Events
Wine, beer, and whiskey are all poured frequently at events held around the globe, and here at Drinkhacker we tend to patronize many of them. This category offers our tasting reports from these events — as well as announcements of upcoming events that you the reader may be interested in attending. Watch especially for discount codes and freebies, which we often cross-post to our Contests section.
Top Events Posts:
Tasting Report: Bourbon & Beyond 2018
Tasting Report: WhiskyFest San Francisco 2018
Tasting Report: Bordeaux and Sauternes, 2015 Vintage
Another Kentucky Bourbon Festival is in the books, and if the bourbon industry has gone bust, you wouldn’t be able to tell it from the throngs at the sold-out three-day takeover of Bardstown, Kentucky, ground zero for America’s spirit. The lines to get in, as usual, wrapped around the block. The lines to buy prized,…
Midway between Detroit and Ann Arbor, in the kind of Michigan suburb where affluence is casually assumed, Cantoro Market and Trattoria feels like a playground for foodies with a penchant for Italian cuisine. To borrow (and lightly misuse) Bill Hader and Stefon’s cadence: this place has everything. Fifty-five thousand square feet of pastas, specialty olive…
The 2025 Texas Whiskey Festival is now behind us, and after a week of decompressing I’ve finally found time to sift through my photos and notes and bring you some thoughts about my favorite pours from the event. As always, it’s the stuff I missed that I regret the most: Check out TWF’s list of…
Now in its 5th year, Jack Rose’s Premier Drams continues to be one of the standout whiskey events anywhere. WhiskyFest may have given up on our nation’s capital long ago, but Jack Rose owner Bill Thomas has proven that the city’s whiskey lovers will turn out if the right bottles are on offer. That means…
Every September, thousands flock to Bardstown, Kentucky for a three-day exploration of their favorite hobby: Drinking bourbon. And so they did again in 2024 at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. With some 200 whiskeys available for tasting, you can’t possible sample everything on offer. That doesn’t stop folks from trying, and since the festival runs for…
After a bit of back-and-forth on the date, whiskey mecca Jack Rose Dining Saloon finally landed on October 2nd for this year’s Premier Drams festival. We would have honestly rescheduled a liver transplant to make it, and after the embarrassment of brown water riches on offer this year, we just might have to in 2024.…
Perhaps the greatest informal dad holiday of the entire year, Oktoberfest stands as the king of the brewing calendar. Numerous beers styles are common at these events, with the ironically named Märzen the prevailing style and guiding light for offerings from breweries around the globe for this cereal celebration. Festbier and its variants have become…
With 31 appellations, 34 grape varieties planted, and 1592 independent wineries, France’s Rhone Valley is a complex and varied region that can challenge even the most seasoned of wine enthusiasts. Stretching 150 miles along the Lyon river, the terrain goes from rocky and mountainous to coastal as it abuts the Mediterranean Sea, the weather changing…
Now in its second year, the Virginia Spirits Expo is expanding to include four different events across the state. I attended the first of these in Charlottesville over the summer where more than two dozen Virginia distillers were on hand to share their labors of love. It was unseasonably warm at Ix Art Park that…
It was a warm but overcast day in the Texas Hill Country just a few weeks ago, but an altogether perfect setting for a stroll through Star Hill Ranch to sample the wares of some 35 Texas whiskies at the 6th annual Texas Whiskey Festival. A veritable who’s who of Texas whiskeydom, if there are…