- Everybody’s favourite celebration of the Old Fashioned cocktail returns nationwide, from November 1st to November 30th, 2024.
- Premium Kentucky distiller Woodford Reserve is shouting drinkers their first round. All you have to do is sign up at the brand’s online Old Fashioned Week portal.
- 50 of Australia’s best bars & restaurants are taking part this year, with participating venues in QLD, NSW, VIC, SA and WA.
After 2023’s warmly received programme of “Old Fashioned Week” activations — involving dozens of venues all across Australia — the eponymous festival is returning for yet another year, backed by premium bourbon distiller Woodford Reserve.
Slated to run all month long, beginning on November 1st, Old Fashioned Week will once again be tapping some of the finest whisky bars in the country. Cue a fortnight’s worth of bespoke cocktails, mixology masterclasses, bartender takeovers and specialty food menus — so, business as usual.
To celebrate this exciting occasion — and throw some gasoline on the fire of the holiday season — Woodford Reserve announced earlier today that it will be giving away complimentary Old Fashioneds (the total number of which remains undisclosed) until stocks run out.
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To claim their complimentary cocktail, drinkers Australia-wide simply need to head over to the thematic Old Fashioned Week website and fill in their personal details. Simple as that.
FOC sharpeners aside, Old Fashioned Week 2024 builds upon the groundwork of last year’s “international bar swap”; with the arrival of guest mixologists this time around from Locale Firenze (#46 on this year’s list of ‘The World’s 50 Best Bars’).
The purveyor of minimalist Italian cocktails will be setting up shop in Melbourne, from November 12th — November 14th, at Chris Lucas’s centrally located and award-winning fine diner, Society.
Elsewhere, other notable venues partaking in this year’s Old Fashioned Week festivities include Sydney’s Tokyo Bird, Savile Row in Brisbane, and Bank Street Social in Adelaide.
To view the full roster of 50 venues, and claim your voucher for a complimentary Old Fashioned, remember to head on over to the Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week site below.
