Next Wednesday, March 27, is International Whisk(e)y Day
There’s a day for everything, but not all of them are this good. Founded in 2009 in honor of the famed British whiskey writer Michael Jackson, International Whisk(e)y Day is celebrated on Jackson’s birthday. The name is used with the parentheses in support of both Scottish, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies, which don’t use the “e,” and Irish and American whiskeys, which do.
Here are a few of our favorite spots in town for a glass:
- Anvil + Ax cocktail bar in the Hotel Morgan, 127 High Street
- Bacon, Bourbon & Beer gastropub, 368 Suncrest Towne Centre Drive
- Bourbon Prime in the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place, Two Waterfront Place
- Escobar’s craft cocktail and fine dining bar, 471 Chestnut Street downtown
- The Wine Bar at Vintner Valley restaurant and wine bar, 510 Burroughs Street
If you’ve never quite found your taste for whiskey, there’s a locally enhanced whiskey that might be just the thing for you next Wednesday. Mountain State Spirits of nearby Harrison County uses Old World techniques to infuse single-barrel bourbon—bourbon is a subset of whiskey—in small batches with fruit or nuts and sweeten it with local honey or syrup. The result is an award-winning and very sippable cordial known as a bourbon ratafia, in four varieties: Cherry Bounce, Hazelnut Honey, Honey Pear, and Walnut Maple. You can find it at Ashebrooke Liquor Outlet. That’s also a great place to find West Virginia distillations from places like Devil’s Due and Smooth Ambler.
Not into a mid-week drink? No worries—just wait a couple months. The completely separate World Whisky Day falls on the third Saturday of May every year, May 18 this year.
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