The 168 Whisky Club, a unique monthly business networking group for enthusiasts with a taste for the finer things in life, has gone from strength to cask strength with the biggest and best professional networking event yet at Barclays campus in Tradeston in Glasgow last night.

Established a decade ago with a dozen or so regular attendees, the Club has since evolved to accommodate up to 35 monthly attendees at 168 Bath Street, home to Wbg, one of Scotland’s leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firms.

Last night saw 70 participants gather to sample the finest drams while enjoying an informal networking event with like-minded peers spanning the business and professional communities.

Each regular tasting session is hosted by an organisation in the whisky industry, from distiller, blender, or whisky society, with last night’s presenter Dougal Barr, Global Brand Ambassador, at Douglas Laing, the independent, family-owned Scotch whisky business in its third generation, presiding over the usual six dram tasting session.

Scott Grant (pictured above), business development director at Wbg, said: “Like Wbg, 168 Whisky Club relishes its role of championing smaller, independent enterprises with ambition to scale their operations.

The Club allows us to shine a light on our hosts’ unique whisky offerings while affording an opportunity for guests to discuss pressing business issues of the day among a congenial business and professional audience at an informal and mutually-beneficial networking event.”

The professional transactional network allows Wbg to showcase its comprehensive range of specialist accountancy, audit and tax advice to the whisky sector.

Attendees at last night’s event included representatives from Wbg’s corporate finance team from Aberdeen, investment firm N4 Partners alongside Wbg and Barclays partners and clients.