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SUMMARY:Whisky Festivals Dinner Extravaganza in Hobart
DESCRIPTION:The fèis spirit returns to Tassie shores this June as we celebrate the wondrous 2025 SMWS Scotch Whisky festivals casks.\n  \nJoin us at Ball & Chain in Hobart for an extravagant evening of drams and a multi-course dinner to celebrate the 2025 Scotch Whisky festivals! 2025 marks the year the Society returns to single-cask releases across the board for the festivals for a full fèis flavour experience. We’ll be indulging in 5x of the single-cask whisky releases spanning the Scotch Whisky regions + a welcome drink and a carefully prepared three-course dinner\, all led by your local Tassie Society ambassador Mr Tom Rofe. \nThis will be an exclusive opportunity to sample some of the official 2025 Scottish Whisky Festivals bottlings in Tasmania at similar times as they’re being enjoyed in the UK — a real treat! \n  \nWhen? Saturday 28th of June 2025 — 6:15pm arrival for a 6:30pm start.\nWhere? Ball & Chain\, 87 Salamanca Pl\, Battery Point TAS 7004.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are encouraged to attend and see what the Society is all about.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/whisky-festivals-dinner-extravaganza-in-hobart/
LOCATION:Ball & Chain Grill\, 87 Salamanca Pl\, Battery Point\, TAS\, 7004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Festival Tasting,Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:Launceston's Wondrous Festivals Experience
DESCRIPTION:The fèis spirit returns to Tassie shores this June as we celebrate the wondrous 2025 SMWS Scotch Whisky festivals casks.\n  \nJoin us at Nomy Bar & Kitchen in Launceston for an evening of drams and food to celebrate the 2025 Scotch Whisky festivals! 2025 marks the year the Society returns to single-cask releases across the board for the festivals for a full fèis flavour experience. We’ll be indulging in 5x of the single-cask whisky releases spanning the Scotch Whisky regions + a welcome drink and two-course dinner covering Nomy’s finest dishes\, all led by your local Tassie Society ambassador Mr Tom Rofe. \nThis will be an exclusive opportunity to sample some of the official 2025 Scottish Whisky Festivals bottlings in Tasmania at similar times as they’re being enjoyed in the UK — a real treat! \n  \nWhen? Thursday 26th of June 2025 — 6:15pm arrival for a 6:30pm start.\nWhere? Nomy Bar and Kitchen\, 91 George St\, Launceston TAS 7250.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are encouraged to attend and see what the Society is all about.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/launcestons-wondrous-festivals-experience/
LOCATION:Nomy Bar & Kitchen\, 91 George St\, Launceston\, TAS\, 7250\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Festival Tasting,Tasting Events,Whisky Dinner
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Whisky Wanderers Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Scotch Whisky Festivals are a time for celebrating the great uisge beatha (water of life) that we enjoy; to celebrate locally\, we’re bringing our hugely successful afternoon festival back to the Kelvin Club for a second year!\nFor 2025\, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is hosting the Whisky Wanderers festival\, our iteration of the popular Scotch Whisky Festivals in which each Scotch region celebrates their history and flavour. This year\, the SMWS has produced multiple cask-strength expressions to celebrate the Whisky Wanderers festival\, and Australia is receiving 14x of them! All 14 casks will be on pour for this festival hosted at our beloved Partner Venue — The Kelvin Club — encompassing two floors of flavour and entertainment. \nTickets include unlimited pours of the 14x new 2025 Whisky Wanderer bottlings\, canapés\, and the option to add on complimentary micro masterclass sessions. We’ll have several whisky stations set up and guests can visit each to taste the drams on offer\, with canapés roaming during this cocktail-style event. You’ll also have the chance to chat with SMWS Australia’s core team including Managing Director Matt Bailey who will be returning to Australia briefly to attend the festival. \nWhisky & Alement will also be hosting their Historic Islay bar once again\, which will feature Fèis Ìle and Islay releases from yesteryear (both older rare SMWS releases and non-SMWS releases)\, as well as the Never-Ending peated cask! Your ticket will entitle you to 1x complimentary Never-Ending Cask dram from the Whisky & Alement stand\, with additional drams available for purchase on the day. \nThis is a huge free-roam event and an opportunity to try some of the exclusive whisky festivals casks coming into the country at similar times as they’re being tasted in the UK. \n \n  \nWhat to expect on the day:\n\n\nA full festival featuring all 14 of the 2025 Whisky Wanderer Festival bottles from the SMWS and a range of bonus single-cask\, cask-strength SMWS malts — all pours included with your ticket!