As I write this York is bathed in sunshine and warmth and giving us false indication of what is to come, I’m sure! I hope wherever you are you are getting some semblance of a spring. Update – as I finish this email it is back to business as usual, drizzle and grey.

 

Plenty to tell you about as we continue in our efforts to bring whisky to the people, so please bear with me…

 

The Shakespeare Centre

Henley Street

Stratford Upon Avon

Saturday 19th May 2012

12pm-5pm

£25 a ticket

 

No need to tell most of you what these events consist of, but you can be assured that our second foray into the Midlands will delight the most hard-nosed of whisky-lovers. Exhibitors from around the world will be on hand to sample with you there fine wares and talk to you about the processes involved as well as entertain! For a limited time only we are offering a special two ticket offer as we are NOT ‘doing’ a Groupon this year for this event. The offer is 2 for £30 and is now live on the website. The offer will only run until this Sunday (13th May). Click here to be taken straight to the offer.

O2 Academy

Cookridge Street

Saturday 2nd June 2012

11am-3pm, 4pm-8pm

£25 a ticket

 

Finally, after last years false start, we have a Leeds festival to look forward to. This should prove to be a real show-stopper and will feature all of the usual Whisky Lounge Festival fripperies as well as a few new ones…

To enable us to spread the good word further, we have decided to do a Living Social deal for the early session from 11am-3pm which will run from this Sunday (13th May) until Tuesday (15th May). The deal will be two tickets for £25 so represents outstanding value! If you are not yet signed up to Living Social, their website can be found here. The deal runs on their Leeds, Harrogate, Bradford and York sites. Don’t miss out! We won’t be running the same deal for the 4pm-8pm session, but so that you’re not entirely missing out, we will be running a 2 for £40 offer on the website from now until Tuesday 15th May. Anybody who has paid full price up to now will be entitled to a place on one of the workshops which will be announced shortly as recompense. Click here to find out more.

 

We still have a few tickets left for the WL Cask Series Three tastings coming up over the next week or so. These are very exciting as they are designed to show off our latest and greatest bottlings and also give you a cheap and entertaining night out at only £15 a ticket! Plus you get a fiver of that back if you make a purchase! This is where we are heading over the next week or two…

 

Friday 11th May – Manchester, Britons Protection – SOLD OUT

Saturday 12th May – Newcastle, Blackfriars – click here

Monday 14th May – London, Red Lion, SW1 – click here

Wednesday 23rd May – Leeds, The Cross Keys, Water Lane – click here

Friday 25th May – York, Brigantes, Micklegate – click here

 

Get yourselves moving as they won’t hang around!

 

Greenland St., L1

Saturday 8th September

12pm-5pm

£25 a ticket

 

The sharp-eyed among you will have noticed our second Liverpool Festival finally hit the website. Details of exhibitors and classes are gradually making there way up, and in the meantime how does a tasty 2 tickets for £30 deal grab you? This is an early bird special and may or may not be repeated! We are not planning on ‘Groupon’ing this event this year so this may be your only chance to get tickets at an absurdly low price! Click here to go straight to the deal!

 

We came, we saw, we conquered! What a fantastic couple of days. We were absolutely exhausted by the end as it was a lot of hard work (it was, honest!) but we could finally relax knowing we brought whisky to the capital like never before. As always we produced a video of the event and as always it is an enjoyable romp with myself going a little over the top on the video effects – click here to view it.

 

Just to encourage you to enjoy it with a dram, we have a little competition for you. The prize is a pair of tickets to a Whisky Lounge Fest! of your choice (not including those that have yet to be announced!). These then are your competition questions;

 

1. Which 1990s gangster film featured the J.S Bach piece during the first half of the video?

2. What is the name of the presenter at 54secs in?

3. Who is the man wearing the ‘rabbit ears’ at 2:16 (Is there a family resemblance somewhere?)

4. How many people attended the event in total?

 

The Tie-Breaker! In no more than 50 words describe to me what more we could do to ‘Bring Whisky to the People’ in one of our events. The best suggestion will win it! Once more, you can view the video here.

 

I am reliably informed that the shiny new members area will be ready by the end of this week/beginning of next. We thank you for your patience on this and apologise for the wait but hopefully it will all be worth it! If you are interested in membership and all the benefits it provides, click here to go to the website and the first 10 to sign up quoting this email will get a 20cl 1990 Bunnahabhain Single Cask from our new range for their troubles!

 

We are working hard to get these two important annual events up soon with just the venues to be finalised. Manchester will be Saturday 18th September with York on Saturday 13th October. Get them in the diary now! 

This years York event will actually mark our 10th Anniversary of Whisky Festivals, so expect something very special…

 

That’s all from me for now but stay in touch, keep the dram alive and take care of yourselves.

 

Slainte,

Eddie