Tasting #74: Irish Whiskey Dinner

Tasting #74: Irish Whiskey Dinner

Tasting #74: Irish Whiskey Dinner

On Tuesday, March 16th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club held its 74th tasting! It was an Irish Whiskey Paired Dinner to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day… a day late… We partnered up with a great restaurant in Glens Falls called Farmacy. Chef AJ Richards is a member of the club and came up with a great menu to-go. We all collected our dinners and joined together with the chef on Zoom to walk through the dishes and the whiskeys. Here is what we ate and tasted:

Appetizer: Blood sausage, celeriac puree, scallop chips, blood orange, onion ash
Paired with Bushmills 16 Year Irish Whiskey
Bread Course: House sourdough, raisin butter, dried fig dust
Entree: Roasted corned beef, pickled red cabbage, spiced carrot puree, duck fat fingerling potatoes, Irish soda bread
Paired with both Teeling 18 Year Renaissance (Batch 2 – Australian Shiraz Cask) and Powers John’s Lane Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Cheese Course: Mull of Kintyre Cheddar, onion pate, apple jam, pickled whole grain mustard
Paired with Teeling Blackpitts
Dessert Course: Barmbark, black tea panna cotta, smoked salted caramel, candied pecan
Paired with Blue Spot Pot Still Irish Whiskey
It was an incredible evening on Zoom with great food and drink!! Thanks to Farmacy for putting this all together for us!
First Annual Advent Calendar 2020

First Annual Advent Calendar 2020

First Annual Advent Calendar 2020

The Saratoga Whiskey Club did its first ever Advent Calendar for 2020!! We had 48 Calendars in total go out to members and friends. Here is the list of whiskey that we have tasted so far. This is a blind calendar, so each day’s whiskey will be released at 9pm.

  1. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon C920 (Fall Release), 66.4% ABV
  2. Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake, 46% ABV
  3. Amrut Single Malt Indian Whisky – Cask Strength – 61.8% ABV
  4. Method and Madness Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey – Finished in French Chestnut – 46% ABV
  5. Arran Sherry Cask ‘The Bodega’ – 55.8% ABV
  6. Pinhook Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Store Pick from Gordon’s – 57.25% ABV
  7. Nikka Days – 40% ABV
  8. Penderyn Portwood Single Malt Welsh Whisky – 46% ABV
  9. Tomatin Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch – 57.5% ABV
  10. New Riff Single Barrel Rye – 57% ABV
  11. Talisker Port Ruighe Single Malt Scotch – 45.8% ABV
  12. Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey (Inaugural Release) – 46% ABV
  13. Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon – Barrel Strength – Gordon’s Pick – 62.2% ABV
  14. Glenallachie 10 Year Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch – Batch 3 – 58.2% ABV
  15. Mars Maltage “Cosmo” Japanese Whisky – