Whisky Mentor

Whistle Pig Tasting
2023-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd #3, Canterbury, CT, 06331, United States
This Saturday, we are letting the pigs run hog wild. Three of our single barrel picks of Whistle Pig, the 6 yr Piggyback Rye, the 10 yr Whistle Pig and the 12 yr VDN cask Old World and the Piggyback Bourbon are available for tasting. If you’re a bourbon fan, I think you”ll really enjoy our Piggyback rye with all the caramel butterscotch notes. If you’re a rye fan, you need to check out the rye forward Piggyback bourbon. If you’re a WP fan you’re gonna love all of them. Either way, don’t be a skeptic and stop in for a taste and experience for yourself.

Whiskey Tasting - Double Barreled Maple Finished Bourbon this Saturday
2023-04-29 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd # 3, Canterbury, Connecticut, 06331
Taconic Distillery QS01 Maple Torrone

Kyro Distillery - Meet the Maker
2023-04-14 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd #3, Canterbury, CT, 06331, United States
Kyrö Distillery began with five Finnish friends drinking American rye whisky in a sauna. As rye bread is the national food in Finland, these friends wondered why nobody was making Finnish rye whisky. Surprisingly, the idea of starting their own distillery still seemed like a good idea the following morning, and from there, the journey of Kyrö began.

Today Kyrö Distillery has grown from a wild dream in a sauna to a craft powerhouse with skill and capacity — and pretty good spirits, always made from 100% Finnish rye. It all started with rye whisky in the sauna, and Finish rye remains at the very core of Kyrö Distillery. Rye may be the hardest grain to distill due to its temperament, but Kyrö still only uses Finnish wholegrain rye in its products — be it whisky, gin, or liqueur.Jouni Ritola is one of the five friends who founded Kyrö Distillery and its current CEO. Founded in 2013, Kyrö has grown into a strong lifestyle brand in its home turf of Scandinavia and is getting increasingly popular in Central Europe and the USA. Jouni is also one of the five courageous men running in the rye field in their famous Kyrö Distillery ad campaign.

It is our true pleasure to have him visit us here in the United States.

Wine Tasting
2023-04-08 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd # 3, Canterbury, Connecticut, 06331
Join us for an eclectic selection of wines for your holiday dinners.

Kilchoman Single Cask Tasting with James Wills
2023-03-24 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd #3, Canterbury, CT, 06331, United States
Taste our amazing single cask from Kilchoman, a 10 yr ex-bourbon that is to die for and get your bottled signed.

James Wills, son of Kilchoman Founder Anthony Wills has been involved in the distillery from its infancy and claims to have done every single job in the distillery since in establishment in 2005 – from polishing the stills when they first arrived to bottling the first malt by hand (with tea pot!), James knows the distillery’s every nook and cranny.

Having worked in the drinks industry in London for four years after university James returned fulltime to the family business in January 2020. He, his father and brother now form the Kilchoman Sales and Marketing team with James concentrating particularly on the US market where Kilchoman has grown enormously in popularity since its first launch in 2010 and is quickly developing a cult status with Scotch whisky drinkers.

Clonakilty Irish Whiskey Single Casks Tasting with co-founder Padraic Coll
2023-03-04 12:00 - 14:00 (Asia/Hong_Kong) | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd #3, Canterbury, CT, 06331, United States
A vertical tasting of our single casks from Clonakilty

Join us on March 4th from 12 pm to 2 pm for a meet and greet with Padraic and find out why we are wild about the flavor of Irish Whiskey from Clonakilty. If you didn’t like Irish Whiskey before you are going to love it after tasting our barrel picks.

Unicorn Whiskies Charity Event (Project Interrupted)
2022-12-10 13:15 - 15:00 UTC | Canterbury Liquors, 180 Westminster Rd #3, Canterbury, CT, 06331, United States
Unicorn Whiskies Charity Event (Project Interrupted)

This is a fund raiser for our local charities that have not been able to benefit from our Annual Unicorn Whiskey Event that was interrupted and been postponed to Feb 18, 2023, pending some legal issues.

In this season of giving, we would like to, with your generosity, be able to contribute to their cause.This is how it will work. On Dec 10th, we will be hosting a whiskey tasting of some of our single barrel picks. All attendees will receive a free ticket when they check in.

We will be releasing at least 50 bottles of allocated whiskies to be sold at regular retail plus a $25 Project Interrupted fee (non-taxable) which will be collected and 100% donated to our local Volunteer Fire Dept and Canterbury Library. The Canterbury Schools will be the benefactor in our February event next year.

Bottles to be released will include MidWinter Night’s Dram, Elijah Craig 18, Larceny Barrel Proof, Buffalo Trace Wheat, Rye and Straight Rye, Weller 107, Weller 12, Weller Single Barrel, Blantons, EH Taylor Small Batch, Henry McKenna, Stagg Jr, ECBP, Blood Oath Pact 8, Elmer T, Rock Hill Farms, Heaven’s Door Bootleg, Boss Hog 9, Garrisons Cowboy, Remus Gatsby, Remus Repeal 6, Blue Note 17,Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend, etcDue to local laws around open tasting bottles, we can only have 4 open bottles at a tasting. We have scheduled two separate tastings to be compliant.

Event Schedule1:15 pm to 1:45 pm Whiskey Tasting 1Hillrock QS02 SerendipityOld Elk QS03 Holy CanoliDouglas Laing Caol Ila 12 QS02 Smoking GunCompass Box QS01 Our Daily Dram

2 pm to 2:30 pm Whiskey Tasting 2Virginia Single Malt QS01 Breakfast MaltCopper and Cask QS02 Carribean JauntLone Elm QS01 The PreludeStarlight Rye QS05 Turkish Delight2:30 to 3 pmAllocated bottles will be made available for sale. Details will be provided the day of the event.
