Tour of Scotland Part 1

Date: 13 October 2023,
Time: 8:30pm – 11:30pm,
Venue: Parish Centre, Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street, CB2 1QG

We will start off Michaelmas Term with our Tour of Scotland. In continuing a tradition set last year, we have split up the Tour of Scotland into two tastings, which allows us to feature two bottles from each of the six (main) whisky regions.

In this, the first tasting, we will feature whisky from the Highlands, Speyside, and Islay, regions with which many even casual whisky drinkers are familiar. The second tasting will feature whisky from the potentially lesser known ‘regions’ of the Islands, the Lowlands and Campbeltown.

By offering multiple bottles from each region, we hope you will appreciate the diversity within as well as between the regions. If you are able, we highly recommend you attend both tastings for the complete spectrum of Scotch!


Important Information

Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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Tour of Scotland Part 2

Date: 27 October 2023,
Time: 8:30pm – 11:30pm,
Venue: Parish Centre, Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street, CB2 1QG

We will start off Michaelmas Term with our Tour of Scotland. In continuing a tradition set last year, we have split up the Tour of Scotland into two tastings, which allows us to feature two bottles from each of the six (main) whisky regions.

In the first tasting we featured whisky from the Highlands, Speyside, and Islay, regions with which many even casual whisky drinkers are familiar. In this, the second tasting, we will feature whisky from the potentially lesser known ‘regions’ of the Islands, the Lowlands and Campbeltown.

By offering multiple bottles from each region, we hope you will appreciate the diversity within as well as between the regions. If you are able, we highly recommend you attend both tastings for the complete spectrum of Scotch. 


Important Information

Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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10 Years Old

Date: 10 November 2023
Time: 8pm – 11pm
Venue: Main Hall, St Andrews Hall, St Andrews Road, CB4 1DH

The Whisky Appreciation Society is a decade old so what better way to celebrate than with a tasting themed around 10-year old whiskies? Many distilleries have a 10-year bottle for whiskies across the tasting spectrum. These whiskies can be appreciated by both beginner and more experienced whisky drinkers. Join us as we explore a selection of these whiskies that started aging the same year as the Whisky Society!


Important Information

Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.





 

Bridgemas with nibbles

Date: 24 November 2023
Time: 8pm – 11pm
Venue: Main Hall, St Andrews Hall, St Andrews Road, CB4 1DH

It’s Bridgemas! As we enter the holiday season, the whisky society is here to put a bit of a whisky twist on a Cambridge tradition. The holidays often bring thoughts of chocolate, ginger, and other sweets and spices, and we’ve done our best to bring you some of these festive flavours in spirit form. We will also include some tasty treats so that we can all try our hands (and tastebuds) at food pairings.


Important Information

Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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The Whiskey Tasting (American/Irish)

This special (end of) summer tasting will feature two types of whiskeys defined, in part, by where they’re made. Irish whiskey must be produced in Ireland and American whiskey, including bourbon and rye, in the USA, but they are distinguished by more than simple geography. In this tasting, we will learn about what makes each of these whiskies unique, but we also hope you will also get a sense of the variety available within each type. 

*This tasting falls under the previous academic year, so if you bought a membership for 2022-2023, it still applies!

Venue: Parish Centre – Little St. Mary’s, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1QG
Date: Saturday 9th of September @ 7pm – 10pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.









 

Filey Bay

Brand ambassador presentation from the Yorkshire-based Filey Bay distillery. More information coming soon.

Venue: Seminar Room – Jack King Building, Wolfson College, CB3 9BB
Date: Friday 9th June @ 8pm – 11pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
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If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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Bargain

This is the evil twin of the premium tasting! We want to show you the best possible bang for the lowest possible buck but don’t worry, you’re not just getting supermarket-shelve whiskies with Clubcard prices. Bargain hunting is not always a given but we’ll give you some useful tricks where to spot the best deals. And because we spend less money on the whisky, you will also spend less money on the ticket. A real bargain!

Venue: Seminar Room – Jack King Building, Wolfson College, CB3 9BB
Date: Friday 26th May @ 8pm – 11pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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Caskmates

The cask is the most crucial element in what gives a whisky its taste but it is not only the wood that is important in the ageing process but also what the cask had been filled with previously. For this tasting we want to juxtapose a whisky and the spirit that was used in the whisky’s cask. For example, if the whisky was aged in a sherry cask, we’ll serve you a sherry along the whisky; if you’re getting a port-finish whisky, you’ll get a port along with it, etc. We won’t be serving six whiskies that night as that would be a bit much but you’ll get four whiskies, and four of its caskmates.

Venue: Seminar Room – Jack King Building, Wolfson College, CB3 9BB
Date: Friday 12th May @ 8pm – 11pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
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If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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Starward

Join us for a night with Turtle Higgins, Starward Whisky Ambassador, as we take a journey through Australian single Malt and discover what whisky can be. Starward is a uniquely Australian Whisky, born and bred in Melbourne. Having been named the most awarded Whisky Distillery of 2022, they have pioneered a distinctly Australian Whisky that is matured exclusively in Australian wine casks and aged in the Melbourne climate, notorious for its four seasons in a day.  Starward take the unconventional approach to hire brewers and winemakers to craft their whisky. This fresh approach to whisky making challenges whisky conventions and enables them to create interesting whiskies that celebrate innovation and the place from which it calls home.

Venue: Lee Hall , Wolfson College, CB3 9BB
Date: Friday 28th April @ 8pm – 11pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
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If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.









 

Premium

The Premium tasting has so far been the yearly highlight for CUWAS where every committee member picks up a bottle of whisky that would punch far too much of a big hole into their wallet. Obviously, that comes with an increased ticket price. The notion of premium reflects the price of the bottle which means these whiskies are rarer or older than what we usually present at our tastings. 

Venue: Seminar Room – Jack King building , Wolfson College, CB3 9BB
Date: Friday 10th March @ 8pm – 11pm

Important Information
Refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis and are not guaranteed.
Buying your ticket early helps us plan for the right numbers and reduces the chance of us having to cancel.
If we have to cancel, or reduce the scale of an event, due to ticket-sale forecasting, we may have to refund some or all tickets.


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