World Whisky Day
World Whisky Day was founded in 2012 and falls on the third Saturday of May each year. Founding World Whisky Day was founded in 2012 by Blair Bowman while studying at the University of Aberdeen. Participation Participants are encouraged to drink whisky on the day at events which may be officially registered on the World Whisky Day website. Others participate via social media using the #worldwhiskyday hashtag. The organisers estimate that approximately 250,000 people participated in registered events during the 2014 World Whisky Day. In 2015, World Whisky Day events were registered on all seven continents. Sale World Whisky Day's assets were sold in February 2015 to the drinks magazine, ''Hot Rum Cow''. Recognition by the Scottish Parliament The day was recognised by Members of the Scottish Parliament in a motion in May 2014 and again in 2015. Partnerships A World Whisky Day blend was produced in 2012, 2013 and 2014 by Master of Malt. The day publicly supports the c ...
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University Of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an Ancient universities of Scotland, ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV of Scotland, James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, Aberdeen, King's College, making it Scotland's 3rd oldest university and the 5th oldest in the English-speaking world and the United Kingdom. Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 160 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 20 universities in the United Kingdom according to ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', and 13th in the UK according to ''The Guardian''. The university comprises three colleges—King's College ...
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