Founders Price - Chicago Winter Whiskey Tasting Festival - Jan 23

Calling all whiskey lovers and flavor chasers… Chicago’s winter warm-up returns! Sip, savor, and explore 20+ whiskies at the only Whiskey Tasting Festival of the season. Discover new favorites, meet whiskey pros, enjoy DJ vibes, and connect with fellow whiskey fans over a dram (or twenty).
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🍀 What Your Ticket Includes👑

🥃 1–3.5 hours of tasting depending on your arrival time
🥃 Taste 20+ whiskies from craft, small-batch, and world-class distillers
🎧 Live DJ to keep the tasting vibes flowing
🍽️ Food &/or drink specials available for purchase
🤝 Whiskey ambassadors on-site to guide you through each pour
🎟️ Giveaways for future tastings (thousands in prizes)
🙏 Sip for a cause extra tasting cups support Bear Necessities (100% to pediatric cancer research)

✨ Access to top-shelf bottles (VIP only)
✨ VIP small bites buffet
✨ Extra tasting cups
✨ Early entry = no lines + more time with ambassadors

📱 Text-to-Support Help Desk — your wristband includes a number to reach our team instantly
🎁 $100+ in After-Event Perks delivered straight to your inbox
💳 Miss the event? No worries. Receive a credit valid for 1 year (no cash refunds)

🕒 Choose Your Check-In Time

3.5 hours • 20 cups • top-shelf pours • small bite buffet 2:30–4:00PM

3 hours • 20 cups • top-shelf pours • small bite buffet 3:00–4:00PM

2 hours • 12 cups

1.5 hours • 12 cups

1 hour • 5 cups

📍 Check-In Location
King’s
1500 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL

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The lineup for this event is confirmed closer to the date. Here is who has poured at a Social Scene tasting before, so you know the kind of room you are walking into.
** = VIP top-shelf bottles

Alexander James

• Barrel Proof Bourbon**
• Barrel Proof Rye**
• Straight Bourbon
• Straight Rye
  

Blaum Brothers

• Red Dawn Bourbon**
• Bourbon
• Rye
• Wheat Whiskey
  

Cedar Ridge Distillery

• The QuintEssential Special Release - Wine Club, First Meeting**
• The QuintEssential Special Release - Number Five**
• Cedar Ridge Original 86 Straight Bourbon
• Cedar Ridge Bottled in Bond Bourbon
• Cedar Ridge Barrel Proof Bourbon
• Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Bourbon
• The QuintEssential Solera Edition - American Single Malt

Infinium Spirits

• Templeton 10yr Rye Single Barrel **
• Templeton Straight Rye
• Templeton 6yr Rye
• Templeton Midnight Rye
• Templeton Bourbon

La Crosse Distilling Company

• Buck Dancer Cask Strength Port Finish**
• Fieldnotes Light Whiskey
• Fieldnotes 5 Year Maple Finish Light Whiskey
• Downtown Toodeloo Rock and Rye Whiskey
• Heady Bella Coffee Whiskey
• Robber's Rye Whiskey
• Buck Dancer 95 proof
• Buck Dancer cask strength
  

Patriarch XO

• Patriarch XO- 100 Proof 4 Yr Legacy Crafted Wheated Bourbon

Remy Cointreau

• Westland Garryana Edition 10/1 Native Oak Series 2025**
• Westland Watchpost American Blended Whiskey 700mL
• Westland American Single Malt Whiskey 700 ml
• Westland Wine Cask Finish American Single Malt Whiskey 700mL
• Westland Beer Cask Finish American Single Malt Whiskey 700mL

Renard Blended Whiskey

• Renard Blended Whiskey

Stoller Imports

• Adictivo Small Batch Whiskey**
• Adictivo Extra Anejo**
• Adictivo Small Batch**
• Cava de Oro Extra Anejo**
  
• Bandidto de Amores
• Plata
• Reposado
• Anejo
• Cristalino
• Extra Anejo
  
• Adictivo
  Plata
  Reposado
  Anejo
  
• Cava de Oro
  Plata
  Reposado
  Anejo
  Rose Gold

Featured Cocktails + Partners

Gardenista Cocktails - Gardenista Vodka Cocktail, Gardenista Bourbon Cocktail, Gardenista Tequila Cocktail

Hunch Punch - Passion Tequila, Incredible Tequila, 2148 Cognac /Whiskey. Shmackin White Cognac/Whiskey, Shmackin Cognac/Whiskey, Good Drank Vodka

PRP Wine International - WHITE: 2023 DUCA D’AMALFI(ITALY/ PINOT BIANCO BLEND)

RED: 2023 CHEVALIER DE BAYARD/FRANCE/ GRENACHE BLEND)

Chiro One Wellness Centers

Renewal by Andersen

Event venue & nearby stays

King's, 1500 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, United States

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