Our annual celebration of English Whisky turns 5 years old this year, so we’re gearing up for the biggest and best event yet. Join us at our gorgeous venue The Bond (a canal-side regeneration success story) that plays host to over 30 English distilleries to shine a spotlight on this ever-growing, award-winning whisky category. You’ll have five hours to enjoy sampling all of the spirits on offer from our partner brands. Sipping from your very own branded whisky glass (yours to keep) hear the stories of each dram and each distillery behind them – often directly from the founders, distillers and core teams of these independent, craft outfits.

What’s included:

• Free tasting glass (yours to keep)
• Taste all and any samples from 30+ brands (distilleries and independent bottlers)
• Hear directly from founders, distillers and key team members about each unique distillery
• Meet old friends and make new ones at this social, friendly and welcoming event

Added extras:

• Masterclass sessions to deep-dive into key brands / products with the people behind them in comfortable, seated masterclass rooms
• Buy hot food / coffee from our street food vendors in the courtyard
• Take the weight off and sit inside or our (under cover and heated) in our break-out spaces dotted throughout the event.
• Buy your favourite bottles and swag from our on site whisky shop

As well as whisky we’ll have our food-court for you to sate your appetite with hot and cold food options, as well as mixers and non-alc options to help keep you sharp and hydrated throughout the day. Masterclass sessions will give small groups of 12-20 the chance to dive deeper into distillery stories in our two masterclass rooms – accompanied by special drams and cask samples from those brands.

All-in-all this is a fantastic day for the whisky curious and connoisseurs alike. With brands from across England – making all different styles of whisky (corn, rye, single malt and even english blends) this is THE place to be to explore this fascinating category, meet the people who make it happen and enjoy the best drams from England’s whisky revival.

TICKETS

There is only one ticket price this year, however, there are two ways to save money:

1. Become a FREE ‘Explorer’ member at exploringenglishwhisky.co.uk to save 5% on your whole order 
2. Become a paid member (‘Adventurer’, ‘Pioneer’, or ‘Summit’) and save 20% off your whole order (and all other orders for 12 months across all products and events)

To benefit our paid members, we aren’t offering any other discounts or offers this year to keep things simple and fair for our growing membership.

More info coming soon, check out our festival page for brand updates and other exhibitor news.

Cheers!

CONFIRMED BRANDS AS OF SEPT 2026

Abingdon Distillery
Circumstance Distillery
Cooper King Distillery
Copper Rivet Distillery
Cotswolds Distillery
East London Liquor Co
Elsham Wold Distillery
Fannys Distillery
Fielden
Henstone Distillery
Lancaster Spirits Co
London Distillery Company
Ludlow Distillery
Oak & Ember
Retribution Distilling Co
Rosemaund Farm distillery
Sacred Spirits
Spirit of Birmingham
Taste Talu
The Cheshire
The English Distillery
The Heart Cut
Three Ridings
West Midlands Distillery
Whittaker’s Distillery
Wight Whisky
Wireworks
Witchmark Distillery

T&Cs

One ticket grants admission to one adult (over 18, Challenge 25 in place). Masterclass tickets are an add-on and a general admission ticket must also be purchased to access masterclasses on the day. No refunds by request (if we have to postpone or cancel the event for reasons outside of our control we will be in touch to rearrange dates. Refunds only in exceptional circumstances). No admission for anyone deemed inebriated or who may pose a risk to themselves or others. We are a welcoming, friendly and accessible event and have a zero tolerance policy of any discrimination or abuse (physical or verbal) and will ask people to leave if their behaviour breaches these rules. The team reserve the right to refuse alcohol to anyone appearing drunk or disorderly and once ejected from the premises there is no readmission (readmission is available to those who exit and return of their own free will as long as you meet the above criteria again on re-entry). Any illegal activity will be reported immediately to the police and we will push for prosecution to protect our team, guests and partners at the event.