THE BALVENIE WHISKY FETE  ST. ANDREWS SQUARE GARDENS, SEPTEMBER 26TH – 28TH
Whisky talks and tastings held in a unique handcrafted ‘stave domes’,
St. Andrews Square Gardens.

The green of St. Andrews Square Gardens will be transformed into a whisky fete, where people can mingle and discuss all things handcrafted, dram in hand. Open to the public each day, 12.00pm to 6.30pm on the 26th, 27th, 28th September 2013 – there will be tutored tastings with The Balvenie’s Brand Ambassador Dr. Andrew Forrester, and workshops with The Balvenie’s craft partners.

The Balvenie Whisky Fete is part of The Balvenie Master’s of Craft campaign, celebrating British craftsmanship through a series of events and an award programme. The Edinburgh Whisky Féte will feature bespoke Geodesic domes made from Whisky casks from The Balvenie distillery within which open-to-all demonstrations and exclusive tastings will be held. Royal Mile Whiskies will also be running whisky sales on site, for those who would like to take something home with them.

1. The Balvenie Cooperage Tasting Sessions
There will be tasting sessions available all afternoon where consumers can meet The Balvenie team led by Dr Andrew Forrester as well as Head Cooper Ian McDonald, who will be demonstrating the craft of coopering. Guests will be able to taste the range in an informal, intimate setting. Tasting sessions are free to attend and will be held on all three days at multiple times. See website for further detail.

2. The Balvenie Warehouse 24 Private Tastings
For The Balvenie Warehouse 24 members there will be free daily private tastings with Dr Andrew Forrester, with the chance to try something special liberated directly from the cask, with The Balvenie’s signature dipping dog. Sessions are free to attend and will be held on all three days at multiple times, please see mastersofcraft.thebalvenie.com  for more details.

Warehouse 24 is The Balvenie’s members club, and is free to join via the website: www.thebavlenie.com

Notes

About The Balvenie

* The Balvenie is a unique range of single malts created by David Stewart, The Balvenie Malt Master. Each has a very individual taste, but each is rich, luxuriously smooth and underpinned by the distinctively honeyed character of The Balvenie.

* Little has changed at Balvenie Distillery over the years. Uniquely we still employ all the traditional crafts of malt whisky making, which is why The Balvenie tastes the way it does.

* Born in Ayr on the west coast of Scotland in 1945, David Stewart joined William Grant & Sons in 1962, the year before Single Malt Scotch Whisky was first officially exported to England. He was appointed the distiller’s Malt Master in 1974 and his renowned ability to identify the finest casks of whisky for maturation has helped William Grant & Sons earn the Distiller of the Year accolade an unprecedented eight times (2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000 and 1999).

* The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky is produced by William Grant & Sons Ltd, an award-winning independent family-owned distiller founded by William Grant in 1886 and today run by his direct descendants.