Whisky Week returns to Aberdeen this August with over a dozen participating bars, each offering attendees exclusive access to selection of drams, with prices starting at £5 or less in each bar. It’s your perfect excuse to experience Aberdeen’s whisky scene.
Your wristband is your key to unlocking these unique drams and exclusive events, giving you full access to a curated lineup of tastings and experiences. You’ll also receive a printed guidebook and venue map, making it easy to plan your route and keep track of the whiskies sampled along the way.
Tickets
Bars
This years line-up includes: The Adam Lounge, The Albyn, Bartenders Lounge, Butchers Arms, The Craftsman, Dusk Cocktail Bar, The Ferryhill, The Firepit by Smoke & Soul, Fierce Bar, Freedom An’ Whisky, The Globe, The Grill, Malmaison, Monty’s Wine Shop and Bar, No.10 Bar & Restaurant, O’Mally’s Irish Bar & Kitchen, The Spiritualist, The Stag, Soul Bar, St Machar Bar, The Tipping House, The Wig and Whisky Situation.
Brands
This years line-up includes Aberfeldy, Arbikie, Balvenie, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Chivas Regal, Craigellachie, Cutty Sark, Edradour, The Glenlivet, Glendronach, Glenmorangie, Glencadam, Glen Moray, Gordon & MacPhail, Jura, Kingsbarns, Linkwood, Loch Lomond, Midleton, Mortlach, Old Particular, Raer Whisky, Royal Brackla, The Singleton, Smokehead and Tomintoul.
Events
A valid Whisky Week wristbands is required to attend these events.
Explore Aberdeen's distilling past
A 3 hour guided walking tour, explore Aberdeen's - mostly illicit - whisky history and enjoy 4 drams with tasting notes on route. Hosted by Fraser Campbell.
Whisky Week Quiz
Test your whisky knowledge and be in the running for the grand prize with your Whisky Week wristband.
No Ticket Required | Facebook Event
Whisky & Beer Pairing with Fierce Beer
5x drams (Chivas, Glenlivet & Aberlour) paired with locally brewed 5x 1/3 Pints of Fierce Beer.
Hosted by Chivas Regal Global Brand Ambassador, Sam Alexander
Aberdeen Maritime History & Walking Tour
Join us for a guided afternoon tour exploring Aberdeen’s maritime connections to the famous Cutty Sark. We’ll visit the Maritime Museum, Provost Skene’s House and the Art Gallery to uncover the story of Cutty Sark, stopping along the way at Ninety Nine, Wild Goose, and Bartender’s Lounge to enjoy a dram of Cutty Sark Original, Prohibition, and 12 Year Old, with a specially crafted cocktail to round off the experience.
Hosted by Ryan Way
Dates: 30th August @ 1:00-4:30pm and 31st August @ 1:00-4:30pm
Meeting: Outside the Maritime Museum, Ship Row, AB11 5BY
Line-up
Bartenders Lounge
Cutty Sark Blended Dram £3.5
Cutty Sark Prohibition Dram £4.5
Cutty Sark 12yo Dram £5.5
Cut & Run £9
Butchers Arms
Craigellachie 13 £4
Royal Brackla 12 £4
Old Particular Mannochmore 15 y/o £5
Aberfeldy 21 y/o Malbec finish £9
Dusk Cocktail Bar
Glenlivet Founders Reserve £3.5
Glenlivet Caribbean Cask Hi-Ball £6
Glenlivet Founders Reserve Old Fashioned £10
Glenlivet 15 year old £8
Fierce Bar Aberdeen
Chivas Regal Extra 13yo Tequila Cask £4.5
Chivas Regal XV 15yo Cognac Cask £5.5
Chivas Regal 18yo £9.5
Freedom An’ Whisky
Kingsbarns Balcomie £5
Kingsbarns 5 Year Old (Single Cask Release) £9
Kingsbarns Distillery Reserve 2024 £11
The Fife Fix £10
Malmaison
Glendronach 12 Year Old Original £5
Glendronach 15 Year Old £8.50
Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament £19
Monty’s wine shop and bar
Aberfeldy 12 £4
Aberfeldy 12 Hi-Ball £5
Aberfeldy 15 Semillon finish £6
Old Particular Bowmore 10 y/o £6
No.10 Bar & Restaurant
Caol Ila 13 Year Old £4.5
Linkwood 15 £9.50
Bunnahabhain 17 Year Old 2007 (Connoisseurs Choice) £10
Mortlach 25 £18
O’Malley’s Irish Bar & Kitchen
Green Spot £4.5
Redbreast PX £6.50
Midleton Very Rare 2025 £14
Old Fashioned £7.50
Soul Bar
Loch Lomond £3
Glenmorangie £5
Godfather £10.50
Balmoral Burger and Glenmorangie £20
St Machar Bar
Arbikie – The Original £5
Craigellachie 17 year old £6
Aberfeldy 12 £4
Port Askaig 8 year old £4
The Adam Lounge
Aberlour 12 £4.5
Aberlour 14 £6.50
A’bunadh £8.50
The Albyn
Balvenie American Oak 12yo £5
Balvenie Week Of Peat 14yo £9
Balvenie French Oak 16yo £21.50
Clandestine £10.50
The Craftsman Company
RAER Original Blended Scotch Whisky £5
RAER Pedro Ximenez Blended Expression £7
RAER Moment £7
The Ferryhill
Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old – Discovery (Gordon & MacPhail) £4.5
The Firepit by Smoke and Soul
Kilchoman £5.0
The Globe Inn
Edradour 10 Year Old £4.7
Edradour 12 Year Old Caledonia £6.80
Edradour Cream Liqueur £5
Edradour Whisky Sour £7.95
The Grill
Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old £4
The Hearach Oloroso Cask Matured £6.75
The Spiritualist
Jura 10 £5.0
The Stag
Smokehead Unfiltered £3.75
The Tippling House
Glen Moray Cabernet Sauvignon Cask £3.3
Glen Moray 2017 Port Cask Finish £6.00
Glen Moray 2015 Peated Fino Sherry Cask £6.00
Glen Moray Whisky Week Flight £12.00
The Wig
Smokehead £5
Smokehead Peach lemonade £8
Whisky Situation Aberdeen
Glencadam PX Reserva £4
Tomintoul Amarone Cask Finish £4
Springbank 15 Year Old £11
Tomintoul 2000 19 Year Old Single Port Pipe Cask #1 £15