The Dram Good Whisky Festival will return to Arbikie Highland Distillery in Lunan, Montrose, on Saturday, June 6, for a two-session event featuring 11 Scottish and international whisky producers. Building on its 2025 debut, the festival will showcase a curated lineup of iconic, experimental, and sustainable distilleries at the Arbikie Distillery Experience venue.
The event will run across two sessions. The first takes place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and the second from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tickets are priced at $50 (£40) each, with only 150 available per session. A shuttle bus service from Montrose train station will operate for attendees, though seats are limited and must be booked online.
The confirmed exhibitor list includes several well-known scotch whisky names alongside newer and more unconventional producers. Arbikie Highland Distillery, Fettercairn Distillery, Glencadam Distillery, Kingsbarns Distillery, Nc’nean Distillery, GlenAllachie Distillery, Glenturret Distillery, and Inchdairnie Distillery will all be present.
The lineup also features Bivrost Whisky, a Nordic producer based in Norway, and Blind Summit Whisky, an independent operation. The mix of heritage distilleries and contemporary brands reflects the festival’s stated ambition to spotlight “the iconic, the experimental, the sustainable, the contemporary and the ancient.”
Arbikie Highland Distillery, the host venue, is located on the Angus coastline and is known for its field-to-bottle approach. The distillery grows its own raw ingredients on its 2,000-acre farm and produces whisky, gin, and vodka. It gained international attention for creating Nàdar, billed as the world’s first climate-positive spirit.
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Nc’Nean Distillery, based on the Morvern Peninsula, is another sustainability-focused exhibitor. It became the first Scotch whisky distillery to achieve net-zero emissions and uses 100% recycled glass bottles.
Glenturret Distillery, meanwhile, holds the distinction of being Scotland’s oldest working distillery, with origins dating to 1763.
Tickets can be purchased at dramgoodwhiskyfestival.com. The festival can be found on social media under @dramgoodfestival.
