Tasting #35 Recap: Kentucky Finds!

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jun 21, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #35 Recap: Kentucky Finds!

On Wednesday, June 19th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had a special tasting that focused on bottles recently brought back from Kentucky in May during the Rascal + Thorn Bourbon Trail Tour. The goal was to taste whiskies that are not available in the Upstate NY market. It was a packed house and there were 26 members in attendance.

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Four Roses Small Batch Select
Toddy’s Limestone Branch 100% Malted Rye
Peerless 3 Year Single Barrel Rye “Orange Blossom”
Michter’s Fort Nelson Reserve Rye – Hand Fill for the Club
Justin’s House of Bourbon’s Pinhook Bourbon Barrel
William Heavenhill 12 Year Bourbon

For scores from the tasting, please go to Scores.

It was a fantastic evening of Bourbon and Rye. Everyone enjoyed this special treat. Cheers!

Tasting #27 Recap: Great Bourbons

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jan 28, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #27 Recap: Great Bourbons

On Wednesdays, January 9 & 23, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its first tasting of 2019. The focus of the tasting was Great Bourbons. These were bottles that were collected over the last year by the club. It was a great way to start off the new year! There were 36 members in attendance.

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Weller 12 Year
Old Ezra 7 Year Barrel Strength
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch 11, Spring ’16
SMWS B5.1 – Dickel 13 Year
Wild Turkey ‘Revival’

For scores from the tasting, please go to Scores.

Two wonderful evenings of Bourbon. Can’t go wrong with that to start the year! Cheers.

Bourbon selection for Great Bourbon Tasting

April 2018 Tasting Recaps

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | May 10, 2018 | Tastings

April 2018 Tasting Recaps

The Saratoga Whiskey Club had a very busy Spring in 2018 with 3 different events in April.

On April 11, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits had Pete from Pernod Ricard in Saratoga Springs for tasting #17 at Bailey’s. Four different great whiskies were tasted along with great appetizers from Bailey’s. Thanks to Meghan for putting this together for us!!

Throughout April we also had home screenings of the Bourbon documentary NEAT: The Story of Bourbon. This was tasting #18 for the club. We paired different bourbons with different parts of the documentary which was a lot of fun. Each house was very different with food & drink. It’s a great documentary and we highly recommend it.

At the end of April the Saratoga Whiskey Club filled its own barrel of whiskey at the Albany Distilling Company. We had a great day distilling whiskey for our barrel and learning what it takes to fill a 53-gallon barrel. We all got to sign the barrel and now get to wait at least four years to decide what to do with it, other than drink it!

May is turning out to be a very busy one as well.

It was a great month! Stay tuned for more from May.

Cheers.

Tasting #9 Recap: Kentucky Bourbon & Rye

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jun 30, 2017 | Tastings

Tasting #9 Recap: Kentucky Bourbon & Rye

The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #9 on two nights, June 14 and June 28, 2017. The focus of the evening was Bourbon and Rye bottles that were recently brought back from Kentucky from the 9 Maple Bourbon Tour. We had a very large turnout of 36 people, both members and non-members. We had five different whiskies at our tasting, four bourbons and one rye. Here is a list of what we tasted:

We started with a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout from Alltech Brewing
Old Bardstown Bourbon Bottled in Bond
Maker’s Mark Private Select Bourbon – Bill Samuels, Jr. Edition
Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old Bourbon
Wild Turkey Master’s Keep ‘Decades’
Angel’s Envy Rye

Overall it was a fantastic tasting with lots of special whiskies! It is always great bringing back bottles that are not available locally.

Please sign up for our quarterly newsletter if you are interested in learning about future tastings. Sometimes there are extra spaces available for non-members.

Here are some photos from the tasting.

9 Maple Kentucky Bourbon Trail Tour – May 2017

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 24, 2016 | Distillery Visits

Quite a few members from the Saratoga Whiskey Club are going on this Bourbon and Horse-Racing tour in Kentucky in May, 2017. Check it out! It’s going to be a really great opportunity to get on the Bourbon trail and do some tours and tastings.

9 Maple Bourbon Trail & Horse Racing Tour, May 17-21, 2017