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Bunnahabhain
Virtual ‘Feis at Home’ celebration set
to keep the Feis Ile 2020 festival
spirit thriving with tasting kits priced
at £16.50 now available to allow whisky
fans to join in from the comfort of
their own home.
As
I am sure you are all more than well
aware, the world famous annual Feis Ile
music and malt festival on Islay is
sadly cancelled this year due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, but fans of the the
Bunnahabhain single malt whisky will be
pleased to hear that the Islay
distillery is launching an online
alternative, a virtual Bunnahabhain
‘Feis-at-Home’ celebration to keep the
festival spirit thriving for 2020.
Bunnahabhain will be throwing its
virtual doors open and transporting
whisky fans to the shores of Islay via a
special live tasting of not one, but two
new festival editions. Distillery
Manager Andrew Brown will be joined by
Master Blender Julianne Fernandez,
Master Distiller Stephen Woodcock and
Visitor Centre Manager Dr Billy Sinclair
for the live stream on Friday 29th of
May from 8pm. The group will lead
drinkers through a tasting and take part
in a panel discussion about the two
limited-edition expressions being
released to mark the occasion.
People will be able to join along with
the tasting using a sampling kit
available to buy online, which will
include the two new expressions, plus an
extra special 'mystery dram' - the
details around which will be revealed on
the night.
Tasting kits available to purchase from
the Bunnahabhain website priced at
£16.50, they will allow people to follow
along from the comfort of their home.
And it wouldn’t be Feis Ile without a
few surprises…with exclusive details on
a new product to be revealed live during
the tasting.
Ahead of the tasting, Visitor Centre
Manager, Dr Billy Sinclair will take
friends of Bunnahabhain on a Facebook
Live tour around the distillery and
island - a chance to get the full Feis
Ile experience from afar. Eagle eyed
viewers will also have the chance to win
a trip to the world-famous festival in
person in 2021, with competition details
announced on the first ‘tour’ to go live
on Bunnahabhain’s Facebook page at 10am
(BST) on Friday the 29th of May.
Bunnahabhain Distillery Manager, Andrew
Brown, said:
"Our world famous ‘Music and Malt’
festival here on Islay is a pilgrimage
for many a Bunnahabhain fan and we love
greeting them here at the distillery.
We’ll miss seeing some familiar faces in
person, but Feis Ile is always warm and
welcoming, so we’re embracing the fact
that live streaming technology will
allow even more people to join in this
year.”
"We’ve got a great panel of experts on
board to talk through our wonderful new
festival editions, and anyone who’s
visited Feis Ile before will know that’s
not all we’ve got up our sleeve. You’ll
have to tune in to find out more, but we
can guarantee a memorable festival, even
if it’s not running exactly as we had
planned.”
On sale information on Bunnahabhain’s
new festival editions will be announced
later this week.
- Bunnahabhain’s virtual ‘Feis at
Home’ events will take place on
Friday the 29th of May
- A virtual tasting and panel
discussion of two new festival
editions will take place at at 8pm
(BST)
- Live streams from the distillery
on Islay will take place at 10am,
12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 6.30pm (BST)
- Join in on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Bunnahabhain
Tasting kits can be purchased from,
priced at £16.50: www.bunnahabhain.com
Please ensure orders are placed by 25th
of May (UK) or 18th of May (rest of
world) to avoid disappointment.
You will also find the current
Bunnahabhain whisky range available from specialist
online whisky retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of
Malt
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