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World Whisky Day

The official World Whisky Day site spells the event “Whisky” and gives Saturday 16 May 2026 under its third-Saturday-in-May rule.

Date / rule16 May 2026; third Saturday in May
ScopeWorld Whisky Day / organizer-led global celebration
VerificationFirst Party Organizer Current Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is World Whisky Day?

The official World Whisky Day site spells the event “Whisky” and gives Saturday 16 May 2026 under its third-Saturday-in-May rule.

Date and recurrence

16 May 2026; third Saturday in May

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is World Whisky Day / organizer-led global celebration. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

World Whiskey Day

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Age Restricted Topic Boundary.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. World Whisky Day — When is World Whisky Day?First Party Event
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is World Whisky Day?

16 May 2026; third Saturday in May The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 16 May 2026; third Saturday in May.

Does World Whisky Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is World Whisky Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: World Whisky Day / organizer-led global celebration. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes World Whisky Day?

The stored designation basis is: The official World Whisky Day site spells the event “Whisky” and gives Saturday 16 May 2026 under its third-Saturday-in-May rule.. Supporting provenance includes World Whisky Day — When is World Whisky Day?. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is World Whisky Day international or country-specific?

The record has international or global institutional scope: World Whisky Day / organizer-led global celebration. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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