\n\n\nMicro-masterclasses every hour with our National Brand Ambassador Lachlan Watt.\n\n\nHistoric Islay bar by Whisky & Alement serving past Fèis releases and rare Islay drams\, as well as the SMWS never-ending cask (first dram of which is complimentary with your ticket). Please note that extra drams on the Whisky & Alement stand are available as additional purchases on the day.\n\n\nBilliards tables available downstairs.\n\n\nCold beer\, food and more…\n\n\n  \nWhen? Saturday 21st of June 2025 — 2pm – 5pm\nWhere? Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne VIC 3000.\n  \nThis event is available to both members and non-members — if you are not a member of the SMWS\, we encourage you to come along and see what it’s all about. You can also purchase our ticket + membership option to receive 12 months of membership at a discounted rate.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/melbourne-whisky-wanderers-festival-2025/
LOCATION:The Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival Tasting,Tasting Events,Whisky Party
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SUMMARY:Malt Dining Festivals Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Happy Fèis — the festival casks touchdown in Brisbane!\nEvery year\, the Scotch Whisky calendar has several dates to look forward to\, but none are so coveted or anticipated as the Scotch Whisky Festivals — from Fèis Ìle on Islay to the Spirit of Speyside! As always\, the SMWS is bringing you several Scotch Whisky Festival releases available to try at the same time as those in the UK — an absolute treat! \nYour local SMWS Ambassador Scott Mansfield has prepared a treat with our friends at Malt Dining  — a private dinner expertly prepared by the kitchen to complement 6x of the 2024 Rare Release festival bottlings (plus a welcome drink)\, all served in the venue’s gorgeous Cellar private dining space. Soak up the fèis spirit amongst passionate friends and fellow members whilst you enjoy some tasty drams and a hearty meal. \n\n \n  \n\nWhen? Saturday\, 22nd of June 2024 — 6:00pm arrival and start.\nWhere? Malt Dining (Attic Room)\, 28 Market St\, 4000 Brisbane.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are also welcome to attend.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/malt-dining-festivals-dinner/
LOCATION:Malt Dining\, 28 Market St\, Brisbane\, Queensland\, 4000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Festival Tasting,Tasting Events
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SUMMARY:The Islay Festivals Come to Sydney
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 2024 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 Royal Automobile Club of Australia; enjoy live music whilst sampling the actual Scotch Whisky Festival (celebrating the Islay festivals (Fèis Ìle)\, Spirit of Speyside\, Campbeltown\, Highlands\, and Lowlands!) exclusives 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 regal surrounds of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia’s Queens room; a local Fèis experience like you’ve never known! \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 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– Competitions on the day to win a bottle worth $499 + other prizes.\n– Live music\, cold beer\, food and more…\n\nWhen? Saturday\, 22nd of June 2024 — 2:00pm until 6pm.\nWhere? Royal Automobile Club of Australia\, Victoria Ballroom and Pioneers’ Room\, 89 Macquarie Street\, Sydney NSW 2000\, Australia.\n \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 Sydney\, 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.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/official-scotch-whisky-festivals-sydney-2024/
LOCATION:Royal Automobile Club\, 89 Macquarie Street\, SYDNEY\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival Tasting,Tasting Events,Whisky Fair,Whisky Party
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SUMMARY:A Night of Festival Drams in Perth
