The Gourmet Boys: 7th Belfast Whiskey Week — Amazing
Northern Ireland food blog The Gourmet Boys previews the 7th Belfast Whiskey Week, with the full venue list, brand roster and sponsor details for July 2025.
The Gourmet Boys — one of Northern Ireland's longest-running food and drink blogs — has previewed Belfast Whiskey Week 2025 with a comprehensive piece running through the festival's full programme, partners and venues.
The blog has been covering Belfast Whiskey Week for several years, and the 2025 preview captures the scale the festival has reached in its seventh year: 100 events across nine days, in partnership with more than 40 brands and distilleries, and a citywide programme that spans introduction-level events through to masterclasses.
"Designed to cater for a wide range of festival goers, there are events across a variety of levels including introduction, intermediate and masterclass," the piece notes. The programme description covers the breadth: whiskey tastings, cocktail events, comedy gigs, live music, theatrical experiences, distillery tours, sensory and fine dining experiences, exclusive dining and drink collaborations, heritage walking tours and food pairing sessions.
The Gourmet Boys' coverage also includes the full partner roster — Belfast Whiskey Club, Commercial Court Inns Ltd (Duke of York and The Friend at Hand), McConnell's Distillery, Belfast Walking Tours, Irish Whiskey Review, Belfast Hidden Tours, Oh Donuts, Poke Club, Daisies, Mamo Patisserie, Wavy Ice, Taste & Tour, Pop & Toast — and the venue list: Room2, The Harrison Chambers of Distinction, The Duke of York, Friend at Hand, the Deer's Head, Maddens, Hearth, Common Market, Holohan's Pantry, Morning Star, Neighbourhood Café, Daisies, The Garrick, John Hewitt, Roam, Edo, St Comgall's, Ulster Reform Club, The Merchant Cocktail Lounge, Ulster Sports Club, The Second Fiddle.
That kind of detail matters. A reader wanting to plan a trip around the festival gets a real picture of where to go and what to do — which is exactly the kind of practical, locally-rooted coverage that food blogs do better than national newspapers.
Sponsorship from Dillon Bass and the Creationists is highlighted, alongside the festival partner relationships with Echlinville, the Friend at Hand, the Duke of York, Room2 and The Harrison Chambers of Distinction. These are the relationships that allow a community-led festival to operate at the scale it does.
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