Coffee & Rum with Black Tot Rum & Special Guests!
Brought to you by Black TotStarts at 11.30am
Join Black Tot Rum Global Ambassador, Mitch Wilson, for your morning coffee and rum chat. Got a question about rum? Here’s your chance to join us and ask! Throughout the week, Mitch will be joined by special guests from the rum industry for a rum chat and to answer your questions!
Rum 101 with Black Tot Rum!
Brought to you by Black TotStarts at 12.00pm
Join Black Tot Rum Global Ambassador, Mitch Wilson, for a daily download of rum knowledge. Over the course of the week we’ll be tackling some of the rum industry’s common misconceptions, and giving you the basics you need to start your rum journey. Each day there will be different topics and look out for some very special rum guests joining throughout the week! Today we’ll be looking at esters, funk, dunder, and muck, and all the treasures within Jamaican rum – and how to find a rum for the PPM and hop junky in your life!
Live chat and the distillery tour from the Chichibu distillery #1-Yumi, Brand Amabssador and Soma, production dept.
Brought to you by ChichibuStarts at 12.00pm
A Journey through Nikka’s Heritage
Brought to you by NikkaStarts at 12.00pm
The Nikka Distilling Company has a long history of making top quality malts, grains and blends. Explore a range of these, including a discontinued pure malt.
Single Pot Still - Live from the Irish Whiskey Academy
Brought to you by PowersStarts at 12.00pm
Discussing and exploring all things of making Irish Whiskey from grain to glass
New Benriach portfolio tasting
Brought to you by BenriachStarts at 1.00pm
Join Stewart Buchanan to discover "A world of Flavour"
Laphroaig Lore, 25 year old cask strength and our latest release…Ian Hunter Book 2 tasting with John Campbell
Brought to you by LaphroaigStarts at 1.00pm
Yield vs Flavour – Can we not have both?
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 1.00pm
Maximum yield means minimum flavour, or does it?
It’s All Fun & Games ‘Til Someone Bottles A Whisky…
Brought to you by Elixir DistillersStarts at 1.00pm
The trials and tribulations of an independent bottler! Join Ollie Chilton & Julie Hamilton and explore the Elixir Distillers tasting pack.
Boutique-y Afternoon Tea
Brought to you by That Boutique-y Whisky CompanyStarts at 2.00pm
Take a break with Boutique-y Dave and Dr Whisky as they play their silly whisky games and give you the chance to win prizes!
Q&A with Head Distiller Ned and Head Brewer Neil
Brought to you by WaterfordStarts at 2.00pm
Q&A with Head Distiller Ned and Head Brewer Neil
Q&A with Amrut’s Head of Distillation, Ashok Chokalingam
Brought to you by AmrutStarts at 2.00pm
A regular and much-loved face at the Whisky Show in past years, come and chat with Ashok about the Amrut range and their new distillery.
LIVE Masterclass from Tomintoul Distillery
Brought to you by Angus Dundee - TomintoulStarts at 3.00pm
Global Brand Ambassador Iain Forteath talks about Tomintoul Distillery, based in the heart of the stunning Cairngorms and home to “the gentle dram”. Iain will also be interviewing Tomintoul’s Master Distiller Robert Fleming, and tasting some superb drams with him. This tasting will be set outside our stunning Speyside distillery, with the Cromdale Hills in the background, a beautiful place to enjoy some whisky.
Champions of the Industrious Spirit: Welcome to Deanston
Brought to you by DeanstonStarts at 3.00pm
Master Distiller Stephen and Master Blender Julieann share the meaning of Deanston’s industrious spirit during this one hour session.
How The World Drinks Whisky with Dave Worthington & Kristiane Sherry
Brought to you by That Boutique-y Whisky CompanyStarts at 3.00pm
Global Brand Ambassador, Dave Worthington invites you on a whizz around the whisky world with Kristiane Sherry, Editor at Master of Malt. Together, they’ll be uncovering the delights to be found in whisky cocktails and highball serves.
How The World Drinks Whisky with Dave Worthington & Kristiane Sherry
Brought to you by That Boutique-y Whisky CompanyStarts at 3.00pm
Global Brand Ambassador, Dave Worthington invites you on a whizz around the whisky world with Kristiane Sherry, Editor at Master of Malt. Together, they’ll be uncovering the delights to be found in whisky cocktails and highball serves.
