News | News | Mar 21, 2024
STATELINE, Nev. – Team Whiskey Liquors® is holding an outdoor sports film festival with whiskey on March 30 inside the Tahoe Blue Event Center.
The family-friendly event starts at noon and runs until 9 p.m.
“Prepare for a family-oriented thrill with Team Whiskey at the most significant whiskey and outdoor sports gathering globally, a venue where aficionados of whiskey, bourbon, and outdoor activities converge for distinct flavors, gastronomy, and perennial entertainment,” as stated in the virtual event specifics. “Navigate through the spectrum of whiskeys while also indulging in your preferred ones, with limitless sampling opportunities on Whiskey Row complemented by an unlimited array of paired delicacies.”
The Team Whiskey extravaganza denotes a single-entry cost encompassing archery training, rifle tutelage, fishing instructions, simulations of kayaking, mechanical bull riding activity, climbing wall facility, a bouncy house for children, face painting corner, line dance instructions, performances by a DJ and country rock tunes from The North 40 Band.
Also, an exhibition area featuring novel boats, kayaks, skis, boots, outdoor apparel, gears, and other such accessories are to be displayed.
“For those who find pleasure in outdoor sports and are fond of whiskey, we’re heading towards a novel concept,” declared Ken Burrows, a business collaborator at Team Whiskey Liquors. “And, I believe it’s highly promising.”
Outdoor sports films will be featured. We are currently accepting submissions of hunting, fishing, kayaking, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, surfing, skydiving, and all forms of outdoor sports.
To submit your 10-minute film, please visit https://www.teamwhiskeyliquors.com/filmfestival.
Seven winners will be chosen at the event. The grand prize includes $1,000, a trophy, and 10 VIP passes to the event. Each of the six finalists will receive $200, a trophy, and five VIP event passes.
Admission fees: children 12 and under are free. Admission is $10 for teens (13-18 years), which includes access to exhibits and activities; sports fan tickets are $20, which allows for access to exhibits and activities; and whiskey and sports fan tickets are $49, which includes unlimited whiskey row samples and food pairings, a commemorative glass, a swag bag, and access to exhibits and activities.
There is also a Team Whiskey VIP private seat option for $64. It includes private seating with tables and chairs, personalized smoked whiskey drinks, unlimited whiskey row samples and food pairings, a commemorative glass, a swag bag, and access to exhibits and activities.
Festival food will be available for purchase.
Ten percent of The Sportsmen’s Whiskey, Team Whiskey apparel and ticket sales go to Team Whiskey Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. There will also be a bucket for donations.
“Our ultimate goal is to make this a national foundation,” Stang said. “There are areas where people do not have foundations.”
Team Whiskey Cancer Foundation strives to offer aid.
“Our own family’s encounter has led us to understand how immensely beneficial local cancer support groups can be, both emotionally and financially,” states the Team Whiskey Liquors website. “As a result, a percentage of every purchase is donated to Mary’s Team Whiskey Cancer Foundation. Your support enables us to assist families during their hours of need. Thank you.”
“When a family member falls ill, there’s a likely loss of income,” expressed Stang. “We step in to shoulder a bill of theirs, paying it off — be it rent or a cell phone bill. We make the payment directly to the service provider.”
Thus far, Team Whiskey has managed to accumulate $35,000 for Give Hope Reno, $22,000 for Giving Hope Cancer Baskets, and $6,000 for Moms on the Run.
At least 2,000 people are expected to attend.
There are currently 12 local and national whiskey companies participating in the Bonanza. Burger Me is donating bison and elk sliders. Furthermore, Beach Retreat and Lodge is contributing food pairings.
Beach Retreat and Lodge is also providing discounts on rooms with the use of a special code TEAM.
The other generous sponsors include Edgewood Tahoe, Mortgages for America, and Bone Maniacs.
In October 2017, the Team Whiskey concept started when Kevin Stang, Team Whiskey founder and Team Whiskey Liquors co-owner, was at Wrights Lake hunting during inclement weather.
Stang and his friends stopped hunting to warm up by the fire and drink whiskey.
The next day they joked about their intake and called themselves Team Whiskey.
“We thought it was kind of funny,” Stang said.
In March 2018, the spouse of Stang, Dr. Mary Glass-Stang, received a diagnosis of stage 3 metastatic ovarian cancer. A hospital stay of three weeks was necessary.
Team-Whiskey.com reports that, following the procedure undergone by Glass-Stang, the assistance of a physiotherapist was required for her to walk. However, scheduling issues arose.
The site states that the physical therapy was not enabling her to walk and if she was receiving care from a doctor or nurse, they would simply leave. “They failed to provide us with a walker, so we sought for one in an unoccupied room and took it back to her room,” it related.
Eventually, Glass-Stang was informed, “Your walks will be supervised by ‘Team Whiskey’ physical therapy.”
And Team Whiskey did.
At the end, Stang, their son Justin, and friends were wearing their Team Whiskey shirts.
Even the doctors and nurses who weren’t taking care of Mary would ask, “Hey, how’s Team Whiskey doing today?” Stang said. “It was bonding people together.”
Stang said it didn’t stop there.
“Patients would yell out, ‘Hey, how’s Team Whiskey?’ ” Stang said.
On the last day, Glass-Stang did 20 laps around the oncology floor.
“Through all doom and gloom Team Whiskey helped,” Stang said.
The slogan became, Team Whiskey, we endure.
“The positive reaction from nurses and doctors towards Team Whiskey was so overwhelmingly positive that it was clear it could bring people together,” according to the website.
Back in 2019, Stang and his son initiated Team Whiskey, a business dealing in apparel. This family-owned and managed business is proudly American.
By February 2023, Stang and Burrows began the bottling process for The Sportsmen’s Whiskey.
The mash composition is 75% corn, 21% rye, and finally, 4% of malted barley.
“Aged 5 years, non-chill filtered, and at 93 proof our bourbon gives you the complex taste profile from the spice of the rye on the front end to the smooth caramel corn flavor on the back end that makes you want to have another sip,” according to teamwhiskeyliquors.com/
The first batch they bottled was 1,200, said Burrows. In February 2024, they bottled 2,300.
“We’re pretty much doubling sales every quarter, which is good,” Burrows said.
It’s billed as a whiskey made by sportsmen for sportsmen and anyone else who appreciates a smooth pour.
To purchase tickets, go to https://www.tahoeblueeventcenter.com/events/detail/whiskey-bonanza or
https://www.ticketmaster.com/team-whiskey-bonanza-stateline-nevada-03-30-2024/event/17006066E2F439DC
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