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Windy City Whiskey Events

Name: Windy City Whiskey Events
Address: Chicago, IL, 60642, US
Telephone: +17084468639

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11/23/2023

It’s that time again! Two weeks from tonight we meet again for Whiskey Wednesday! We’ll be exploring Scotch for December’s tasting event. Come sit with us, learn about the history of malted barley and how exactly some scotches get that smokey taste.

Note: the event time has moved up to 6pm.

Stick around after the event and have some terrific New Mexican faire and enjoy the specialty cocktail for event participants only.

Tickets available thru the EventBrite link in our profile.

11/02/2023

Terrific turnout for whiskey Wednesday as we educated on Americas original spirit, rye whiskey.

History, chemistry, law, you name it, we walked these fine guests through 4 great rye representations as we covered the origins of whiskey, the bottled-in-bond act, and even George Washington’s love of rye.

Join us again on December 6th when we sample and discuss some terrific single malts to get ready for the Christmas season!

Thanks again to for hosting us and to all our amazing guests this evening.

Cheers!

10/19/2023

It’s that time again! Windy City Whiskey Events is partnering with for the 2nd in our series of Whiskey Wednesday events.

Come on out and join us on the evening of November 1st for some New Mexican faire, a 4 bottle tasting lineup, and some specialty cocktails.

We’ll be exploring Rye Whiskey this time around.

These events are designed for anyone with an interest in whiskey, newcomers especially, as we focus on spirit history, distillery history, and the tasting process as a whole.

Can’t wait to see you!

Ticket link is bio, via EventBrite.

09/16/2023

Excited to announce our partnership with starting this October. We’ll be running a whiskey Wednesday tasting event the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7pm.

Come out and support small businesses. Arrive early and try some terrific local Mexican food, enjoy the 4 bottle tasting in a private event setting, and stick around after for some specialty cocktails. $50/ticket through EventBrite. Limited seating available.

October is the 1st event and we’ll be guiding you through 4 bourbons. We hope to see you there!

Tickets available via:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/717470512617?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/23/2023

Day 3 of WCWE in Tennessee. Spent time at the big names today. and .

The two oldest Tennessee whiskey distilleries and the fastest growing one. The Angels Share tour at JD comes highly recommended also, if you plan to visit Uncle Nearest you should make an entire afternoon out of it. We were on a schedule so we couldn’t enjoy the car show, the live music, or the wonderful smelling bbq, while pulling up a stool at the longest bar in the world (over 500’).

Our Tennessee adventure comes to an end this evening and we’ll be headed back to Chicago tomorrow.

But what a wonderful and eye opening trip!

04/21/2023

Day of WCWE on the Tennessee whiskey trail. I have to say today was as impressive as day one. We hit both and today.

Learned a TON about Tennessee whiskey history today, including the enlightening fact that there were only TWO active whiskey distilleries here until the 2000’s.

was a revelation. The Single Barrel tasting experience made it really hard to choose a favorite but we went with the cask strength 4-grain blend that was a distillery only pick.

Final day tomorrow with 3 more stops!

04/21/2023

Day one of WCWE on the Tennessee whiskey trail. Visits to , , and . Really really surprised at everything we tried today and excited to see the craft whiskey business booming in Tennessee.

isn’t even available in Chicago so had no expectations going in. But was really thrilled with the tour and tasting. Walked out with a bib wheated bourbon.

The Barrel Pick Experience was terrific and as close as you’ll get to the process of picking your own single barrel. Great experience with some great products.

I’d recommend stops at all 3 for anyone coming through Nashville.

03/04/2023

Thank you for having us host your whiskey tasting event this evening. Always a pleasure to spend time with you and your friends. A very educational evening tonight for everyone as we discussed the variations in high/low eyes for both bourbons and rye whiskeys tonight. It felt appropriate to cap the evening with a salute to the bottled in bond act as today is its birthday of March 3rd.

The double oaked and the single barrel rye came off as the hits of the event.

Hope you enjoyed your evening and can’t wait to work with you again.

Cheers!

03/04/2023

Thank you for having us host your whiskey tasting event this evening. Always a pleasure to spend time with you and your friends. A very educational evening tonight for everyone as we discussed the variations in high/low eyes for both bourbons and rye whiskeys tonight. It felt appropriate to cap the evening with a salute to the bottles in bond act as today is its birthday of March 3rd.

The double oaked and the single barrel rye came off as the hits of the event.

Hope you enjoyed your evening and can’t wait to work with you again.

Cheers!

