Laurie's path to Head of Whisky & Co-Founder
• The beauty of Edinburgh
• What Laurie considered before whisky grabbed his heart
• Where should you go in Edinburgh to experience whisky?
• The celebration that caused opening a bottle of whisky after 75 years

Bio:

Laurie Black is the co-founder of the whisky app Bevvy, which was established in 2021 and has emerged as the ultimate digital whisky companion. As Head of Whisky, Laurie has curated a database of 150,000 unique whiskies, and worked with a team of app developers to build label recognition software that can accurately identify each bottle. Prior to Bevvy, Laurie had several roles in the whisky industry, such as hosting tastings for hungover stag groups, authenticating £1m bottles of Macallan and conducting sales of whisky as an auctioneer.
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