Whisky Lounge Happenings January 2016 – Whisky News
Happy New Year fellow whisky-lovers!
Well, how was it for you? Did you enjoy some good whiskies? We hope so. We also hope you weren’t effected too badly by the flooding or other terrible weather events here in the UK (or elsewhere). Here at TWL HQ in York we had some hairy moments, but luckily no damage done. First thing to note is that we have a shiny new website. We think it looks good and works well but we always love to get your feedback so please feel free have a look around and let us know what you think! We also recognise that one or two features are either missing or not functioning as they should be, so please bear with us whilst we make the necessary adjustments…
BURNS-A-THON
As many of you will know, we always start our whisky year with the thinest available excuse to taste some good stuff. Happily, Robert Burns selflessly provides us this opportunity every January. We certainly raise a dram or two in his direction with the occasional poem depending on location and presenter. Many of the events are now sold out (we didn’t think it fair to show these) but we have added new dates which are as follows;
BURNS’ TASTINGS/DINNERS DATES & VENUES
SUNDAY 24th JAN. NEWCASTLE, Blackfriars, Friar St., 7pm
MONDAY 25th JAN. YORK, Brigantes, Micklegate, 7pm
MONDAY 25th JAN. LEEDS, The Hedonist Project, 156 Briggate, 7pm
TUESDAY 26th JAN. SHEFFIELD, The Tap, Sheffield Station, 7pm
THURS. 28th JAN. BRIGHTON, Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey St., 7pm
THURS. 28th JAN. EDINBURGH, Clouds and Soil, 4 Picardy Place, 7pm
THURS. 28th JAN. LONDON, Salt Bar, 82 Seymour Street, W2, 7pm
After a couple of years of (very successful) trips to the Feis Ile we have decided in 2016 to do one trip to Islay outside of festival week and one in Speyside. Both are incredible opportunities to get up close and personal with distilleries and their personnel in the respective areas and to spend some quality time with us! Within both trips you will experience more quality whisky than you can shake a stick at, great food, lovely accommodation, beautiful scenery and amazing craic. That enough superlatives for you? As previously, you can choose from 3 day tours or a full week if you’re willing and able…
Tour 1: 9th – 12th July
Tour 2: 13th – 16th July
Full Week: 9th – 16th July
Tour 1: 1st – 4th October
Tour 2: 5th – 8th October
Full Week: 1st – 8th October
KAVALAN TASTINGS
With our Kavalan Vs Scotland series back in September 2015, we saw how seriously their whisky is to be taken.
With that in mind we decided now might be a good time to see what else they have… So this series, quite simply, is a tasting of six different whiskies from this most exciting of East-Asian distilleries.
TUESDAY 16th FEB. SHEFFIELD, The Tap, Sheffield Station, 7pm
FRIDAY 19th FEB. M’CHESTER, Britons Protection, Gt Bridgewater St., 7pm
FRIDAY 19th FEB. NEWCASTLE, Blackfriars, Friar St., 7pm
SAT 20th FEB. YORK, Brigantes, Micklegate, 7pm
WEDS 24th FEB. LIVERPOOL, Jenny’s Bar, Fenwick St., 7pm
WEDS 24th FEB. LONDON, Salt Bar, 82 Seymour Street, W2, 7pm
WEDS. 24th FEB. BRIGHTON, Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey St., 7pm
THURS. 25th FEB. LEEDS, The Cross Keys, Water Lane, 7pm
EDINBURGH TBC
BLENDING WORKSHOPS
Fancy getting your hands dirty? Think you can do better than Chivas or Johnnie Walker? Let’s be having you then! We are running Blending Workshops throughout the year in most venues we already work with to give you the opportunity to blend your own whisky! After tasting some exceptional blends you will be let loose on your own (with a blending partner) to create and name your own blend. You can then take a miniature home to show off!
NEXT BLENDING DATES
TUES. 8TH MARCH SHEFFIELD, The Tap, Sheffield Station, 7pm
WEDS 9TH MARCH LEEDS, The Cross Keys, Water Lane, 7pm
THURS. 10TH MARCH BRIGHTON, Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey St., 7pm
WEDS 23RD MARCH LONDON, Salt Bar, 82 Seymour Street, W2, 7pm
WEDS 6TH APRIL LIVERPOOL, Jenny’s Bar, Fenwick St., 7pm
THURS. 7TH APRIL M’CHESTER, Britons Protection, Gt Bridgewater St., 7pm
THURS. 7TH APRIL YORK, Brigantes, Micklegate, 7pm
FRIDAY 8TH APRIL NEWCASTLE, Blackfriars, Friar St., 7pm
We do have more to tell you about, but I think this is enough to be going on with for now! Keep an eye out for an email at the end of the week with news on the London Whisky Weekender, Whisky Sessions, Brighton, Bristol, Aberdeen and more festivals…
Sláinte
Eddie, Amanda and Joe The Whisky Lounge Team.
