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Whisky Mash: Spirit festival returning to Aberdeen for dram good time

Paul West.
Paul West.

Aberdeen’s only homegrown local whisky festival Whisky Mash is returning to the city in October for the first time since 2019.

Hosted by the team behind CASC Bar, the event will take place at the Station Hotel, on Guild Street, on Saturday October 8.

CASC – an acronym for cigars, ale, Scotch and coffee – was launched in December 2013 and is co-owned by Paul West.

This will be the fifth Whisky Mash Festival to take place.

CASC sells a selection of cigars, ale, Scotch and coffee.

“To make up for lost time, we’re going as big as we can,” says Paul. “This is a festival geared towards any level of whisky fan.

“Whether you’re new to the water of life or consider yourself a full-on ‘whisky nut’, you’ll be pleased with what’s on offer.”

What to expect…

During the festival – running from noon to 8pm – visitors can expect to see cask strength bottlings, independent bottlings, rare and limited expressions, single cask offerings, and well-aged whiskies.

Dalmore, Balblair, Glen Garioch, and Old Pulteney are among the brands exhibiting.

Two sessions will be held across four rooms – one from noon to 3.30pm and the other from 4.30pm to 8pm.

As well as browsing a wide range of drinks, the sessions will include a masterclass. However, tickets for these are sold separately and will be available soon.

Paul outside the bar on Stirling Street.

The masterclasses are 45 minutes to one-hour long and are hosted by specific exhibitors to discuss in greater detail the product they sell – usually done as a tasting of four or five drams where they talk about each whisky followed by a Q&A.

Gin, vodka, rum and tequila, to name a few, are some of the other drinks you can expect to enjoy on the day.

Water bottles will be freely available throughout the venue, as well as food.

More information regarding vendor(s) or the selected business(es) supplying the food is to be confirmed.

What does a ticket get me?

General admission tickets officially went on sale on Tuesday and you must select a session in order to purchase one.

Tickets are priced at £33.40 (£43.27 including VAT and booking fees) and come with many perks. They include:

  • Receiving a branded Glencairn glass
  • Automatic entry into the bottle ballot raffle – each session will have one raffle where one lucky winner will win a bottle of whisky
  • 5% discount on bottles purchased on the day. If you don’t buy bottles on the day, then this discount can be redeemed at the CASC’s King Street store (the discount is available up to one month after the event)
  • 10% discount on the day in CASC Bar when you show your wristband

For more information on Whisky Mash 2022, visit www.cascnation.com

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