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SUMMARY:Drams Along The River Torrens
DESCRIPTION:Imagine a scenic cruise along the River Torrens with fine SMWS drams in hand…well\, you won’t have to imagine it for much longer!\nJoin us on Saturday the 6th of April for a delightful afternoon cruising in style with Popeye River Cruises. Local South Australian SMWS Ambassador Cody Banks has organised a two-hour cruise down the River Torrens and ensured you’ll have 6x cask-strength SMWS drams to enjoy along with some tasty food and a welcome drink. You will be all set for a fantastic voyage amongst whisky enthusiasts\, friends and comrades\, new and old\, local and afar. \nEach ticket includes 6x SMWS drams\, some food\, and a welcome drink\, plus the two-hour private boat ride along the River Torrens. This is an opportunity to enjoy our brilliant cask-strength\, single-cask whiskies in a unique environment amongst good company. Book your tickets now to avoid missing out! \n  \nWhen? Saturday\, 6th of April 2024 — 1:30pm arrival for a 2:00pm departure.\nWhat? Lounders Boatshed Cafe\, 1018 Victoria Drive\, Adelaide SA 5000.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are also welcome to attend. Limited spots are available. \n  \nPlease note that due to the nature of the event\, there is unfortunately no wheelchair access available.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/drams-along-the-river-torrens/
LOCATION:NSW
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:Live Blues Soirée In the Basement
DESCRIPTION:Live blues\, Society drams\, and an exclusive booking at Beneath Driver Lane!\nMusic & Malts month is back again for another year this April\, and we’re teaming up with the fine folk at Beneath Driver Lane to bring you an afternoon of live blues and great drams. We’ll have the entire venue to ourselves with several drams on pour\, grazing plates to snack on\, and a cash bar for any refreshing beverages you might be feeling. \nPlus\, we’ll be joined by Melbourne blues heavyweight Andy McGarvie who will be providing soul-stimulating tunes throughout the event. The ticket includes 5x SMWS drams of your choice (a stamp-based system will be in place)\, a welcome drink\, and shared grazing plates. \n  \nWhen? Sunday\, 28th of April 2024 — 4:00pm arrival and start.\nWhere? Beneath Driver Lane\, Shop/3 Driver Ln\, Melbourne VIC 3000.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are also welcome to attend. \n*Beneath Driver Lane’s Basement Barrel Society members can purchase the non-member tickets at a special discount using the code provided by BDL.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/live-blues-soiree/
LOCATION:Beneath Driver Lane\, 3\, Driver Ln\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events,Whisky Party
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SUMMARY:Malts & Mutinies: Maritime Tales
DESCRIPTION:Yarrh! There are so many salty stories to be told and mysteries to explore — all in stellar company with marvellous malts!\nOn the 1st of May\, our ACT members will take a detour into previously uncharted waters\, and explore epic whiskies with epic tales and tasty canapés. Local Ambassador Drew McKinnie will be hoisting the figurative sails and hosting members at the National Press Club of Australia for the first Canberra experience of the year. \nJoin us for an absorbing and enthralling tasting — you will learn some amazing things and come away with some fun facts of both maritime and whisky persuasion. Each ticket includes 5x delicious SMWS drams\, a welcome drink\, and canapés by the Press Club kitchen. \n  \nWhen? Wednesday\, 1st of May 2024 — 6:00pm arrival for a 6pm start.\nWhere? National Press Club of Australia\, 16 National Circuit\, Barton ACT 2600.\n  \nSeats are limited\, so book in ASAP to avoid missing out. Members are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are also welcome to attend.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/malts-mutinies-maritime-tales/
