Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Tickets for the 2011 Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival went on sale last weekend. Whilst one of our events has already sold out, places are still available for the following;

Friday 29th April 2011 15.00 – 17.00
Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting
Enjoy an in-depth tour of family owned Glenfarclas Distillery, after which Robert Ransom will introduce you to a selection of five of his favourite expressions of award winning Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
£18.00 per person
To book click here.

Saturday 30th April 2011 11.00 – 13.00
Your Choice – Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting
Enjoy a tour of Family owned Glenfarclas, after which Ian McWilliam will introduce you to a selection of four of his favourite expressions of Glenfarclas. To finish, one of The Family Casks. Which one? You choose! The Family Casks is a unique collection of Single Cask whisky, with at least one cask available for every year from 1953 to 1995. Everyone has a special year, now it’s your chance to sample whisky from that year!
£35.00 per person
To book click here.

Saturday 30th April 2011 15.00 – 17.00
Glenfarclas Tasting at the Mash Tun, Aberlour
Join George Grant for an informal Glenfarclas tasting at the Mash Tun Pub.
£20.00 per person
To book click here.

Sunday 1st May 2011 14.00 – 16.00
Historic Drams – Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting
Historic drams, in celebration of the 175th anniversary. A tour of the distillery followed by a tasting of 5 whiskies from significant years in the long history of Glenfarclas. Sadly we are unable to offer any whisky from 1836, but Kate Wright will introduce you to five fantastic single cask bottlings covering 5 different decades, from The Family Casks collection. To finish the limited edition bottling created to celebrate our 175th Anniversary.
£40.00 per person
To book click here.

Sunday 1st May 2011 19.00 – 22.00
Glenfarclas Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey
Enjoy a four course Glenfarclas Whisky Dinner at Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey. Graham Harvey and Sheila McConachie, chef/patrons of Craggan Mill, and co-authors of the award winning book The Whisky Kitchen, will present a four course dinner, with each course inspired by an expression of Glenfarclas. To start, the Velouté of Haggis with Glenfarclas 15 Years Old, which featured in Graham’s winning menu for the 2007 Spirit of Speyside Chef Competition. Robert Ransom, Director of Sales & Marketing, of family owned Glenfarclas, will introduce an expression of Glenfarclas to accompany each course, to include a limited edition of Glenfarclas, bottled to celebrate the distillery’s 175th anniversary.
£57.00 per person
To book click here.

Monday 2nd May 2011 10.00 -12.00
The Family Casks – Help choose the 1996 bottling
The Family Casks are a unique collection of single casks whiskies, with at least one cask bottled for every year from 1952 to 1995. To select the casks for each year, George Grant has nosed over 200 different casks. Now he would like you to assist in selecting the cask for the 1996 vintage to add to the collection. After a tour of the distillery, and a tasting of a selection of The Family Casks, George Grant will introduce a short list of 1996 cask samples, for you to nose, taste, comment on and then vote on. The chosen cask will then go forward for bottling, to be released for sale later in the year.
£38.00 per person
To book click here.

We look forward to welcoming you to Speyside.

Glenfarclas
Email: info@glenfarclas.co.uk
Website: www.glenfarclas.co.uk
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/glenfarclas/
Tel: +44 (0) 1807 500257
Fax: +44 (0) 1807 500234
Address: Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Banffshire AB37 9BD, UK