Clackmannanshire's Whisky Festival 2027
After a packed out 5th year in 2026, Clackmannanshire’s Whisky Festival returns on Saturday 15th May 2027 at Alloa Town Hall, Clackmannanshire and will be delivered through our unique three-strand focus on Whisky, Heritage, and Wellbeing. Our whisky strand celebrates Scotland’s national drink and the variety of flavours from the distinct producing regions, explored with the help of more than 40 exhibitors from across the country.
Clackmannanshire's Heritage
Clackmannanshire has a very unique and extremely interesting history of whisky production. Our heritage strand tells a story of a journey that started in 1720s with the founding of Kennetpans Distillery by the highly-regarded Stein family.
Nearby Alloa, the location of the festival venue, is also the town of birth of industry-giant John Jameson, founder of the world’s best-selling Irish whiskey brand, Jameson. His final resting place is less than a 10-minute walk from Alloa Town Hall, the festival venue .
More recently, Carsebridge and Cambus distilleries were leading producers of single grain whisky, the type of whisky produced in the Clackmannanshire area, until the closures in 1983 & 1993 respectively.
Whisky Development
Clackmannanshire continues to be a global centre for whisky heritage and development with Diageo, one of the area’s major employers, having its European Technical Centre and Whisky Archive in the town of Menstrie, its Scottish cooperage operations at Cambus village and warehouse facilities at neighbouring Blackgrange, incidentally the largest warehouse complex in Europe with more than three-million casks held in bond.
What to Expect
When you arrive at the venue, you will be presented with your complimentary branded Glencairn Glass and glass holder lanyard. You are now ready to begin your unique Clackmannanshire’s Whisky Festival journey…
- Sample from hundred of whiskies from around Scotland and beyond (no extra cost).
- Hear directly from the distilleries and bottlers about their unique whiskies and the stories behind them
- View and participate in our live Coopering demonstration delivered by the skillful team at Cambus, (DIAGEO)
- Experience some of Scotland’s key whisky heritage from the early 1700’s
- Grab a drink from the fully stocked bar
- Purchase your favourite bottlings through our onsite retailer, Woodwinters Wines & Whiskies
Sessions
- Session 1 – 12:00 – 15:30
- Session 2 – 16:30 – 20:00
CWF Charity Partner
At the heart of Clackmannanshire’s Whisky Festival is our charity partner, My Name’s Doddie Foundation. Using the event platform, the organising team, partners, sponsors OI-Glass, and exhibitors all help in the event’s efforts to promote the work of this fantastic organisation. By attending the festival, attendees are also helping raise awareness and giving support to this vital work.
Tickets for Clackmannanshire’s Whisky Festival 2027 are on sale now
We look forward to seeing you there!
