America's Largest Whisky Celebration
WhiskyFest San Francisco will feature more than 200 of the world's finest, rarest, and most expensive, single malt and blended Scotch, Irish, bourbon, Tennessee, Japanese, Welsh, Canadian and other whiskies from around the world to sample in one Grand Ballroom. High-end rums, tequilas beer and other spirits will be represented as well.
The focus is on education, and many distillery representatives will be on hand at the pouring booths to explain how the whiskies are made. Seminars by top whisky experts run throughout the evening. Meet distinguished members of the whisky community, and learn first-hand how their brands are made.
Attendees will also enjoy an expansive gourmet buffet all evening, plus coffee, tea, water and soda. Each attendee receives a commemorative Glencairn whisky glass for tastings.If you’ve never attended a WhiskyFest event before, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page link above. You can also read feedback from previous attendees at the "Our Fans Speak" button on the left navigation.
The event pouring list, selection of whisky speakers and their seminar topics will be posted when this information is available. To keep up with the latest event updates and news, please
sign up for our WhiskyNotes newsletter above. You'll be among the first to know what whiskies will be poured, who will be speaking and what special whisky experts will be at the event.
Planning to book a room? We have a special room rate available at the San Francisco Marriott for the nights of October 15 and 16 (the night before and the night of WhiskyFest). The rate is $169 per night (single or double occupancy). To make room reservations, please call the Reservations department at 800-228-9290 and refer to the "Malt Advocate WhiskyFest Room Block." The room block will be available until September 24, 2009 or until it is sold out. Find out more
here.
