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Houston Whiskey Festival

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Channel: TheHoustonFactor · 2015 · Education

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It doesn't take much to get people on the dance floor with Scott Gertner singing especially if everyone has been sampling whiskey all night.

Malika Bradley says, "I think it's my very first time here and some of the vendors have been wonderful and the whiskey is delightful."

For the second year in a row the Houston Whiskey Festival was held in town and as you can see the attendance has more than doubled since last year.  

Thousands of people packed into the Bayou City Event Center to sample as many whiskey's as they could hold.  For the city this is not just about drinking.

City Controller Ronald Green says, "when you get individuals and they come out obviously sales taxes are a great thing but the fact that Houston is a good place to have a festival of this kind it bodes well for us all across the country."

That's exactly what this festival did. It attracted whiskey makers from all over the country.  It gave them a chance to show off the product.  And in 2015 even Vodka makers wanted in on the action.

Vincent Milson with RWB Vodka says, "a lot of the retailers like to see brands do events like this. It let's them know we're out there in the market working. It makes them want to pick us up and add them to some of their stores." 

While it was a festival about whiskey there were constant reminders all night to be careful behind the wheel and find alternate ways of getting home...and there was plenty of water to keep the participants from going over the edge.

The event was hosted by Original Houston Texan and sportscaster Chester Pitts and Chita Johnson of KHOU TV.

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