{"id":3514,"date":"2015-10-14T22:05:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2015-10-14T22:05:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T21:05:49","slug":"a-non-exhaustive-typology-of-people-youll-meet-at-whisky-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/a-non-exhaustive-typology-of-people-youll-meet-at-whisky-events\/","title":{"rendered":"A Non-Exhaustive Typology of People You’ll Meet At Whisky Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those past few weeks proved quite busy in terms of malted celebrations and discoveries. After attending a couple of whisky events, I feel like I need to debrief (exactly like when you meet up with your friends at McDonalds the day after a crazy night-out)<\/em> with you.<\/p>\n

As a keen social observer [I do have a lot of “let’s sit on a bench and stare at people” practice – maybe a French habit\u00a0 ;)]<\/em>, I always find it interesting and highly educative (and kinda funny as well… )<\/em> to watch the diversity of human flows whisky festival can attract. I’m then more than happy to share my findings with you guys through this whisky festival attendees comprehensive classification tool!<\/p>\n

Here we go…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You don’t know how, but they managed to sneak in before the doors open to the public, armed with their famous pen & notebook, all ready for a rich day of whisky geekery! You can’t miss them, they’re undoubtedly passionate, yet discrete, listening to every single detail of brand representatives’ speeches (for whom they even prepared a hundred of technical questions). They’re the ones leaving the event with a huge smile on their face, the same way you’d go back home after a 3-hour long Metallica concert!<\/p>\n

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Brand ambassadors must be familiar with this particular spieces. Self-proclaimed whisky experts who always need to prove the whole world (implying speaking way-too-loudly with theatrical gestures) that THEY know (at least better than you do), THEY’re right, you don’t have a clue<\/em>! Thinking they’re the ultimate reference when it comes to whisky, even arguing with distillery staff… They’re the grown-up version of high-school bullies.<\/p>\n

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They accidentally came accross a sponsored post on Facebook (or were just passing by on their sunday after-lunch walk) and found themselves buying a one-day ticket. Whisky curious often happen to be the most open-minded of all attendees, coming without preconceived ideas and eager to learn – sometimes making them first-class marketing victims for brands – think about those new flavoured whiskies’ target consumers \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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You can’t really blame them for attending whisky events (or for wearing those way-too-large glasses and freshly-barbered bairds…), they actually participated in turning whisky into a trendy beverage – also resulting in the incredible surge of innovative craft distilleries around the globe. They’re mainly here to show off<\/del> try new releases, something “out of the box”, sourcing new tipples for their prohibition-ruin-underground-cocktail-venue…<\/p>\n

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Look for the growing number of live tweeting, Periscope-addicted and Instagram nuts covering their spirited adventures from dawn to dusk, posting hundreds of pics an hour – flooding their social media feeds under seas of (un-chill)<\/del> filtered branded glencairn glasses.<\/p>\n

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Also known as “I-Need-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-My-25688$-VIP-Ticket” kind of guys. You must have already met them many times, running all over the place at whisky events from booth to booth – always carrying those empty miniature bottles – they’re always in the rush and don’t have enough time for dramlaxing session – Hey, whisky Festivals are serious business! You’ll definitely don’t find them chilling at the cocktail bar…<\/p>\n

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