Join us at Carpenters' Hall for an after-hours whisky tour. This tour adds a special treat to our regular after-hours tours. At the conclusion of an exclusive private tour of Carpenters' Hall, site of the First Continental Congress, guests will be welcome to sample whisky courtesy of Impex Beverages and chocolate courtesy of Éclat Chocolate. 

After touring the Hall’s first floor, guests are whisked up a quarter-turn staircase and through an ornate wrought-iron gate to the rarely-seen second floor, home to a handsome 19th-century library with rare books and a special exhibit of artifacts from the Hall’s storied history. On the second floor (in the room where Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Francis Daymon, and a French emissary secretly met to discuss French support for the Revolution), Norris leads a tasting of three rotating Scotches and toasts to the good health of the group. Each Revolutionary Tastings tour will feature a specialty food pairing from a local purveyor.

Why Scotch? In honor of Robert Smith, the Hall’s architect and a colonial-era master builder, who hailed from Dalkeith, Scotland. The Hall often highlights Scottish tradition in recognition of Smith’s contributions.

Scotch and Snacks tours include:

• Three samples of Scotch, courtesy of ImpEx Beverages
• Specialty food pairing from a local vendor
• Private tour of the main hall where the Continental Congress met, with original artifacts from the period and a detailed model showing the construction of Carpenters’ Hall
• Private tour of typically off-limits second floor with 19th-century library and rare books
• Pop-up exhibit of artifacts from the Hall
• “Meeting Place of History,” a fully illustrated booklet about Carpenters’ Hall