The Whisky Show 2010 October 29 - 30

[William]

The Whisky Show 2010 is on its way!

This years show will take place on the 29-30th October 2010 at a new venue "The Brewery".



Tickets for The Whisky Show 2010 are now available from The Whisky Show website.

The Brewery has been selected as the perfect venue for The Whisky Show 2010. Location in the heart of the City of London, the Grade II listed Brewery is a holder of a City Heritage Award and traces its heritage back 250 years when Samuel Whitbread established his brewery here. The main exhibition space is the Porter Tun room in which the storage vats were located, holding over one and a half million pints of beer. The oak beamed roof and wooden floors provide a traditional "malt house" feel and is one of the largest event spaces in the city. With a tastefully modernised and comfortable decor to the venue, The Brewery is an ideal space for sampling some of the finest and most exceptional whiskies available.

For more information about The Brewery, visit the website: www.thebrewery.co.uk

I dont have any info on ticket pricing, exibitors or masterclasses yet but I just thought i would pass on the dates so you can mark them in your calendar. If last years show is anything to go by you wont want to miss this.

William

[Acker]

I will definitely be going again this year, it had the best selection of whiskies i have ever seen at any event i have ever attended. Cheers William for the heads up on the dates, good to know in advance so i can do a bit of planning for the trip and make a weekend of it.

Acker

[Fergie]

I will be going again, hope the new location is as good as the Guild Hall was.

[Caterham7]

Tickets are available here
http://apple.clickandbuild.com/cnb/shop/whisky?op=catalogue-products-null&prodCategoryID=1
For some reason I couldn't find a link to this site from the main web page, but it seems to work and seems legit.

[Fergie]

I see what you mean Caterham7, it does appear to be legit, I wonder why they dont link to it from the main site.

I see the 2 day ticket is available for £130 with a "2009 purchase discount" i wonder if you had to attend both days last year to get this discount. Anyway it works out at £65 per day and includes a meal, not to mention the whisky, how can i resist.

[William]

[D Hillman]

I have been thinking about going to this. If there is anyone who attended last year would you say the 2 day ticket is worth getting or can you sample all worth sampling in 1 day.

[Acker]

[William]

The Masterclasses have been announced for this years Whisky Show and there are a few crackers.

The Whisky Show 2010 Masterclasses
We're finalising the last of the Masterclasses for this year's show - and if anything they're even better than last year's ground-breaking events. Tickets are now on sale for these mouth-watering tastings - each hosted by a leading industry expert - and full details of the line-ups for each event will be published over the next couple of weeks.

Friday 29th October

Glenmorangie Masterclass: Join Glenmorangie's Annabel Meikle on a trip focusing on the sherried side of the distillery's malts. There will be five special whiskies to taste, including the hotly-anticipated Finealta and the 30yo Malaga Finish, as well as some exclusive sherry-matured samples.
Friday 29th October, 5.30pm. Tickets £20. Click here to buy a ticket for this Masterclass.

There will be at least one more Masterclass on the Friday, we'll get the details up as soon as it's finalised.

Saturday 30th October

Clynelish vs. Brora Masterclass: Not so much a competition as a friendly discussion on the relative merits of the spirits from this legendary corner of the Highlands. Malt Maniac Serge Valentin, perhaps the world's leading authority on Brora & Clynelish, will be guiding us through a stunning selection of half a dozen of the best ever bottlings from these distilleries.
Saturday 30th October, 1.30pm. Tickets £45. Click here to buy a ticket for this Masterclass.

Tour of Islay Masterclass: A whistle-stop tour of five of our favourite drams from some of the world's most famous distilleries, with the emphasis on exploring different aspects of peatiness in whisky. Five of Islay's finest whiskies will be in the spotlight, including an incredibly rare 12 year-old Port Ellen, and the phenomenal 1968 Bunnahabhain Auld Aquaintance.
Saturday 30th October, 3.30pm. Tickets £37.50. Click here to buy a ticket for this Masterclass

The Ultimate Dalmore Masterclass: Bringing the curtain down on 2010's Whisky Show will be an event that will surely be one of the most talked-about tastings of the year anywhere in the world. Richard Paterson, Dalmore's Master Blender, will be taking us through five whiskies at the very zenith of the the distiller's art. This tasting will not only include Dalmore's extraordinary 40yo, but also the astonishing Candela 50yo (which sells for £7350) - and one lucky attendee will be chosen for a taste of something even more special:
Saturday 30th October, 5pm. Tickets £49. Click here to buy a ticket for this Masterclass.

Places will be limited so dont hang around if you want to attend any of them.

Tickets for The Whisky Show 2010 are now available from The Whisky Show website.

William

[Acker]

Great selection of masterclasses, i shall wait to see what the other masterclass is on the Friday before buying. All the Saturday classes are very tempting.

[Fergie]

The Tour of Islay and the Clynelish vs. Brora Masterclasses both look tempting

[Mark]

I am sure the Ultimate Dalmore Masterclass will be one to remember - a combination of 5 premium Dalmores including Dalmore 40, and the £7350 a bottle Candela 50 plus 3 other Dalmores.

[Alastair]

[Fergie]

wow i see the Clynelish vs. Brora Masterclass
Why didnt i buy tickets yesterday

[William]

I noticed that the Clynelish vs. Brora Masterclass had sold out, no surprise as it should be a cracker.

If anyone is interested in the The Tour of Islay masterclass i wouldnt hang around as i think this will sell out soon also.

The Tour of Islay Masterclass
This tasting will be hosted by Mario Groteklaes of The Nectar in Belgium and will be focused on peat, and the many differing aspects of phenolic flavour it imparts. Five of Islay's finest will be used as examples:

Young Port Ellen (Mystery Bottling)
Lagavulin 12yo OB 1st Release (Bottled 2002)
Ardbeg 1977 OB
Bunnahabhain 1968 "Auld Aquaintance' Hogmanay edition
Laphroaig 30yo OB