Whyte and Mackay’s master blender Richard Paterson is going to host a whisky tasting on Google’s new social media platform Google+.

Paterson intends to gather whisky fans together using the site’s video chat to “have a dram and talk whisky”, reports the Drum website.

Google is not allowing brands onto Google+ yet so to avoid accusations that they are doing this to push just one brand, the tasting will feature whiskies from the Whyte & Mackay, Jura and Dalmore ranges.

The sessions will be at around 7pm UK time on 15 and 16 August.

More details on how to sign up can be found on Paterson’s blog at http://www.whyteandmackay.com/blog/2011-07-13-announcing-the-first-online-google-live-whisky-tasting.aspx.