Whisky Focus - Auchetoshan Whisky Festival 2010

Following the success of the first Auchentoshan Whisky Festival last year, Morrison Bowmore Distillers has announced that it will be staging a second celebration of gourmet food and drink at Scotland’s only triple distilled whisky distillery by Dalmuir in Clydebank on Saturday 28 August.

From 11am to 5pm, the unique whisky festival will offer families a jam-packed array of entertainment including fantastic live music, comedy, cookery demonstrations from top chefs and live mixology shows. Tasting sessions, a real ale tent and Scotland’s number one farmer’s market will also be part of the line up.

In 2009 Morrison Bowmore invested £46,000 in the first Auchentoshan Whisky Festival, which benefited the local community and economy by welcoming over 2,600 visitors to the event and the Clydebank area.

The 2010 Auchentoshan Whisky Festival promises to build on last year’s success by offering an even wider variety of activities and entertainment to the widest audience, including both whisky lovers, foodies and families from across the central belt and around Scotland.

The Auchentoshan Whisky Festival is not just for the adults. Regular shows will be running where kids can learn how to juggle at a circus workshop, giggle out loud at the comedy class and be amazed in the magic show. Face painting, balloon modelling and giant bubbles will also be keeping the younger visitors busy throughout the day.

As well as the main attractions at this year's festival, whisky tours and a variety of masterclasses held in the distillery will be on offer. Visitors booking places on the master classes will have the chance to taste the Auchentoshan core range, a chocolate and whisky pairing class and a unique opportunity to sample some of the finest limited editions from Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch.

A visit to this year’s festival will also offer visitors the chance to bottle their own Auchentoshan straight from the cask as an ultimate souvenir. Bottles will be filled from a cask which has been specifically selected due to its excellent quality, exceptional flavours and to commemorate this year’s festival. The Bottle Your Own Auchentoshan will available for purchase on the day for only £70 per bottle.

Auchentoshan’s Head Distiller Jeremy Stephens has hand selected the first two hundred bottles of this year’s limited edition release – a 1998 cask strength, Sherry Matured variety, bottled specially for the 2010 Auchentoshan Whisky Festival. Each bottle is hand numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Jeremy. The 1998 Limited Edition Auchentoshan will available for purchase on the day for only £50 per bottle.

To book tickets in advance or for more information on the 2010 Auchentoshan Whisky Festival visit www.auchentoshan.co.uk/festival or call 01389 878561. Tickets can also be purchased on the day. The £7.50 entry fee includes a delicious Auchentoshan dram and tour of the distillery. Masterclasses can be booked separately.

The Auchentoshan Distillery is located just off A82 and close to the Erskine Bridge by Dalmuir, Clydebank, Glasgow.

In 2008 Morrison Bowmore invested £500,000 in the Auchentoshan Distillery Visitor Centre, helping to boost Glasgow’s tourism by offering distillery tours, whisky sampling and a cinema, as well as flexible conference and event facilities. The Auchentoshan Distillery Visitor Centre welcomes around 25,000 visitors each year and holds a five-star quality accreditation from VisitScotland.

Established in 1823 and home to the number one lowland malt whisky, the Auchentoshan Distillery is one of the few remaining working lowland distilleries in Scotland. The distillery was purchased by Morrison Bowmore in 1984.

Auchentoshan is unique in that its whisky is the only triple distilled spirit currently produced in Scotland. Double distillation is used in all other Scottish distilleries.
 

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