The most highly anticipated date in every whisky and spirits aficionado’s diary is back – get ready for what is truly, the ultimate whisky and spirits experience on earth! The Universal Whisky Experience is celebrating its 10th Anniversary at the luxurious Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on April 22-23 and this year is set to be the most memorable event in industry history!

• The largest celebration of whisky & spirits in the world
• Taste the finest super pours
• Over 200 whiskies under one roof
• Exclusive bottlings from around the globe
• Industry leading Master Classes
• Meet legends of the whisky world
• Over 50 exhibitors

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Irish Whiskey Barrel Top

Celebrate the epitome of Irish Whiskey with 25 of the best bottles made in the Emerald Isle showcasing the diversity of one of the world’s oldest whiskey-making countries. The line-up includes iconic organic and biodynamic drams from Waterford, recently released FierField expressions from JJ Corry, sublime drams from Green Spot and many more! Meet the people who represent these incredible drams and discover the secrets of timeless Irish whiskey.

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Venue: The Whisky Exchange London Bridge, London SE1 1LL
Date: 31 March 2022
Time: 7.00pm
Price: £5

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Award-winning whisky writers to host online tasting supporting Ukrainian refugees

Award-winning whisky writer Felipe Schrieberg and Whisky Exchange Drinks Ambassador Billy Abbott will be co-hosting a charity online whisky tasting supporting Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Poland from the violence in their country. 

Taking place March 28^th at 7 pm, packs containing six delicious whiskies will be sent to guests’ homes by whisky subscription service The Dram Team, and can then join Schrieberg and Abbott on Facebook and Youtube. All profits from the tasting will be donated to Polish Humanitarian Action, a relief organisation working with displaced Ukrainian refugees.

The tasting pack includes drams of:

• Compass Box Spice Tree
• Glenturret 12 Year Old
• Jura Seven Wood
• Lakes Distillery The ONE Sherry Limited Edition
• Glen Scotia Victoriana
• Royal Brackla 18 Year Old Palo Cortado Finish

Though the tasting itself is free to watch and accessible for anyone even if they don’t have a whisky pack, optional ‘viewing only’ tickets are also available to purchase, with all proceeds going to PAH as well.

Both Schrieberg and Abbott are extremely experienced tasting hosts – the former has welcomed over 3,500 people across more than 250 online tastings since April 2020 while the latter has fronted tastings at many whisky festivals both physical and virtual. For their work, they have both won the prestigious Icons of Whisky Communicator of the Year – Rest of World award by Whisky Magazine (Schrieberg won this year’s prize, and Abbott received it in 2021).

Schrieberg, who is currently based in the Polish city of Gdansk, was inspired by the compassion shown by his adopted country when he decided to put together the tasting:

“Over half of the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are arriving here in Poland” he said.

“The response from Poles all over the country has been truly moving, and everyone coming here from Ukraine needs all the help they can get. We’re very excited to be able to share some very tasty whiskies to support an excellent organisation doing amazing work here.”

The tasting will be hosted on Schrieberg’s Facebook and Youtube pages for his online whisky tastings – The Virtual Whisky Masterclass.

Tickets are available to purchase on Designmynight.com

Event Information 

Event: Online Charity Whisky Tasting Supporting Ukrainian Refugees

Price: £45 (excluding booking fee)

           £15 for optional ‘viewing only’ ticket

Ticket link: https://tinyurl.com/2p8a57bz

About Felipe 

Felipe is a whisky writer, musician, author, spirits competition judge, and tastings host.

As a whisky writer, Felipe has been widely published across industry magazines and websites. He is a senior contributor for Forbes.com writing about spirits, and is regularly featured in Whisky Magazine, The Whiskey Wash, Unfiltered, and many other platforms. His book, London Cocktails, is published by Cider Mill Press and is distributed worldwide by Simon and Schuster.

For his work, he was named the 2022 Icons of Whisky Communicator of the Year (Rest of World), and the 2021 Alan Lodge Young International Drinks Writer of the Year.

He is also the co-founder and one half of The Rhythm and Booze Project, a duo combining live music, tasting events, and multimedia.

www.felipeschrieberg.com

About Billy

Billy is a writer and trainer specialising in drinks. Starting as a blogger in 2009 and working full time in the drinks industry since 2011, he’s been writing, presenting and training people about drinks around the world.

While he is the drinks ambassador at The Whisky Exchange during the day, he also regularly runs tastings and training sessions, and also works as a drinks consultant and spirit competitions judge. He recently published his first book, The Philosophy of Whisky, through The British Library.

www.billyabbott.co.uk

About The Dram Team

The Dram Team are a whisky box subscription service, offering tasting packs of curated whiskies for subscribers and as gifts. The tasting packs are delivered right to your door, containing 6 different whiskies, deluxe tasting note cards, and a guided tour of the flight.

www.thedramteam.co.uk

Join us at Arniston House?