DESCRIPTION:The Scotch Whisky Festivals are upon us and we’re bringing that fèis spirit to Australia’s West Coast for our 2024 Flavour Hunters Festival!\nPerth Partner Bar Terrarium will be host to another year of wondrous festival cask tastings as guests embrace the spirit of Speyside\, the peat of Islay\, the coastal salt of Campbeltown\, the rich boldness of the Highlands\, and the gentle whispers of the Lowlands. The Scotch Whisky Festivals are some of the most renowned and anticipated dates in the whisky calendar\, celebrating each of the five Scotch Whisky regions. Six 2024 SMWS Rare Release festival bottlings will be on pour as you’re guided through them by your local Ambassador David Stucken. \nEmbrace the flavour hunter spirit with six exciting and exclusive Rare Releases\, light supper\, and a welcome drink hosted by David Stucken; a festival masterclass for the ages. This will be the only opportunity to try the official Scotch Whisky Festival bottlings in WA at the same time as they’re tasted in the UK; book in your tickets ASAP to avoid missing out on one of the most exciting dates in the whisky calendar! \n \n  \nWhen? Thursday\, 20th of June 2024 — 6:00pm arrival for a 6:30pm start.\nWhere? Terrarium Bar\, 99 St Georges Terrace (Howards St Entrance)\, Perth WA 6000.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member prices. Non-members are also welcome to attend.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/festival-drams-in-perth/
LOCATION:Terrarium\, 99 St Georges Terrace\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival Tasting,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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SUMMARY:Sydney Festival Tasting
DESCRIPTION:A grand Whisky festivals tasting experience not to be missed!\nThe Scotch Whisky festivals are some of the most anticipated Scotch events in the world — taking place every May with each of the five unique Scotch whisky regions celebrating in their own way\, and multiple distilleries releasing out special bottlings in commemoration. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is proud to be releasing their own festival bottlings once again for 2023\, and you’ll be able to drink them at the same time as they will be in Scotland! \n\n\n\nJoin State Ambassador and National Chairman Andrew Derbidge for our annual festivals tasting where we’ll unveil and taste the Society’s very special festival bottlings. Speyside\, Highlands\, Lowlands\, Campbelltown\, Islay…we’ll make our way around Scotland and try all the diverse and delicious flavours held within the Rare Releases. Tickets include five of the exclusive SMWS festival drams\, a welcome drink\, and a light supper.\n\n\n\n  \nWhen? Friday 12th May 2023 — 6:30pm arrival for a 7:00pm start.\nWhere? The Royal Automobile Club of Australia ISC Room\, 89 Macquarie St\, Sydney NSW 2000.\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member pricing. Non-members are also welcome to attend.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/sydney-festival-tasting-23/
LOCATION:Royal Automobile Club\, 89 Macquarie Street\, SYDNEY\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival Tasting,Tasting Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20220529T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20220529T163000
DTSTAMP:20260615T210052
CREATED:20220502T071743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220510T014234Z
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SUMMARY:Festive Casks & Fabulous Beers
DESCRIPTION:Welcome back Perth!\nPerth\, we’re back! Festival season is back for 2022 and the activities are erupting back into form across Scotland. We’re bringing that festival spirit\, figuratively AND literally\, into Australia. Join us at The Seasonal Brewing Co. in Maylands for a Sunday afternoon of festival whiskies\, fresh craft beer and a proper feed of shared platters. Hosted by the stylish and effervescent David Stucken\, this is one event you will not want to miss! \nIncluded with each ticket is six drams — one of each festival cask — a selection of local brews from The Seasonal Brewing Co. and a variety of shared food plates. \nWhen? Sunday the 29th of May\, 2:00pm arrival for a 2:30pm start.\nWhere? The Seasonal Brewing Co.\, 175 Guildford Rd\, Maylands WA 6051.\n\nMembers\, guests and non-members are also welcome to attend. \nAll guests may be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination status\, and/or any medical exemptions that may apply.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/festive-casks-fabulous-beers/
LOCATION:The Seasonal Brewing Co.\, 175 Guildford Rd\, Maylands\, Western Australia\, 6051\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220521T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220521T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T210052
CREATED:20220401T010009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220428T002349Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Festival Casks Dinner
