PRODUCT FROM MORE THAN 30 DISTILLERIES
7th & 8th January 2022 (6th Festival)
PRODUCT FROM MORE THAN 30 DISTILLERIESFestival deferred to 6th & 7th January 2023
Our 2022 (6th) festival is set to be the best yet. Return of many favourites and new high quality exhibitors. SELL OUT AGAIN EXPECTED of main sessions. Pop-up shops will again operate so you can buy bottles of some of your favourite spirits. Main ticket sale from 1 August.
Tasting sessions
Friday evening (short session)
7pm to 9.10pm
£22
Saturday first session
Noon to 3.20pm
£25
Saturday early evening
5.30pm to 8.45pm
£30
Tasting session with Dining (3 course)* The Premium Dining is alongside distillers in the prestigious Sullivan Suite, often used as a filming location for major cinema. A brief complimentary talk is included about the more than 40 films & TV episodes filmed at Grim's Dyke from Doctor Who to Sliding Doors and Blue Peter. The Distiller Banquet is sold out, so this is an additional event.
Friday (short session) then the Distiller Banquet
7pm to Late finish
£59
Dining tables are in Gilbert’s restaurant hosted by distillers and with further whisky or whiskey. Seating time 9.10pm.
How it works
Virtually all the tastings are included in your ticket price. Just approach a distiller and politely ask for a tasting dram. We loan you the special Glencairn tasting glasses for use during the session. Please drink responsibility, have plenty of water and eat some food. Last pour is called 20 minutes before session end.Dream Drams (Under the counter drams)
Sometimes a distiller may have brought something truly special, perhaps the very last of a superb bottling. A small charge may apply to taste such delights. This can include whiskies from much loved distilleries that are now silent.Accommodation
Special overnight room rates with a session ticket, enquire.
BOOKINGS Phone 020 8385 3100 or reservations@grimsdyke.com
Exhibitors
Just click on the buttons at the top of the HOME page for information about the distillers we have had in the past, many of whom will return for this festival along with new distillers.Food and Festival Rooms
Food will be on sale during part of the tasting sessions or is included with the highly popular Distiller Banquet ticket. Exhibitors will be located in the Music Room (1st floor, no lift) and ground floor in the Drawing Room and the Lobby.Grim’s Dyke Estate (Beyond the whisky)
The estate has a significant place in history being the former home of Sir William and Lady Gilbert (Gilbert & Sullivan) and has been a location for some 40 Films and TV episodes …………Dr Who, Sliding Doors, Little Britain, Randall & Hopkirk, The Avengers and many more. The 40 acres with award winning gardens make for pleasant winter walks when paths are dry. Maps and Guides from Reception take you around historic areas and filming locations.Terms and Conditions – Challenge 25
A strict policy of adults only applies, if photo ID is requested and not produced admission will be refused. The Terms & Conditions on this and the main hotel website www.grimsdyke.com apply. Management reserve the right to remove anyone behaving inappropriately and/or causing upset to other guests, no refund would apply. To gain entry guests should be prepared to produce a Covid certificate showing double vaccination or a photo of a negative lateral flow test taken in the last 24 hours.Festival links
Other links
www.Thewhiskytastingclub.co.uk
www.smws.com (The Scotch Malt Whisky Society)