With places available throughout the year on our prestigious in-person diploma courses, you can pursue your passion and indulge your interest in whisky, while accumulating professional skills with piles of potential to set you up for success.

Whether your goal is to change careers, upskill or to simply get more enjoyment from your favourite drams, the Diploma in Single Malt Whisky and the Diploma in the Art of Tasting Whisky provide access to expert practitioners across modular self-study and high quality in-person teaching.

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New Learning Platform

We’re pleased to announce the successful launch of our new and improved online learning platform. All candidates can now enjoy unlimited access to all online course material, so you can revisit anything you’ve studied as you wish beyond 180 days. We’re also working to make more downloadable PDF summaries available for the Certificate and Diploma courses, so you can take your learning offline.

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From Diploma to Director of Dál Riata Distillery

We’re delighted to see EWA alumni Ronnie Grant as one of three directors behind exciting plans submitted to local authority chiefs for the new Dál Riata Distillery in Campbeltown. Ronnie achieved our Diploma in Single Malt Whisky in March 2020, shortly before national COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were introduced. He said: “After doing the whisky course, it really did give me the confidence to do something in the whisky industry.” 

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UKRAINE EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER

Tuesday 1st March 2022 7:30pm

Tasting, auction and raffle in aid of Ukrainian refugees in Poland with Matt McKay.

Minimum £65 donation in-person at Melody Whisky Bar or £20
(without the drams) over Zoom, 100% donated to refugees.
You probably felt as helpless as we did seeing the pictures of the war
in Ukraine.
Sabine has been in touch with Marcin Schilling today.
Many of you probably know him as the Sherry Knight of Gonzalez Byass
from countless Sherry tastings here in London.
Today he lives in
Poland 40km from the Ukrainian border and is putting his efforts into
helping refugees coming over the border.
They are in need of all kinds
of basic provisions and we would like to help.
The funds will go directly to Marcin who is out buying basics for refugees and hosting some in his own house at the moment.

The flight of the Night

Croftengea 15 Years SMWS

Bunnahabhain 6 Years SMWS

Bowmore 20 Years David Simson

Lagavulin 13 Years Jazz 2021

Springbank Local Barley 2021

Bunnahabhain Hand Fill PX Noe

Amrut Spectrum

Caledonian 33 Years Cadenheads

Glendronach 1992 Single Cask

Mystery Dram 1

Mystery Dram 2

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The Raffle and Auction

We have over 20 bottles that have been donated to auction and raffle, including

Bimber 1st Release
Bimber Virgin Cask – Melody Whisky Bar (bottle number 24 of 70)
Octomore Event Horizon
Kilkerran Heavily Peated
Macallan Night on Earth
Stagg Junior
Arrrrrrrdbeg Committee Release
Pappy Van Winkle 15
Macallan Edition 6

with other bottles to be announced from

Milroys
Whisky Sponge
Thompson Brothers
and others

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Note that for this unique emergency charitable event, membership of Capital Whisky Club is not required, and anyone not excluded from Club events is welcome to attend. For this reason, the usual post-tasting sharing of personal drams will not happen.

Croydon Whisky Festival

The Venue on Middle Street, 3-7 Middle St, Croydon CR0 1RE

On Saturday 2^nd April Whisky is coming to Croydon!

For the very first time there is going to be a Croydon Whisky Festival, featuring progressive and craft whisky brands from across the UK, Europe, USA and beyond. Featuring 24 whisky brands and other spirits, alongside beer from Sydenham’s Ignition Brewery and hot & cold refreshments from Croydon’s own Mr. Tinto this is an event not to miss.

Tickets are £35 (early bird discounts until the end of Feb) and attendees receive:

• complimentary tasting glass
• bottle of Sekforde botanical mixer
• samples of all the whiskies and spirits on the stands

Starting at midday on the 2^nd April and finishing at 5, we’re giving people 5 hours of whisky enjoyment to meet the brands, hear their stories and – most importantly – try their products.

With an on-site shop attendees can walk away with a bottle (or 2) of their favourite whisky from the day, ensuring the memory of this fantastic event lingers with every future sip.

Croydon deserves it’s own whisky festival – we have big plans to expand in 2023 and beyond, but for now, come down to The Venue of Middle Street (formerly Beano’s record store) and soak up amazing whiskies and spirits in great company.