03/04/2023

Thank you for having us host your tasting event this evening. Always a pleasure serving you and your close friends. Had a lot of enjoyment discussing the variations on high/low ryes and bourbons today. Toasting to the bottles in bond act was an appropriate way to send off the evening as well considering marks it’s birthday on March 3rd. Both the double oaked rye and single barrel rye seemed to be the big hits tonight.

We look forward to handling your future events.

Cheers!

01/22/2023

How are you spending your Saturday? What’s your drink of choice on a cold winter day? Might just be that I could recommend something from the far east?

Japanese whiskey is almost entirely 100% barley and very similar to many single malt scotches in back ground and grain flavor.

Personally I’m a huge fan of this from the barrel.

Interested in trying some whiskey that comes from somewhere other than Scotland, Ireland, or Kentucky? Shoot us a dm and we can plan your next tasting event.

01/14/2023

Happy Fryeday everyone!

It’s 2023, so do you know what you’re planning for your significant others birthday party this year? Do you know what you want to do for your bachelor/bachelorette party? Are you tired of your dad only drinking Canadian Club?

What better way to introduce that special someone to the wider world of barrel aged spirits than a tasting event with ?

Here you see a 4 bottle lineup of rye whiskey, americas most presidential of whiskey varieties (George Washington himself was a fan! It’s true!), which you can learn all about when you set up one of tasting event packages.

We customize the event to your tastes, within your budget, and we show up when and where you want us to.

Pair your lineup with a food tasting? Yes!

Give you and your guests some cocktail options at the end? Yes!

When you walk into your average bar or restaurant and see 150 different things behind the bar do you want a better understanding of what else you might enjoy? YES!!!

Shoot us a DM or email us at [email protected] to start your customized event planning today.

11/12/2022

So a little something different for tonight’s event. Four experienced close friends, fans of wanted to explore a variety of single barrel offerings.

has a rather different process as they use two distinct mashbills (grain recipes) in combination with 5 distinct yeasts. Which gives them a total of 10 different product recipes under the same umbrella.

Tonight’s event focused on 2 products from each of the mashbill lines looking to see what stood out, where the proof points impacted flavor, and what the variations were vs the standard single barrel offering available in most stores.

I’d say this was one of the most interesting tastings we’ve done and certainly opened some eyes (and tastebuds) to what can be achieved inside a single range of product.

Many distilleries offer single barrel lines of product. If you’ve found a distillery you particularly enjoy we’d recommend seeing if they offer one.

Thanks for hosting tonight. Hope you enjoyed!

10/30/2022

Thank you Leah and Brad for having Windy City Whiskey Events out to your lovely home to host your tasting event tonight. It was a pleasure to hang with you and your friends and walk your group through this great lineup featuring the small batch, the single barrel rye, the Solera, and the Harmony.

When you first contacted us you asked us to “expand your palates” with our tasting selections for this event and I think we did that for you.

We hope that the first steps into the wider world of whiskey were enjoyable for you tonight after you got to experience Kentucky for the first time this past year.

Cheers to you and yours!

10/08/2022

Thanks to for inviting us to host your custom whiskey tasting event.

It was a great night with a ton of great questions from your guests. The hit of the night (not surprisingly) was the 16yr. A bottle which will very likely be near the top of some “Best Of…” lists for 2022.

The “Original” Old Pepper Old Fashioned was welcomed by most as a nice twist on what they commonly receive when ordering an Old Fashioned at the bar.

Cheers to you and your guests, we hope you enjoyed your evening!

08/30/2022

Austin, Texas was great to us this past week. A trip across the Austin/Waco leg of the Texas whiskey trail took us to , , , , , , and distilleries. 7 stops in 4 days. All in all was an amazing trip and was a revelation as far as American single malts are concerned. The last pic was the 3 bottles I brought home. I’ll be grabbing a couple locally as well from that are available here. If you Havnt sampled the Texas whiskey scene yet I’d recommend broadening your horizons. Great stuff overall.

08/03/2022

Whoa! We have some merch! T-shirts made by the fine folks are now available. Have a few left from our first order. Size M, L, and 2X remaining. DM if you’re interested in repping you’re favorite tasting event company! V-Necks and alternate styles/colors will be available in the future 😍

07/30/2022

I almost always end a dry week with an old fashioned. Don’t know why this particular ritual has stuck. But it has. This time it’s with a rye old fashion picked by and .

And let me tell you it’s hitting the spot. Cheers everyone.

Enjoy your weekend!

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