An Intimate Tasting with Killowen — The Watson Library Bar

An Intimate Tasting with Killowen

At The Watson Library Bar

Twenty seats. Two hours. One distillery the whole of whiskey Ireland has been quietly tracking. Killowen come down from the Mournes for the final day of the festival with a flight of their small batch single pot still uisce beatha — copper pot distilled, direct flame fired, and finished in casks nobody else on the island would think to attempt.

The room suits the whiskey. The Watson Library Bar is Belfast's book-lined city-centre hideaway — quiet corners, low light, and a back bar that takes its spirits seriously. With just twenty in the room and the distillery itself doing the pouring, this is as close to the liquid — and the people who make it — as Belfast Whiskey Week gets. Expect generous drams, seanchas straight from the still house, and the kind of question-and-craic session a big room never allows.

A Friday afternoon well spent: settle in, slow down, and let the Mournes come to you. Sláinte.

When & where

• Friday 31 July 2026, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
• The Watson Library Bar, Belfast city centre
• Guided Killowen tasting flight · 2 hours · 20 seats

Tickets

• £20 per person · 20 seats only

Important: This is an 18+ event. ID may be required on arrival.