MaltsterMind - Elixir Distillers Quiz
Brought to you by Elixir DistillersStarts at 4.00pm
Daily whisky quiz with a chance to win a bottle
Compass Box 20th Anniversary
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 4.00pm
Celebrate this special 20th Anniversary with Compass Box whisky maker John Glaser and the people that made us re think what whisky can be.
The Four Pillars of Rum
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 4.15pm
Yes, you may have long-since mastered the terroirs of your favourite whisky regions, but it’s time to branch further afield. The rum world is awash with misinformation and generic terminology that seems to be willingly keeping those who aren’t already in the know, firmly in the dark. In this tasting set, we look at some of the key rum pillars from the Caribbean – Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, and Jamaica. We'll look at their individual characteristics and how The Whisky Exchange rum categorisation is helping to make sense of the vastly confusing world of rum.
Bourbon Legends tasting pack
Brought to you by Buffalo Trace DistilleryStarts at 5.00pm
Joe Gabbitas takes you through the Bourbon Legends tasting pack.
Meet the label Artist Emily Chappell
Brought to you by That Boutique-y Whisky CompanyStarts at 5.00pm
Dave Worthington talks to Boutique-y label Artist Emily Chappell. Come listen to how Emily became our label illustrator.
Grain is Great
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 5.30pm
This often neglected style of whisky can produce some of the world's best – find out why with TWE drinks ambassador Billy Abbott.
Innovation and Scotch Whisky
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 5.30pm
Is Scottish whisky standing still or is it moving forward? Take a look behind the scenes to see what is really happening with Inchdairnie's Ian Palmer, Diageo's Richard Cowley, Ardbeg's Brendan McCarron and whiksy writer Dave Broom.
Live History of Redbreast, Gilbey’s and Midleton followed by live Q&A
Brought to you by RedbreastStarts at 6.00pm
Looking back through the years of Redbreast from the beginning with W&A Gilbey and their relationship with Bow Street right through to the re-birth of Redbreast and The new Mildeton Distillery.
What's in the Wood
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 6.45pm
Distillers are experimenting more and more with wood that is not just oak. We'll be talking to Westland, WhistlePig and Ichiro's Malts to learn more about the types of wood they use – with TWE drinks ambassador Billy Abbott.
Journey of repack of Benriach with Rachel Barrie and Douglas Cook
Brought to you by BenriachStarts at 7.00pm
Favourite Whiskeys from Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Brought to you by Buffalo Trace DistilleryStarts at 7.00pm
Joe Gabbitas takes you through his Favourite Whiskeys from Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Scarcity: The Glenturret 25 & 30 year old
Brought to you by GlenturretStarts at 7.00pm
The Glenturret whisky creates small batches of whisky across our whole range. Join Jamie as he talks through our 25 & 30 year old whiskies. Their scarcity, background and tasting.
Introduction to Redbreast Irish Whiskey- Triple Pack Tasting
Brought to you by RedbreastStarts at 7.00pm
Ronan will bring guests through Redbreast 12, Lustau & 15 Year Old which guests can follow the tasting along if they have bought the Redbreast Triple Tasting Pack. Ronan will also include the Redbreast higher styles including The Whisky Exchange Redbreast Single Cask to keep focus on this amazing release.
That Boutique-y Rum-off
Brought to you by That Boutique-y Whisky CompanyStarts at 7.00pm
Welcome to Boutique-y & welcome to The Whisky Show! Dave Worthington & Peter Holland discuss the world of rum
Good Sulphur v Bad Sulphur
Brought to you by The Whisky ExchangeStarts at 7.00pm
What is sulphur, what does it do and why do we love and hate it? Join Inver House's Stuart Harvey, Diageo's Emma Walker, Privateer Rum's Maggie Campbell and TWE Head Buyer Dawn Davies to geek out with a sulphur-heavy session.
Tasting and Q&A with Kavalan UK Ambassador, Nathan Shearer
Brought to you by KavalanStarts at 8.00pm
Old Pulteney Masterclass
Brought to you by Old PulteneyStarts at 8.00pm
Join Global Brand Ambassador and Brand Outreach Manager Lukasz Dynowiak for a virtual journey through all things Old Pulteney, including a tasting of the core range.
New world distilleries from a private Bottler's perspective
Brought to you by Milk & HoneyStarts at 8.30pm