For the primary time in its historical past, Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky will open its doorways to the general public in the course of the Spirit of Speyside competition.
Whisky competition Spirit of Speyside will return for its twenty seventh version from 29 April to 4 Might 2026.
Duncan Taylor will host two occasions, the Bottler Archive Expertise and the Would We Lie To You night.
Usually closed to the general public, Huntly-based Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky will host the behind-the-scenes Bottler Archive Expertise that includes a few of its rarest bottlings as a part of the competition.
Friends will meet at Duncan Taylor’s King Road premises earlier than embarking on an insider’s have a look at the corporate’s personal cooperage. The chance to pattern a uncommon whisky straight from the cask will happen within the agency’s newly constructed warehouse.
Senior hospitality and spirits supervisor Ian Logan will information guests via 5 whiskies from 5 completely different many years, together with a Nineteen Sixties dram from now-closed Caperdonich Distillery, adopted by expressions from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
The expertise additionally features a connoisseur lunch from the corporate’s Financial institution Restaurant, which showcases an enormous portfolio of whiskies.
In the meantime, the Would We Lie To You occasion is a night expertise that includes a panel of consultants who will information visitors via three drams from the Octave portfolio, giving visitors the possibility to guess who’s telling the reality about what’s inside every glass.
“As one of many oldest impartial bottlers, our portfolio of whiskies is unimaginable,” mentioned Logan.
“Whereas we don’t have a customer’s centre, we determined to create one thing completely different for the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Pageant this yr, particularly for whisky fanatics. It permits us to showcase a number of the most interesting malts Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky is fortunate sufficient to personal.
“The response to ticket gross sales has proved that there’s an urge for food for extra of the last decade expertise, so we might use this as a launch pad for some additional occasions later this yr.”
The Bottler Archive Expertise prices £200 (US$264) per particular person, whereas the Would We Lie To You occasion is priced at £30 (US$40). Each occasions might be booked on the Spirit of Speyside web site.
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