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Hinch Distillery Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of the 29th of July 2021, Session 49 of Belfast Whiskey Week gave whiskey lovers near and far the chance to sit down with ...
View entry →Japanese vs Taiwanese Whisky MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the 28th of July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week turned its gaze far beyond the sheugh and the sea, east across continents to two of the wh...
View entry →Drams & Chocolate with Killowen | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some pairings feel inevitable in hindsight. Whiskey and chocolate — uisce beatha meeting cacao — share a common language of roast, sweetn...
View entry →SMWS MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
There are tastings, and then there are events — moments when the uisce beatha in the glass feels less like a drink and more like a dispat...
View entry →Halewood Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 28th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 38 threw open the doors to something genuinely rare in the whiskey world...
View entry →Powerscourt Introduction Tasting | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
When Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 opened its doors — or rather, its sample packs — to the world, one of the quieter revelations of that rema...
View entry →Sliabh Liag Distillers Introduction – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There is something quietly powerful about pouring a dram that carries the smell of the Atlantic on it — and that was precisely the spirit...
View entry →Spot Whiskeys Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are few names in Irish whiskey that carry the weight of genuine merchant heritage quite like the Spot family — and on the afternoon...
View entry →Method and Madness Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some drams arrive politely. The ones poured under the Method and Madness banner tend to arrive with a raised eyebrow and a question you h...
View entry →Redbreast History MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some drams carry their history in the glass, and on the afternoon of 28th July 2021, Session 56 of Belfast Whiskey Week made that truth t...
View entry →Powers Single Casks MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 28th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 46 brought whiskey lovers around the world face-to-face with one of Iris...
View entry →Powers Whiskey Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
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 tab...
View entry →Midleton Very Rare Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are events at Belfast Whiskey Week that feel like an occasion before a drop has even been poured, and Session 29 — the Midleton Ver...
View entry →Mallows Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
There's something quietly radical about a whiskey tasting that travels to you rather than the other way around. Session 93 of Belfast Whi...
View entry →Lowlands Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
On the evening of 27th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week turned its gaze southward across the water to Scotland's Lowlands region for Sessi...
View entry →Islay MasterClass – Session 68 | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 27th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week turned its gaze westward across the water to Islay — that wind-scoured, peat-black...
View entry →Launceston Distillery Tasting | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
In July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week cast its net well beyond these islands and into the southern hemisphere, welcoming Tasmania's Launcest...
View entry →Clyde May's Whiskey Intro Tasting | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 27th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week opened a transatlantic door with Session 14: an introductory tasting dedicated to ...
View entry →The Quiet Man Tasting | Introduction Session | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There's a particular pleasure in the understated — in the thing that doesn't announce itself too loudly but rewards those who lean in and...
View entry →Redbreast MasterClass BWW 2021 | Belfast Whiskey Week
There are sessions you attend, and then there are sessions you remember. Friend at Hand — Session 58 of Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 — fell ...
View entry →Mezcal Showcase at Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 | Session 85
Belfast Whiskey Week has always understood that the story of uisce beatha — the water of life — is a story shared across cultures and con...
View entry →Redbreast Dream Casks MasterClass – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some sessions at Belfast Whiskey Week leave a mark that lingers long after the last dram. Session 57 — the Redbreast Dream Casks MasterCl...
View entry →Redbreast Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
If there is one dram that carries the quiet authority of a master storyteller, it is Redbreast. On the evening of 27th July 2021, Session...
View entry →Midleton Single Casks MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are masterclasses, and then there are moments that remind you why you fell in love with uisce beatha in the first place. Session 54...
View entry →Jameson Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
There are names in Irish whiskey that need no introduction, and Jameson is perhaps the finest example of that truth. At Belfast Whiskey W...
View entry →Copeland Distillery Introduction Tasting – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There's something quietly radical about a distillery that looks out across the water towards the Copeland Islands and decides, yes, this ...
View entry →BWW 21 Bottles MasterClass Review – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some milestones deserve more than a toast — they deserve a full reckoning. Session 90 of Belfast Whiskey Week 2021, the BWW 21 Bottles Ma...
View entry →Japanese vs Scottish Whisky MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some tastings ask you to appreciate a single distillery's vision. Session 42 at Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 asked something altogether more...
View entry →Irish v Scottish NAS Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some debates are as old as the sheugh that separates Ulster from Scotland, and few carry as much flavour as the question of Irish versus ...
View entry →Speyside MasterClass Session 69 | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
If there is a corner of Scotland's whisky map that carries the weight of legend most gracefully, it is Speyside — and on the evening of 2...
View entry →Cask Strength Irish Whiskey MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the afternoon of 26th July 2021, a very particular kind of quiet descended on whiskey lovers across the world as they settled in with ...
View entry →Belgrove Distillery Tasting – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
When Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 turned its gaze towards the southern hemisphere on 26th July, it did so with characteristic ambition — inv...
View entry →Gelston's Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
On the afternoon of 26th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 37 turned its attention to one of the city's own — Gelston's, a name r...
View entry →Walsh Whiskey Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 26th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 35 brought Walsh Whiskey's finest to the fore in a warm, unhurried Showc...
View entry →Tullamore DEW Core Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There's something quietly confident about Tullamore DEW — a distillery that has never needed to shout to be heard. When Session 79 of Bel...
View entry →Killowen MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 26th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week turned its gaze south to the Mournes for one of the festival's most anticipated se...
View entry →Tullamore DEW Warehouse MasterClass – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 25th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 95 opened the doors — virtually, but no less vividly — to the Tullamore ...
View entry →L'Encantada Armagnac Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Belfast Whiskey Week has always worn its curiosity proudly, and Session 86 — a Showcase tasting with L'Encantada Armagnac — was as fine a...
View entry →Teeling Showcase at Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 | Session 84
There's something fitting about a Dublin distillery crossing the sheugh to join Belfast Whiskey Week — and in July 2021, Teeling did exac...
View entry →Irish v Scottish 12yr+ Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Few questions in the world of uisce beatha stir as much spirited debate as the one at the heart of Session 43 of Belfast Whiskey Week 202...
View entry →World of Whiskey Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are sessions that deepen your love of a single distillery, and then there are sessions that remind you just how wide and generous t...
View entry →Drams & Ribs Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
Some evenings at Belfast Whiskey Week linger long in the memory, and Session 45 — Drams & Ribs — was precisely that kind of night. He...
View entry →Hobart Whiskey Tasting – BWW 2021 Introduction | Belfast Whiskey Week
When Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 turned its gaze southward — far southward — to the island of Tasmania, it offered something genuinely rare...
View entry →Baoilleach Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the morning of 25th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week turned its attention to one of Irish spirits' most intriguing independent voices —...
View entry →Two Stacks Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
On the evening of 25 July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week's Session 59 brought a spotlight to one of Irish whiskey's more quietly ambitious ne...
View entry →Shortcross Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are distilleries that make whiskey, and then there are distilleries that seem to carry the very character of their land in every bo...
View entry →Penderyn Single Casks MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
When Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 extended its welcome beyond the island of Ireland, one of its most unexpected and rewarding gestures was S...
View entry →Paul John Showcase – Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 Review
On the evening of 24th July 2021, Belfast Whiskey Week welcomed something genuinely far-flung to its already ambitious programme: Paul Jo...
View entry →Mourne Dew Showcase | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are distilleries that feel rooted in their landscape, and Mourne Dew is very much one of them — its spirit carrying something of th...
View entry →Bruichladdich MasterClass | Belfast Whiskey Week 2021
There are distilleries you admire, and then there are distilleries that seem to gather a particular kind of devotee — loyal, curious, a l...
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