DESCRIPTION:It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Festival Casks preview tasting & dinner!\nWhisky lovers in Scotland have to wait an entire year to attend all of the industry’s festivals that are dotted throughout the calendar\, i.e. the Feis Ile Islay Festival\, the Speyside Festival\, the Campbeltown Festival\, the Highlands Festival\, and so on. \nIn Melbourne\, we’ll be combining all of those festivals into one special evening where we’ll be tasting ALL SIX of the Society’s 2022 Festival Casks. These casks won’t be landing in the country until later in the year\, so join Melbourne Ambassador Alex Moores on May 21st for an exclusive sneak peek at these incredible whiskies that have been specially selected to honour the six Scotch whisky festivals. \nIncluded with your ticket are six drams — one of each festival cask — and a three-course meal. \nWhen? Saturday the 21st of May\, 6pm arrival for a 6:30pm start\nWhere? The Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Place\, Melbourne VIC 3000 \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member-ticket pricing. Non-members are also welcome. \nAll guests may be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination status\, and/or any medical exemptions that may apply.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/melbourne-festival-casks-dinner/
LOCATION:The Kelvin Club\, 14-30 Melbourne Pl\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Tasting Events,Whisky Dinner
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ORGANIZER;CN="Scotch Malt Whisky Society":MAILTO:info@smws.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Hobart:20220514T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Hobart:20220514T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T210052
CREATED:20220412T010228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T032813Z
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SUMMARY:Scotland In Hobart: Whisky Festivals Tasting
DESCRIPTION:A night to remember — one club\, 6 AMAZING casks!\nJoin the Scotch Malt Whisky Society as we crack open all six festival casks — Islay\, Speyside\, Campbelltown\, Highlands\, and the Lowlands — on Saturday the 14th of May for a VERY special preview event. Yep\, all SIX festival casks will be available to try before they land in the country\, so this event is not to be missed! \nThese six whiskies will be enjoyed by the entire SMWS club world over; Tasmanian Ambassador Tom Rofe and Country Director Matt Bailey will be teaming up to present these phenomenal casks at the Tasmanian premier Partner Bar\, New Sydney Hotel\, for THE tasting experience of the year — the Scottish Whisky Festivals tasting. \nSo what does the night hold in store? Six drams\, one of each festival cask\, and a two-course meal — main and dessert + a Society highball on arrival. \n  \nWhen? Saturday the 14th of May\, 6pm arrival for a 6:30pm start\nWhere? New Sydney Hotel\, 87 Bathurst St\, Hobart TAS 7000 \n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member-ticket pricing. Non-members are also welcome. \nAll guests may be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination status\, and/or any medical exemptions that may apply.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/hobart-feis-ile/
LOCATION:New Sydney Hotel\, 87 Bathurst St\, Hobart\, TAS\, 7000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dinners,Tasting Events,Whisky Dinner
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220513T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T210052
CREATED:20220405T013228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T013228Z
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SUMMARY:The Scottish Whisky Festivals Come To Sydney
DESCRIPTION:The ultimate Scottish Whisky Festivals preview\nWhisky lovers in Scotland have to wait an entire year to attend all of the industry’s festivals that are dotted throughout the calendar\, i.e. the Feis Ile Islay Festival\, the Speyside Festival\, the Campbeltown Festival\, the Highlands Festival\, and so on.\n\nFor one special night in Sydney\, we’ll be combining all of those festivals into one evening\, and we’ll be tasting ALL SIX of the Society’s 2022 Festival Casks. These casks won’t be landing in the country until later in the year\, so join Cellarmaster Andrew Derbidge on May 13th for a sneak peek at these incredible whiskies that have been specially selected to honour the six Scotch whisky festivals.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuests will enjoy seven drams — one of each festival cask — with an additional welcome dram on arrival.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen? Friday the 13th of May\, 6:30pm arrival for a 7:00pm start.\nWhere? Royal Automobile Club\, Macquarie Room\, 89 Macquarie Street\, Sydney NSW 2000.\n\n\n  \nMembers are welcome to bring guests at member-ticket pricing. Non-members are also welcome to attend. \nAll guests will be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination status\, and/or any medical exemptions that may apply.
URL:https://smws.com.au/event/sydney-whisky-festivals/
LOCATION:Royal Automobile Club\, 89 Macquarie Street\, SYDNEY\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Tasting Events
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