Powers Whiskey Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021

Name: Belfast Whiskey Week 2026
Start: 2026-07-24
End: 2026-08-01
Location: Belfast

Filed: 28 Jul 2021
By: Belfast Whiskey Week
Read: 3 min
Ref: BWW/21/628

On the evening of 28th July 2021, Session 30 of Belfast Whiskey Week brought one of Irish whiskey's most storied names to the virtual table: Powers. A Showcase format built around six carefully chosen 50ml samples, it was an occasion that honoured the deep duchas — the heritage and belonging — that Powers carries in every bottle. For a festival that prides itself on welcoming the world to Ireland's uisce beatha traditions, this was a session that delivered exactly that.

About This Event

This tasting includes 6 x 50ml Samples and will take place on the 28th @ 20:00.

For those in the USA, Australia, Sweden, Europe, the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, you will be able to save on delivery costs by having your package to sent to a localised depot for collection. You will be charged a small fee upon collection, but the cost will be much cheaper than having packs delivered to individual addresses. If you would like to avail of this option, please make a note in the Special Instructions box, and we will contact you at a later date to arrange this and refund your delivery charges.

Looking Back

Powers is not a brand that needs much introduction on this island, and yet there is always something revelatory about sitting down with six expressions side by side and letting the whiskey do the talking. That is precisely what Session 30 offered: a structured but unhurried journey through a range that speaks to both the everyday drinker and the seasoned connoisseur. From the familiar warmth of the Gold Label to the more contemplative depths of the aged expressions, the lineup rewarded attention and generosity in equal measure.

The Showcase format — six 50ml samples at £35 — was, by 2021, one of Belfast Whiskey Week's most beloved offerings. It sat comfortably between the more introductory sessions and the deeper dives of the MasterClass tier, giving participants enough whiskey to explore properly without demanding expert credentials at the door. Powers suited this format well. The brand carries a particular seanchas — a storytelling quality — that makes it easy to talk about and difficult to stop drinking. Whether you were joining from Belfast, Dublin, or considerably further afield, the evening had a genuine sense of occasion.

And that global reach was, in itself, one of the defining qualities of BWW 2021. With participants joining from the USA, Australia, Sweden and across Europe, the festival had evolved into something genuinely international while remaining rooted in its Ulster identity. The logistics team worked hard to ensure that no one was priced out by delivery costs, offering depot collection options across multiple regions — a practical expression of the festival's broader philosophy that good whiskey should be accessible. If you're curious about the full range of what that year had to offer, the BWW collection gives a fine sense of the breadth of programming across the week.

Powers sat well in the company it kept during BWW 2021. The festival's Irish whiskey programme was rich, ranging from deep historical explorations like Session 83's Bushmills History MasterClass to the focused craft of Session 22's Sexton Deconstruction Showcase. Against that backdrop, Powers held its own not by competing but by being unmistakably itself — a whiskey that knows its place in the tír, rooted in Dublin's distilling tradition, confident in its character, and generous with its pleasures.

Looking back, Session 30 was a reminder of why the Showcase format works so well. Six drams is enough to build a narrative; Powers is a brand with plenty of narrative to build on. Whether you were new to Irish whiskey or a long-time devotee raising a glass with a quiet sláinte, the evening offered something worth holding onto. The full event details are still there for those who want to revisit the lineup — and if the memory of it has you reaching for a bottle, well, that was rather the point.