Moa Reynolds is the Edinburgh-based content creator, writer and photographer behind the hugely popular Swedish Whisky Girl social media accounts and blog.

Here, she tells her story so far and what we can expect from her new weekly whisky column.

I grew up in Sweden and initially moved to Edinburgh for a three-year professional dance training programme.

I decided to stay in the city for at least the summer after graduation, but soon fell in love with Scotland and realised I had never felt so at home anywhere else.

It's now close to a decade later and I still haven't moved away.

Pictured: Moa Reynolds is our new weekly whisky columnist (Image: Newsquest)

I sort of fell into working in whisky when I got a job as a tour guide at The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh.

It was a great place to learn more about the industry as well as for meeting other people who were enthusiastic about Scotch Whisky. After work, I would often end up in the pub with colleagues and my husband where we would discover new drams together.

After a while, I found it difficult to remember each of the individual whiskies we had tried and all of the complex flavour notes and details, so I started my Instagram @swedishwhiskygirl.

This allowed me to take a photo and write a little text about each spirit after tasting - almost like a........

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