Only One Month to Go

Start getting excited!

World Whisky Day – Saturday 17th May 2014 

With exactly one month until World Whisky Day, May 2014 certainly has plenty in store for whisky lovers.

With celebrations across Scotland and signature WWD events in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, we are particularly excited about The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s Clans and Drams Festival as it opens its doors to members and non-members alike with a month-long celebration of flavour.

Clans are famously associated with territorial battles and bloody skirmishes but the Society believes that the pleasure of exquisite whisky supersedes any family feud or clan dispute. So instead of battling over bloodlines, everyone (Scot or not) is invited into the Society’s members’ rooms in Edinburgh, Leith and London during May to ally themselves to a whisky clan.

The Society, which bottles single cask single malt whiskies from a huge range of distilleries, has created 12 special whisky clans based on flavour profiles. Every traditional family clan has a reputation that defines them, attributes such as bravery, honesty or dexterity. The Society have taken real clan mottos and personalities and attributed these to their flavour clans. Whether you’re the fiery ‘Spicy and Sweet’, or the majestic ‘Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits’, there is a whisky clan for everyone.

As well as opening its doors to non-members throughout May and pairing 26 new single cask whiskies to the 12 flavour clans, The Society is hosting a number of events including the official signature event of World Whisky Day on Saturday 17^th May.

Edinburgh Whisky Fest 2014 – 26 April 2014

Let Bottle Commence… Clan Whisky Feast – 1 May 2014

Clan Cocktails in the Society’s Secret Bothy – 2 May 2014

A Hauf ‘n’ Hauf – Beer and Whisky Tasting – 10 May 2014 

World Whisky Day – 17 May 2014

The Scottish Larder @ The Dining Room – 21 May 2014 

A Hauf ‘n’ Hauf – Beer and Whisky Tasting – 23 May 2014

Seafood And Whisky Tasting – 29 May 2014

Dunfermline Clans and Drams Tasting – 29 May 2014

Glasgow Clans and Drams tasting – 30 May 2014

Hopefully you can make it along to the Society to celebrate WWD or attend one some of their events, otherwise it sounds like a great opportunity to simply visit during this open-doors period to find your true kindred spirit and ally yourself with your whisky clan. 

Still time to register your World Whisky Day event

It only takes a few seconds to register your event.
Click here to register your event for free.

Event ideas:
Host at an event at your local bar.
Host an event in your own home.
Get your local whisky shop to arrange a special tasting.
It’s easy to get involved. 

Donate to Just a Drop and to help give people safe and clean drinking water.

We are proud to be supporting Just a Drop, an international water aid charity. We hope that you can help us raise money for them. Each time you have a whisky on World Whisky Day why not donate £1/$1/€1 to Just a Drop.

To learn more and donate to Just a Drop click here.

In other news

We are working hard on a few exciting things so stay tuned for the following…
World Whisky Day Whisky 2014 Edition
World Whisky Day Tshirts / Hoodys and more

We will also be introducing World Whisky Day Event Packs with everything you need to celebrate World Whisky Day. To register your interest click here.

Get in the spirit, mark the date in your diary and lets raise a dram to World Whisky Day 2014. 
 
In the meantime if you want to discuss your plans or find out more about getting involved then please email info@worldwhiskyday.com or call +44 (0)131 208 2582.

Kind regards,
Blair Bowman

Founder
World Whisky Day
www.worldwhiskyday.com