The Early Bird Catches the Worm! WhiskyFest™ Tickets Now Available
Have you heard? Tickets are now on sale for both WhiskyFest Chicago and San Francisco (New York tickets will be available soon). The Early Bird pricing means you can purchase 2012 tickets at 2011 prices. There won’t be a better time to buy your tickets, and WhiskyFest tickets make a great holiday gift!
Why not stay at the Hyatt Regency Chicago?
We have a special room rate available at the Hyatt Regency Chicago for any of the nights from March 20 through 24. The rate is $189 per night, single or double occupancy. To make your room reservations, call 1-888-421-1442 and ask for the “12th Annual WhiskyFest” block, or reserve your room online.
The room block will be available until February 21, or until it is sold out. The number of available rooms is limited, so make your reservations early. Reservation requests received after February 21 will be based on the hotel’s prevailing rates.
The Wait Will Soon Be Over…
Yes, WhiskyFest tickets for 2012 will soon be available. You know the events always sell out, so you won’t want to wait too long before placing your order. Check back here next week for the announcement that tickets are for sale.
Learn From the Masters
Master Distillers, that is, and distillery managers, and others with first-hand experience when it comes to making whisky. There will be lots of top notch industry folks in attendance at WhiskyFest New York, just waiting to share their knowledge with you.
In addition to our terrific line up of speakers (you can see them here), here are some additional people you’ll want to say hello to:
Douglas Campbell, Master Distiller, Tomatin
John Campbell, Distillery Manager, Laphroaig
Lincoln Henderson, Master Distiller, Louisville Distilling Company
Lorne Mackillop, Mackillop’s Choice
Jim McEwan, Master Distiller and Production Director, Bruichladdich
Eddie Russell. Master Distiller, Wild Turkey
Jimmy Russell, Master Distiller, Russell’s Reserve
Jim Rutledge, Master Distiller, Four Roses
Euan Shand, Duncan Taylor
Julian and Preston Van Winkle, JP Van Winkle & Son
Alistair Walker, BenRiach and GlenDronach
Malcolm Waring, Distillery Manager, Old Pulteney
Ranald Watson, Springbank
We’ll see you there!
It’s Time to Start Planning Your Evening
If you’re attending WhiskyFest™ San Francisco, why not start planning your evening now, before you even arrive? We’ll make it easy for you!
We’ve posted the entire WhiskyFest San Francisco event program on our web site (you can access it here). It includes all of the products being poured, and where in the ballroom each brand will be located, along with the seminar schedule and a brief description of each seminar.
With only eleven days until WhiskyFest, it’s time to start planning!
Time is Running Out: Reserve Your Hotel Room
The block of rooms available at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis will soon be released. If you haven’t yet made your reservation, now is the time, because the WhiskyFest rate ($219 single or double) is only good until September 14 (or until the block sells out).
Hotel reservations for the nights of 10/5 – 10/9 may be made by calling 1-800-228-9290 and mentioning the WhiskyFest room block.
You can also make the reservations on line at Marriott.com:
San Francisco Marriott Marquis - The group code is whiwhia.
(If you follow the link, the group code will already be entered in the appropriate field.)
In New York, the room block is available for the nights of 10/31 and 11/1, until October 10, or until the block has sold out. The WhiskyFest rate is $369 single or double occupancy.
For reservations online: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3327571&utm_source=1322&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4672693
Or call 800-266-9432 and mention the WhiskyFest room block.
Hurry; there’s not much time left!
300 and Counting!
Wow, I just took a look at the pouring list for WhiskyFest™ San Francisco, and there will be more than 300 whiskies poured on October 7 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis! (Okay, so I didn’t just look at the list, I counted it.)
This is another record-breaker for San Francisco, along with a record number of exhibitors, a record number of Craft Distillers, and selling out of VIP tickets in record time.
What a fantastic opportunity WhiskyFest is for the whisky lovers of the world. Be sure to buy your tickets soon, because this event will sell out soon!
Changing it up in San Francisco
Try something different at WhiskyFest San Francisco… Instead of a seminar, Laphoaig will be hosting a “Laphroaig Mixology Contest”. Local members of the US Bartender’s Guild will showcase their favorite cocktails using… you guessed it… Laphroaig. The contest will be judged by the dynamic Malt Master Ambassador Simon Brooking.
WhiskyFest New York Completely Sold Out!
Malt Advocate is pleased to announce that all WhiskyFest New York Regular admission and VIP tickets have sold out.
The 14th Annual event will take place on Tuesday, November 1, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Times Square, in the Grand Ballroom. The event has always sold out, but this is, by far, the earliest sell out to date.
To be among the first to know about next year’s event, visit the Malt Advocate web site and sign up for email alerts.
San Francisco VIP Sold Out!
Yes, the VIP tickets to WhiskyFest San Francisco have sold out. But no worries, Regular admission tickets are still available.
With 11 seminars, a gourmet buffet all evening, a dozen craft distillers, and well over 250 whiskies (not to mention beer, cognac, tequila, rum, gin, vodka, and genever), there will be plenty of fun waiting for you at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Order your tickets today at www.whiskyfest.com.