Dates – June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Monsters of Peat is our celebration of independent bottlers and Islay whisky. Over the four days we’ll be hosting 10 tastings with the opportunity to sample over 60 incredible whiskies from the island that Scotland’s peatiest whiskies call home.
Here’s the schedule! Tastings in bold are headliner slots and therefor reflect a higher bottle budget:
Thursday 3rd:
7pm - Douglas Laing
Friday 4th:
4pm - “Secret set”
6pm - Càrn Mòr
8pm - Murray McDavid
Saturday 5th:
4pm - Gordon & MacPhail
6pm - Elements of Islay Charity Tasting
8pm - Boutique-y Whisky Company
Sunday 6th:
4pm - Elixir Distillers Charity Tasting
6pm - Cadenheads
8pm - Port Askaig Charity Tasting
Ticket Availability
Tickets will be available from our website www.thedusties.com To give everyone a fair chance to buy tickets and to best help us sell out events we’ll be staggering the tickets in the following order.
April 3rd @1pm
Friday Ticket - All events on Friday - £135
SOLD OUT
Saturday Ticket - All events on Saturday - £135
Sunday Ticket - All events on Sunday - £135
April 4th @1pm
Single tasting ticket - £45
Single headliner ticket - £55
All prices are inclusive of P&P. Drams will be in multiples of 20ml. All tickets have a purchasing limit of 2 per person.
As you can tell this is a big step up from our regular tasting events and there are a lot of moving parts, I intend to get all sample packs out at the beginning of May, those that are within a sensible drive of Bristol will be dropped off in person, those further afield will be sent via courier. All packaging will be fully recyclable. Zoom links for tastings will be emailed out but also posted onto The Dusties Facebook group on the day.
The Whisky
Here are the lineups, these are not the drinking order and may be subject to small changes stock dependant.
Douglas Laing - Thursday 3rd, 7pm
Ardbeg 25yr, XOP Platinum, 1992
Laphroaig 18yr, Old Particular, 2002
Port Ellen 32yr, XOP, 1982
Bowmore 21yr, XOP, 1997
Caol Ila 15yr, Unpeated, Old Particular, 2005
Bunnahabhain 30yr, XOP 1989
Bruichladdich, 15yr, Old Particular, 2005
"Secret Set" - Friday 4th, 4pm
It's a secret!
Carn Mor - Friday 4th, 6pm
Mactalla 15yr, Cask Strength
Caol Ila 8yr, 2012 Oloroso Cask
Williamson 10yr, 2010 Oloroso Cask
Bunnahabhain 16yr, Celebration of the Cask, 2004
Bowmore 23yr, Celebration of the Cask, Hogshead
Bowmore 26yr, Chairman's Legacy, Bourbon Barrel
Murray McDavid - Friday 4th, 8pm
• Bowmore 1989, 26yr - Latour
• Bowmore 2001, 15yr - Port
• Caol Ila 2014, 6yr - Cognac
• Cult of Islay 1988, 32yr - Oloroso
• Loch Ile 1996, 19yr - Madeira
• Peatside 2014, 6yr - PX
• Peatside 2011, 7yr - PX
Gordon & MacPhail - Saturday 5th, 4pm
Bunnahabhain 10yr, Discovery
Caol Ila 12yr, 2002 Cask Strength
Caol Ila 15yr, 1990 Vintage Rum Finish
Bruichladdich, 21yr, 1994 Cask Strength
Jura, 28yr, 1992, Connoisseur's Choice
Ardbeg, 28yr, 1975, Connoisseur's Choice
Elements of Islay, Charity Tasting - Saturday 5th, 6pm
Lp12
Lg11
Peat Full Proof
Bn8
Cl12
Bw8
Boutique-y Whisky Company - Saturday 5th, 8pm
Elixir Distillers, Charity Tasting - Sunday 6th, 4pm
Peat Pure Islay
Peat & Sherry, TWE Edition
Port Askaig 8yr
Port Askaig 12yr, Autumn Edition
Caol Ila 11yr, Single Malts of Scotland, Single Cask
Islay Violets, 33yr
Cadenheads - Sunday 6th, 6pm
Bunnahabhain 7yr,
Islay 9yr, (Lagavulin)
Caol Ila 12yr
Laphroaig 17yr,1998, Single Bourbon Hogshead
Bunnahabhain 22yr, 1994, Single Bourbon Hogshead
Ardbeg 26yr, 1995, Single Cask
Port Askaig - Sunday 6th, 8pm
100* Proof
14yr
2008 Germany Exclusive
12yr, Spring Edition
28yr
45yr
Holy Moly! I hope you're all as excited as me! Also don't forget to pick up a festival shirt from our Etsy store! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/965535066/the-dusties-monsters-of-peat-t-shirt?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1&crt=1