Ticket Link: HERE

Brands attending:

– Armorik (France)

– Artful Dodger (Independent bottler)

– Balcones (USA)

– Bladnoch (Scotland)

– Bruichladdich (Scotland)

– Bruges Whisky (Belgium)

– Copper Rivet (England)

– Cotswolds (England)

– Doghouse Distillery (England)

– East London Liquor Co. (England)

– Eire Whiskey (Ireland)

– Glencadam (Scotland)

– Hyde Irish Whiskey (Ireland)

– Kyro (Finalnd)

– Mackmyra (Sweden)

– Milk & Honey (Israel)

– Nc’Nean (Scotland)

– Penderyn (Wales)

– Spirit of Birmingham (England)

– The Oxford Artisan Distillery (England)

– Tomintoul (Scotland)

– Uncle Nearest (USA)

– Westland (USA)

Saturday, March 5th, 1PM-5PM:

GlenDronach Scotch with Rory Glasgow

Masters of Sherry Maturation, GlenDronach scotches are recognized for their deep color and rich flavor profiles, ranging from sweet fruity Pedro Ximenez sourced single malts, to the dry and nutty Olorosso expressions. All featured drams will be 10% off during the tasting.

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The UK’s biggest celebration of old and rare whisky is back! Join us for virtual tastings of some of the rarest and most-treasured bottles in the world alongside whisky experts during Virtual Whisky Show: Old & Rare 2022.

Show co-founders Sukhinder Singh, Angus MacRaild, Jonny McMillan will once again be digging deep into their collections to bring you a range of unforgettable Old and Rare Masterclasses. Simply purchase the tasting pack for the masterclass you’d like to attend, and you’ll receive a Zoom link to the virtual tasting a few days before the show.

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meetNKY Celebrates John G. Carlisle with Bottled-in-Bond Blind, Whiskey Tasting Event and Competition 

The Kentucky’s Edge event includes a four-course tasting menu from Smoke Justis and guided tasting 

COVINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2022) – Whiskey fans from across the Tri-State are invited to attend the John G. Carlisle Bottled-in-Bond (BIB) Competition and Celebration from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 at Smoke Justis in Covington. The inaugural event escorts guests through a four-course tasting menu from Smoke Justis and blind-pour guided tasting of four of the best BIB whiskey varietals in the country. Attendees will also crown the best BIB and award it with the John G. Carlisle Award.

The date celebrates both the 125th anniversary of the passage of the BIB Act and the influence Covingtonian John G. Carlisle had on pushing the act through Congress. Prior to the passing of the Act in 1897, much of the whiskey being produced nationwide often included harmful additives like iodine, tobacco and even paint thinner. The Act established stringent standards and an authentication process to uphold the quality of whiskey-making in America.

Participating BIB distillers are required to put their products into federally bonded warehouses for at least four years and bottle at 100 proof (50% alcohol by volume). Additionally, owners must stipulate on the labels of their bottles where the whiskey is distilled and where it was bottled, if not at the same location of where it’s distilled.

“We’re excited to launch this competition and celebration to commemorate one of Kentucky’s signature industries, bourbon and whiskey,” said Julie Kirkpatrick, president and CEO, meetNKY. “Bottled-in-Bond has been synonymous with quality for 125 years and distillers who agree to these standards make a clear commitment to quality. Because Northern Kentucky is the birthplace of these standards, it only seemed fitting to host this inaugural event here to honor the benchmark for quality that was set for the entire nation right here in the Commonwealth.”

The evening kicks off with a welcome drink, short education on BIB and John G. Carlisle and then moves into the four-course tasting menu paired with a guided BIB tasting. The tasting menu will feature a smoked onion and cheddar flatbread, peanut mole carnitas taco with cilantro lime slaw, Sriracha honey smoked chicken lettuce wrap with blue cheese and crispy sweet potato straws and concludes with a dark chocolate panna cotta with smoked pecan caramel. Tickets cost $40 per person and are limited in quantity.

In 2019, meetNKY partnered with the NKY Chamber of Commerce to create events focused on highlighting elements of Kentucky that gives the state and region an “edge.” The Kentucky’s Edge events continue to evolve and grow after the pandemic. The launch of this inaugural event celebrates the best of Kentucky whiskey and the “edge” we have in that industry globally.

“I’m enthusiastic about the growth and opportunities that I know will come out of the Kentucky’s Edge events,” said Brent Cooper, president and CEO, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. “We know we have a big edge in NKY with our fantastic quality of life and unparalleled growth. The BIB event is a great addition, and a super celebration of the impact John G. Carlisle continues to have on the spirit industry.”

The event takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3 at Smoke Justis, 302 Court St., Covington, KY 41011. Those interested in learning more about the event and purchasing tickets can visit meetNKY’s website here and purchase them from Eventbrite here.

About meetNKY: 

meetNKY drives quality of life and economic growth for Northern Kentucky through tourism marketing and destination development. Learn more at www.meetNKY.com.