LOCATION:National Press Club of Australia\, 16 National Circuit\, Barton\, ACT\, 2600\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:Whisky & Beer with Dr Chuck Hahn and the Malt Shovel Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tantalising evening as we return to the Malt Shovel Brewery\, the home of James Squire beers\, and also the home of two previous (and now legendary) SMWS Beer & Whisky evenings from years past!\nWe will again be joined by the wonderful Dr Chuck Hahn (who will be coming out of retirement for this event)\, and hear his wisdom on all things to do with brewing\, beer\, malt\, and the connection to whisky. We’ll be matching four SMWS whiskies with four beers from the James Squire and/or Hahn portfolio\, together with food matches to…pizza! \nIt is difficult to imagine a single person having a greater impact on Australia’s beer scene than the New York-born Dr Chuck Hahn. No other brewer in Australia has had quite the tour de force on the shape of Australian beer quite like Chuck has. \nBrewing and educating audiences on beer and how to taste and appreciate it for 30+ years in Australia\, if you’ve ever had any Hahn\, Kosciuszko\, Little Creatures\, Steinlager\, or James Squire before\, you’ve tasted something that Chuck has had a hand in crafting. \nAfter 50+ years in brewing\, Dr Hahn has been formally retired but is coming out of retirement for the SMWS and this one special night at his old stomping ground\, the Malt Shovel Brewery in Camperdown. Along with Andrew Derbidge\, Chuck will be pairing up single-cask whiskies and special local beers for an evening of boilermakers\, brewing and pizza not to be forgotten \nOur evening will begin with welcome drinks and casual tours of the brewery from 5pm onwards\, and we’ll be pouring the drams from 6pm to allow enough time for folks to make it to the venue…so don’t fret if you can’t get off work early! \n  \nWhen? Thursday\, 9th of May 2024 — 5:00pm arrival\, 6pm start.\nWhere? The Malt Shovel Brewery\, 99 Pyrmont Bridge Road\, Camperdown NSW 2050.\n \n \n  \nPlease note that owing to the nature of the evening and the facilities at the brewery (which is not set up for food catering)\, it will unfortunately prove difficult to accommodate dietary requests or alternatives. Those with preferences/intolerances may wish to avail themselves of a quick bite prior to the event. \nGiven the limited number of places for this event\, it is strictly for members\, and guests of members. \nWant to come along but not a Member?\nJoin up here — then grab your ticket!
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/whisky-beer-chuck-hahn/
LOCATION:The Malt Shovel Brewery\, 99 Pyrmont Bridge Road\, Camperdown\, NSW\, 2050\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:Whisky & Wagyu at Bar 26
DESCRIPTION:Bar 26 x SMWS are proud to present a lavish evening of fine wagyu and tasty drams at our newest Partner Bar!\nTickets are on sale now for our inaugural tasting experience with Otter Craft Distilling’s Bar 26 — the Society’s latest NSW Partner Bar. Indulge with a carefully prepared and curated five-course degustation of Japanese wagyu paired with 5x SMWS drams\, plus an OCD whisky cocktail on arrival.\n\nThis is an exclusive whisky dinner experience hosted by Bar 26 in collaboration with SMWS Australia\, tickets are strictly limited and available via Bar 26’s website.\n\n\nWhen? Thursday\, 23rd of May 2024 — 6:30pm arrival and start.\nWhere? Bar 26\, Unit 2\, 26 Halloran St\, Lilyfield NSW 2040.\n\n  \nPlease note that this event is hosted and ticketed by Bar 26; more info is available on their website. \nBookings can be made by emailing the bar directly. Limited to 25 spots.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/whisky-wagyu-at-bar-26/
LOCATION:Bar 26\, Unit 2\, 26 Halloran St\, Lilyfield\, NSW\, 2040\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Tasting Events,Whisky Dinner
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SUMMARY:Coffee & Whisky: Perfect Pairings
DESCRIPTION:Single-origin coffee\, with single malt drams — a collaboration of pure flavour exclusively for members.\nWe’re always pushing flavour boundaries here at SMWS\, and this May we’re going to new frontiers! We’ve teamed up with St Ali Coffee in South Melbourne to bring you a whisky and coffee pairing to treat your palates and delight your senses. \nOur VIC State Ambassador\, Alex Moores\, has worked closely with the St Ali team to pair 5x SMWS cask-strength drams with 5x of their distinct single-origin releases. Plus\, each ticket will also include a welcome drink and assorted grazing plates. This is an exclusive members-only experience (members are welcome to bring guests); no non-members. \n\nWhen? Thursday\, 30th of May 2024 — 6:30pm arrival and start.\nWhere? St Ali Coffee\, 12-18 Yarra Pl\, South Melbourne VIC 3205.\n  \nSpots are limited\, so be sure to book in ASAP. This is a members-only flavour experience. \nLooking to come along but aren’t a member? Join up here and then grab your ticket!
