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Tutored Whiskey Tasting
The Tutored Whiskey Tasting is what made Vanek Whiskey Events famous!
Guests are treated to an enticing reveal as they first enter the room and are exposed to the sight of beautiful glassware-filled tables, along with the luxurious scent of whiskey in the air. More of an interactive experience than just a “tasting," this event also focuses on the importance of understanding how we perceive flavour, which guests explore using fun, eye-opening experiments involving beer, chocolate, and malt samples, just to name a few.
Developed with the connoisseur and the curious in mind, this tasting does not require any prior whiskey knowledge. The Tutored Whiskey Tasting can be adapted to fit a wide variety of room layouts and can be enjoyed at functions with between ten and two hundred participants.
Your guests will be as entertained as they are engaged during this upscale event that tells the story of whiskey in a refreshing new way.
“I had the pleasure of working with Tom on an online whiskey tasting for my company’s top prospects. The entire experience, from planning to the event itself was exemplary. Tom was informative , energetic and brought a great experience to our attendees. The feedback from guests was phenomenal, they really enjoyed the event. I cannot thank Tom enough for a wonderful event.”
Whiskey Tasting Bar
The Whiskey Tasting Bar is a fantastic way to add an atmosphere of elegance to an event. This specialty bar station provides guests with an interactive whiskey experience that is both exciting and informative. It balances entertainment with content on an individual guest basis, ensuring the perfect guest experience regardless of their whiskey knowledge.
Guests are treated to a curated selection of fantastic world whiskeys, which have been chosen to pair wonderfully with the event. This tasting holds its own as the main entertainment at a function, or it can be included with other entertainment elements at larger gatherings.
The Whiskey Tasting Bar is the perfect catalyst for an evening of high-class mingling, networking and relationship building.
Experiential Manhattan Bar
A recent addition to Vanek Whiskey Events, is our innovative Manhattan bar. Think “ice cream sundae bar for adults”, only the sundae ingredients have been substituted for those that make upscale Manhattan cocktails. Just as building your own sundaes are all about personalization, drink customization is in full force at our Experiential Manhattan Bar.
Guests begin their mixology adventure by selecting a whiskey to form the base of their cocktail, be it a “peppery” Canadian Rye, a “sweet” American Bourbon, or a “smoky” Single Malt Scotch. They then choose between sweet or Dry Vermouth and pick the premium bitters they would like to include. The cocktail is finished with their selection of a gourmet cocktail cherry and is served in a perfect rocks glass and chilled with an oversize ice cube. By the end of the evening, guests will have learned a little about a Manhattan’s ingredients, experienced the delicious interplay that occurs between them, and discovered that the right Maraschino Cherry can in fact be life altering.
To take your whiskey element to the next level, and delight both cocktail fans and whiskey purists alike at your event, we can combine our Whiskey Tasting Bar with our Experiential Manhattan Bar, creating a sort of “whiskey oasis” that guest won’t soon forget.
Deconstructed Whiskey Experience
If interactive and experiential are event characteristics high on your wish list, then this one-of-a-kind whiskey tasting is for you! With a focus on how you drink rather than what you drink, guests will “deconstruct” their whiskey-drinking experience and have fun releasing their inner scientist in the process.
Utilizing the same brand of whiskey throughout the event, guests will conduct side-by-side comparisons of their flavour experience using different popular ways of drinking whiskey, such as on ice, with club soda, adding still water and using differently shaped glassware. They will also gain a new appreciation of how they perceive flavour as they engage in a variety of sensory experiments that will keep them as captivated as they will be entertained.
By the end of the event, guests will discover that the manner they drink whiskey is just as important a contributor to their flavour experience as the choice of whiskey itself, and perhaps even more so.