Back for just the second year ever, Exploring English Whisky is proud to announce that the ENGLISH WHISKY FESTIVAL 2021 will be taking place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th September (online).

With 5 more distilleries & independent bottlers taking part than last year (19 in total), and an entirely new line-up of products, the two day event promises something special for those returning for their second year, or anyone joining for the first time.

Replicating the same accessible, informative and entertaining format, there will be 6 sessions, as well as entertainment and cocktail making masterclasses in between. Attendees will hear directly from each distillery or bottler as they take us through their product & story, focused on the theme of each session.

11 products in the line-up are completely new releases, some of which won’t be available until after the festival (or available at all as they’re cask samples drawn exclusively for this event). Many of the distilleries are now multi-award winners, including World Whiskies Awards, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, International Spirits Challenge and Icons of Whisky.

Tickets are available from £27.50 for a standard session (10% off for members of Exploring English Whisky) for UK residents only, and £31.50 for the chocolate and whisky pairing session. Or why not go for The Full English and save £9 (and multiple postage charges) when you buy all 6 packs together? 

Ticket Link: https://exploring-whisky.sumup.link/collection/festival2021

Membership Info: www.exploringenglishwhisky.co.uk

When: Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th September 2021

Where: Online (secure link sent out to attendees a couple of days before the event)

What: 29 samples of English Whisky, maturing spirit and new make spirit from established and new distilleries – each bringing something new and exciting to the line-up.

Who: List of participating distilleries (below)

Distilleries

Adnams (Suffolk)	Bimber Distillery (London)	Boutiquey Whisky Company	Circumstance Distillery (Bristol)	Cooper King Distillery (Yorkshire)
Copper Rivet  Distillery (Kent)	Cotswolds Distillery (Warwickshire)	Dartmoor Whisky Distillery (Devon)	East London Liquor Company (London)	Forest Distillery (Cheshire)
Henstone Distillery (Shropshire)	Ludlow Distillery (Shropshire)	Mercia Whisky (Staffordshire)	Samuel Gulliver & Co.	The English Whisky Company (Norfolk)
The Lakes Distillery (Cumbria)	The Oxford Artisan Distillery (Oxford)	The Single Cask	Wharf Distillery (Northampton- shire)	White Peak Distillery (Derbyshire)

Session hosts this year include:

• Amy Seton (Birmingham Whisky Club)
• Felipe Schrieberg (Forbes / Rhythm & Booze)
• Fiona Shoop (Whisky writer)
• Stephanie Jordan (Avallen Calvados / Drinking Out Loud)
• Tim Etherington-Judge (Avallen Calvados / Healthy Hospo)
• Glassmates (Ortis Deeley, Jimmy Harris, Nigel Mark)

Our snack partners this year include:

• Sekeforde Botanical Mixers (sekfordedrinks.com)
• Love Corn (https://lovecorn.co.uk/)
• Simpleas (https://www.simpleas-snacks.co.uk/)

And the chocolate for our Chocolate & Whisky pairing session will be coming from a bean-to-bar producer of ethical, sustainable chocolate – Lucocoa (https://www.lucocoachocolate.com/aboutus)

 EVENT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY 3rd September

6.00pm – Festival Welcome

6.30pm – Session 1: New Horizons

Forest Distillery – New Make spirit

Henstone Distillery – Whisky Release No.2

The Lakes Distillery – Whisky Makers Reserve No. 4

Wharf Distillery – Solstice Whisky

White Peak Distillery – First Release Whisky

8.00pm – Session 2: Expert Blind Tasting

SHH! IT’S A SECRET

9.30PM – Entertainment

10.45pm – END

 

CONTINUED…

SATURDAY 4th September

3.00pm – Session 3: Whisky & Chocolate Pairing

Bimber – new Small Batch release

Cooper King – Maturing Spirit

The English Whisky Co.  – Rum Cask

The Lakes – new Editions release

4.30pm – Session 4: Bottling It (Independent bottlers)

Gulliver’s 47, Ex-Bourbon Cask

Gulliver’s 47, 10yo Quarter Cask

The Boutiquey Whisky Company – Cotswolds 3yo Whisky

The Boutiquey Whisky Company – White Peak 2yo maturing spirit

The Single Cask – Peated 12 years old whisky (cask 106RR)

6.00pm – Break

6.30pm – Session 5: Heart & Graft

Cotswolds – Hearts & Crafts release

Copper Rivet – new Column Malt

Ludlow – new Whisky release

Mercia – Rye spirit

Dartmoor – Sherry Cask

8.00pm – Session 6: Against the Grain

Adnams – Rye Whisky

Circumstance – Mixed Grain Spirit

East London – Rye Whisky

The English  – Parched (Grain Whisky)

The Oxford Artisan Distillery – Anniversary Rye Whisky

9.30pm – Entertainment

10.45pm – END