Vancouver Whisky Festival

This was our second year organizing the Vancouver Whisky Festival. In 2016 it was held at the Terminal City Club. This year it took place in White Rock at the Pacific Inn Resort Hotel on September 16th, Saturday. The space in White Rock allowed us to conduct more Masterclasses in a single day led by several Brand Ambassadors. We had 7 Masterclasses compared to only 3 Masterclasses the previous year. This meant a larger amount of the profits benefiting Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Vancouver Whisky Festival is charity based organisation with all profits going toward our charity of choice.

Every year we have Brand Ambassadors coming from Scotland, India, and Taiwan to lead the Masterclasses so you can learn from the people involved in making your favorite whisky. In addition to Masterclasses there we have a Main Tasting with more than 30 brands and over 200 whiskies to try.

Brands that participated in Main Tasting this year were: GlenDronach, BenRiach, Glenlassaugh, Compass Box, Macallan, Highland Park, Nikka, Tullibardine, Kavalan, Amrut, Kilchoman, A.D.Rattray, Duncan Taylor, Creative Whisky, Adelphi, Blackadder, Wyoming Whisky, Canadian Rockies 21 yo, Carn Mor, Hunter Laing, Douglas Laing, SMWS, Buffalo Trace, LohinMcKinnon, Odd Society, Akashi, Balvenie, Glenfiddich , Glen Breton, Shelter Point, Okanagan Spirits, Chuckanut Bay Distillery, 2BAR, 45th Parallel Distillery, Oppidan Spirits, Kings County Distillery, Wishkah River Distillery, Wayne Gretzky whisky, Two Brewers Yukon Single Malt Whisky, Templeton Rye, SMWS, Jefferson Bourbon, Knappogue, Clontarf, and Victoria Caledonian.

Thank you all who joined us for Vancouver Whisky Festival this year and we are looking forward to the 3rd Annual Vancouver Whisky Festival in 2018.