A study tour has been proposed to be coordinated by Spirits and Cocktails Australia. The study tour will attend the DISCUS 50th Anniversary Conference in Chicago on 14-15 June 2023. DISCUS have proposed attending the conference and establishing distributor and trade show event to coordinate up to 12 producers who have capacity to, or who are interested in finding out more information to sell into the US market. This will be followed a visits to various craft and large American whisky and spirit producers. The schedule will also visit cooperages and the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits at the University of Kentucky.

Expressions of Interest will be requested from Members with an approximate cost of $10,000 plus airfares. Participants may be able to qualify for EMDG grants to subsidise the cost. Members wishing to express an interest, should email our team via the link below and include the subject “JUNE USA DELEGATION”

EOI for DISCUS CONFERENCE