Event Name: The Whiskey Smash
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: West Overton Village
Address: 109 West Overton Road, Scottdale, PA, 15683
Admission: $70 General Admission, $120 VIP Admission
The Whiskey Smash
The Whiskey Smash is back and bigger than ever! This annual celebration of Pennsylvania rye whiskey welcomes distilleries from across the state to West Overton Village. Sixteen Pennsylvania distilleries will be set up in the Museum, the former 1859 distillery building at West Overton, and will be providing samples, sharing knowledge about their brands, and selling products.
This year’s distilleries include Big Spring Spirits, Burgess & Burgess Distillery, Crooked Creek Distillery, Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, Grumpy Goat Distillery, Iron City Distilling, Liberty Pole Spirits, Lucky Sign Spirits, McLaughlin Distillery, Park Family Farms Distillery, Ponfeigh Distillery, Red Pump Spirits, Rusty Musket Distilling Co., Stoll & Wolfe Distillery, Tall Pines Distillery, and West Overton Distilling. With sixteen participating distilleries, this is the largest Whiskey Smash at West Overton Village to date.
Along with the whiskey, attendees can enjoy a meal from Mission BBQ, the signature Whiskey Smash cocktail, and live music. Also enter for a chance to win a collection of whiskeys from participating distilleries.
This year, the Whiskey Smash will expand to include the new James B. Beam Pennsylvania Whiskey Heritage Center, a fully renovated and redesigned floor of the Museum at West Overton Village that honors the past, present and future of Pennsylvania whiskey. Browse the largest publicly accessible collection of Pennsylvania whiskey artifacts in the Sam Komlenic Gallery, which includes 270+ historic whiskey bottles. Enjoy a cocktail in the Overholt Stateroom, the vintage-inspired lounge that pays homage to the origins of Overholt™ whiskey at West Overton.
Overholt™ is recognized by whiskey historians as the longest standing American whiskey brand with an unbroken chain of ownership, production and sale since Abraham Overholt began distilling at West Overton in 1810. While the brand is produced today by James B. Beam Distilling Co. in Clermont, Kentucky, West Overton is proud to be the “spiritual home” of Overholt™.
The Whiskey Smash benefits the nonprofit mission of West Overton Village. Our historic site, museum, and educational distillery invite visitors to discover the heritage of whiskey production at West Overton and across Pennsylvania.
Tickets are on sale now through West Overton Village’s website: https://www.westovertonvillage.org/events/whiskey-smash-2024
Two ticket options are available:
General Admission - $70, includes 2 drink tickets (cocktails, beer, and wine; cash bar also available) and unlimited samples, along with a commemorative rocks glass featuring a historic whiskey label.
VIP Admission - $120, includes unlimited drinks and samples, VIP hour from 5 - 6 p.m., along with a commemorative rocks glass and tasting glass both featuring a historic whiskey label.
This event is for persons 21 years of age or older, valid ID required.
Contact:
Pam Curtin
Director of Visitor Engagement
West Overton Village & Museum
724-887-7910 ext.102
109 W. Overton Rd., PO Box 3, Scottdale PA 15683
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About West Overton Village and Museum:
West Overton is a historic village that grew and industrialized around a whiskey distillery. Beginning as a family farm in 1803, the community boasted 50 buildings, including a general store, school, and post office by 1870. 250 people lived in West Overton and worked for the Overholt company's distillery, grist mill, coal mine, farm, and other businesses. West Overton native Henry Clay Frick left his fortune to his daughter, Helen Clay Frick, who purchased the property in 1922 as a way to memorialize her father.
Today, West Overton Village is a nonprofit organization that preserves 19 historic buildings across 40 acres and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is a rare surviving example of a rural industrial community. Visitors can tour the Overholt Homestead, the museum, as well as an educational distillery in which West Overton Village produces its own Monongahela rye whiskey for the first time since Prohibition. For more information, please visit https://www.westovertonvillage.org
