Blind tasting tips?

I love blind tastings. It throws aside so many pre-conceptions.

What ever you decide on there should be one surprise in there which takes every one aback! Like throw in an Amrut Fusion if you're doing an Islands tasting. Always comes as a shock.

Or a Belgian Owl if doing Speyside.

You can also do a single distillery but in my opinion it's tough to get a lot of varied styles which might make it a touch monotonous. If I was you I would do region, vintage or age.

If you do age and let's say pick 18 years it might be nice to throw in a robust 10 year old and confuse everyone.

Good luck!

And you need a couple of non-whisky items to make people stretch their perceptions even more, like Tequila and a bitter digestif, like Cynar. The more contrast you have the more educational it will be. Blind tasting should encourage discernment. The tasting will be a lot "less blind" if people know that it is all similar style whisky, or from only one distillery.

I'm not a big fan of regional themed tastings, but if you must do it throw all the wrenches in the tool box. Pick BenRiach 10 yo Curiositas or Benromach Peat Smoke for your Speyside and Bruichladdich Islay Barley or The Laddie Ten or Bunnahabhain 12 yo for your Islay. Make it NOT obvious what came from where. This clearly works best if most of your tasters have an experienced whsiky background. This concept might not work well for new whsiky drinkers.