You know that old adage about Whisky Festivals? The one about you waiting for one for ages and then several come all at once? Or is that buses? Not content with having satiated nearly 1000 of the finest whisky-loving Geordies last weekend, we are preparing for four festivals in the space of 3 months, with another three to come in the autumn. For those with a lack of time or patience, here’s a quick summary with links to the events…

London Whisky Weekender    11th & 12th April

Aberdeen Whisky Festival       25th April

Bristol Whisky Festival            13th June 2 for £50 Early-Bird

Edinburgh Whisky Solstice      20th June – NEW – 2 for £50 Early-Bird

Liverpool Whisky Festival        5th September 2 for £50 Early-Bird

Yorkshire Whisky Festival        12th September  2 for £50 Early-Bird Manchester Whisky Festival

 Coming Soon For those with the luxury, here’s the more nitty gritty version…

EDINBURGH WHISKY SOLSTICE

Along with our friends at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, we felt it would be great to do something different and dispel the myth, finally, that whisky is just a winter drink.  What we now have on the cards is a real summer celebration of whisky. With food, music, games and all kinds of shenanigans – as well as the fantastic Whisky Festival and all of the wonderful whiskies we’ll have – this will be THE Whisky event to be at in Edinburgh this year! All in the confines of the normally private, but definitely beautiful, Queen Street Gardens. Fear not, we do have two massive tents if the Whisky Gods are not shining on us on the day! We are giving our loyal customers (yes, that’s you) the opportunity to get your hands on our 2 for £50 ‘Early-Bird’. But be quick as we only have 100 pairs of these before the price increases to the full price of £30 per ticket. This gives you access to the 12pm-5pm session and there will be a later session which will be more music-orientated so please keep an eye out for announcements… Click HERE or on the banner for more details and tickets.

LONDON WHISKY WEEKENDER

Next up is our East-End ‘knees-up’ The London Whisky Weekender on 11th and 12 April. A number of firsts and special goings-on make this the most vibrant and exciting London Whisky event of the year. We have first UK festival appearances by the distillers themselves from Dry Fly and Rock Town Distilleries – two of the most decorated and highly-rated US craft distillers out there. We have a world’s first festival appearance from the guys at Belfast Distillery. We have the Scotch Malt Whisky Society out in force with a dedicated tasting ‘snug’ and some incredible whiskies. Plus a fabulous line-up of whiskies from the likes of Chivas, Glenlivet, Ardbeg, Talisker, Laphroaig, Macallan, Nikka, Paul John, Penderyn, Douglas Laing and much more… Click HERE or on the banner for more details and tickets.

ABERDEEN WHISKY FESTIVAL

One of our favourite festivals from a couple of years ago – certainly in terms of the people. We made the easy decision to come back to Aberdeen this year but wanted to find a venue suitable for such an event. The AECC is the region’s premier events space and seemed the obvious choice. With exhibitors from Glen Moray to Springbank, Ardbeg to Talisker and with everything in-between. this should be a fantastic show and one we are looking forward to… Click HERE for info and tickets.

BRISTOL WHISKY FESTIVAL

Another area and city that we loved visiting in 2013 and that we are coming back to in 2015! We know that many of the good whisky-drinking folk of Bristol have already booked their tickets for this lovely event. However, there are still a few of our 2 for £50, second release, Early-Bird tickets available, but be quick! Our fabulous whisky festival hits the Colston Hall on 13th June with the likes of Nikka, Paul John, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Rock Town and many more. Click HERE for more info and tickets.

LIVERPOOL WHISKY FESTIVAL

Moving into the autumn, we are once again in the enigmatic and characterful Lutyen’s Crypt underneath Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral. This atmospheric and awe-inspiring venue first hosted us last year and we (along with you it would seem) thought it a more than appropriate match. Tickets are now on sale for the festival that takes place on Saturday 5th September – there are a few ‘Early-Bird’ places remaining so get your skates on! You can buy tickets or get more info HERE.

YORKSHIRE WHISKY FESTIVAL

Our oldest and most established event returns to its new home at York Racecourse. This event is where it all started for us well over 10 years ago, and as such we always like to pull out all the stops for the home crowd. Exhibitors new and old will assemble with lots of new whiskies and experiences to try on the 12th September. An ‘Early-Bird’ offer is active but has already attracted a great deal of interest so do yourselves a favour and get booking now! Click HERE or on the banner for more info and tickets.

MANCHESTER WHISKY FESTIVAL

Although it is still a little while off, we are deep into planning for one of our largest events of the year. The date for your diaries is Saturday 24th October. As soon as we have more news and our venue set in stone we will let you know – keep your eyes peeled!

AND FINALLY…

Our new series – Japan Vs Scotland -, which kicked off in Sheffield last week, is in full swing from this week. There are still tickets available at one or two of the venues so please click HERE to check for availability. This is one of our most popular series and should prove to be the best yet, with some real humdingers in the line-up…

A full newsletter is due in a couple of weeks but I think that will probably do you for now. We look forward to seeing you at an event very soon.

Slainte, Eddie, Amanda and Joe The Whisky Lounge Team.