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Festival whisky releases

Several whisky festivals have their own bottlings. The best known is Fèis Ìle, the Islay Festival of Music and Malt, held each year at the end of May. Each Islay distillery has an open day during the festival and most release a festival bottling for it, usually in small numbers and often sold first at the distillery. The Campbeltown Malts Festival and the Spirit of Speyside festival have their own editions too, and some independent bottlers mark the festivals with releases of their own.

Festival bottlings tend to sell out at the distillery within days, so most reach UK retailers later and at higher prices. The bottles below are the festival releases we can currently price. We find them by name, so a festival bottling whose label doesn’t mention the festival won’t appear here.

27 bottles in stock, with the best current price from the UK retailers we check.

Questions

What is the cheapest festival whisky release?
The cheapest festival whisky release is Big Peat Feis Ile 2026 Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (70cl), at £55.00 from Master of Malt. That is £59.95 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025 Single Malt Scotch 9 year old Whisky (£64.95) and Elements Of Islay Feis Ile 2025 - Campfire Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (£73.50).
How much do festival whisky releases cost?
Festival whisky releases cost from £55.00 to £14,995.00, with a median of £350.00 for a full-size bottle. The dearest is Port Ellen 1981 Islay Festival 2008 Limited Edition Single Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl.
What is the oldest festival whisky release you can buy?
Port Ellen 1981 Islay Festival 2008 Limited Edition Single Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl, at 27 years old, from £14,995.00.
What is a festival release?
A bottling made for a whisky festival, usually in small numbers and often sold only at the distillery. Bowmore’s Fèis Ìle 2026 release, for example, was a single cask sold only at its open day and described as never to be repeated.
When is Fèis Ìle, the Islay festival?
Every year in late May. The 40th Fèis Ìle, in 2026, ran from Friday 22 May to Sunday 31 May, with distillery open days during the week; Bowmore’s was on Wednesday 27 May.
What is the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival?
A festival held across Speyside around the start of May, first launched in 1999, with over 700 whisky events over six days. The 2027 festival runs from 28 April to 3 May.