So I now have my nice new iPhone 4 (its rubbish at calls and sending text messages but great at Internet things) and as usual when sat at lunch I started looking for apps to download for it. As befits my tastebuds I immediately started searching for “whisky” in iTunes.

The first app which grabbed my attention was Whisky iOdic – which is a periodic chart of whiskies. It looks great and is fun – espescially when your in a bar which lacks your favourite malts and has a large range as you can look for whiskies that share the same types of profile (I’ve found it useful about 80% of the time and found one of two weirdnesses but TBH that was when drinking non-standard casks which I should’ve expected).

Whisky iOdic Screen Grab

Also when you click onto one of the whisky codes you get a short description of the distillery and the taste profile of the whisky.

Description for Talisker Distillery from Whisky iOdic App

So all in all a nice little time waster of an application for all you whisky lovers out there. It doesn’t tell you anything you don’t know already but hey for £1.79 (which won’t buy you a decent dram these days) is a nice distraction. To purchase the app visit the page on itunes or visit the Whisky iOdic website.