Southport Winter Whisky Festival 2024
It's a wrap!
And what a fantastic event it was!
A massive thank you to all of you who came and made the festival a huge success!
Participants
We were delighted to welcome the following whisky companies to the festival!
Festival Schedule
| Date | What's on | |||
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| Friday 19th January | 7:30pm SWC Club Night Blind Tasting at Remedy Churchtown |
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| Saturday 20th January | 10am-11:30am Art and Whisky at The Guesthouse, Union Street |
12noon-1pm Festival Masterclass at The Guesthouse, Lord Street |
1pm-5pm Festival Saturday at The Grand, Lord Street |
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Saturday 20th January
Art and Whisky at The Guesthouse, Union Street
A whisky experience, with a difference! 10am – 11:30am (includes breakfast)
Southport Whisky Festival 2024 at The Grand, Lord Street
Join us on Festival Saturday at The Grand, Lord Street, 1pm – 5pm
Festival Grand Dram Tokens
New for this year’s Winter Whisky Festival we’re introducing the ‘Grand Dram Token’.These tokens priced at £5 each will be redeemable again a fantastic selection of very special drams.
Festival Masterclass
The will be just one Festival Masterclass this time. It will take place in The Guest House at 12 noon on Saturday 20th January.
The man, the myth, the legend... Mr Ibon Mendiguren is back in town - for a very special one-off tasting!
We're so excited to welcome Ibon back to town, it's been way too long since he was last here with his unique, no-nonsense take on all things whisky.
Ibon and Victor will critique 5 fantastic SWC Exclusives from the back catalogue.
It's going to be a lot of fun, one not to be missed!
The Festival Exclusive...
We're so excited to announce that we have a Bimber Peated PX as our Festival Exclusive!
The Festival Team
Huge thanks to the team for all their hard work behind the scenes to turn the idea of the Southport Whisky Festival into a reality...
Victor Porter (The Boss)
Southport Whisky Club
Ringleader, the brains behind the festival and the guy who makes things happen.
southportwhisky.co.ukPeter Hunt (You need it doing, Peter's your man)
Whisky Enthusiast and Blogger
SWC logistics expert and the world's biggest Càrn Mòr fan!
uk_whiskyNigel Misson (Shopkeeper & Back End Development)
Chief Technical Officer at Epro
When not creating great software, I love drinking whisky, cooking curry and travelling to India. Ideal job is CTO (Chief Tasting Officer) for Paul John in Goa.
LinkedInMax Gilbert (Hosting & Infrastructure)
Software Engineer
Loves developing, exploring and drinking Glen Scotia whisky.
thewhiskyexplorer.co.ukJohn Watkinson (Crayon Crew)
Graphic Designer
& Whisky Photographer
Lives to be creative. Huge fan of Bowmore, Caol Ila and White Peak
thewhiskyimage.com