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/coffee-whisky-perfect-pairings/
LOCATION:St Ali Coffee\, 12-18 Yarra Pl\, South Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3205.\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:The Islay Festivals Come to Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:Once a year\, the biggest celebration of music & whisky comes together across Scotland to celebrate the magic of each region making whisky. We’re bringing that festival to Australia for one big Saturday afternoon in the city with the official Scotch Whisky Festival bottlings flown in direct from Scotland!\nSkip the lines of the brisk cold Scotland Spring and enjoy Australia’s Fèis festival in the warm surrounds of the Kelvin Club; enjoy live music whilst sampling the actual Scotch Whisky Festival exclusives (celebrating the Islay festivals\, Spirit of Speyside\, Campbeltown\, Highlands\, and Lowlands!) from the world’s leading whisky club\, and available to members on the day in this bona fide whisky festival! \nExperience a stunning array of 2024 Rare Releases\, including a 25yo Islay bottling that we know you’re all going to enjoy\, plus micro-masterclasses hosted every 60 minutes by one of our expert ambassadors. If you’re after something a bit different\, the incredible Whisky & Alement team will be setting up shop for a special Historic Islay pop-up bar where you can purchase additional drams from past Fèis Ìle releases and other rare Islay bottlings from their own archive. \n \n  \nThis is a cocktail-style festival event with food\, whisky\, music\, and great company\, all in the heart of the city at the Kelvin Club; a local Islay festival like you’ve never known! All drams are included with your ticket (except the Whisky & Alement Historic Fèis Ìle pop-up drams). \nThere’s nowhere else to celebrate the 2024 Scotch Whisky Festival releases in Australia so close to the actual festivals in the UK. Come and celebrate the regions of Scotch whisky with new and rare single-cask\, cask-strength whiskies\, and micro-masterclasses along the way. \nWhat to expect on the day:\n– A full festival featuring all 12 of the 2024 Whisky Festival rare releases from the SMWS (as well as a range of single-cask\, cask-strength SMWS malts). These include releases from ALL of the whisky regions\, not just Islay!\n– Micro-masterclasses downstairs every hour.\n– Historic Islay bar by Whisky & Alement serving past Fèis releases and rare Islay drams (available as additional purchases on the day).\n– Branded SMWS glass to take home with you.\n– Billiards competition (the great Islay pool competition).\n– Live music\, cold beer\, food and more…\n\nWhen? Saturday\, 8th of June 2024 — 2:00pm until 6pm.\nWhere? The Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne VIC 3000.\n  \nAll are welcome: members\, friends\, partners\, non-members\, and those looking to discover the world’s leading whisky club\, the SMWS\, for the first time. \nCome and celebrate Scotland’s most renowned whisky festival at the same time they are in Scotland\, but live in Melbourne\, Australia! \nTickets are ON SALE NOW! Members and non-members are welcome to join.\nNon-members will receive a $30 voucher valid for all SMWS membership types upon purchasing a ticket. \n  \nPlease note that the venue has stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/scotch-whisky-festivals-2024-melbourne/
LOCATION:The Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival Tasting,Tasting Events,Whisky Party
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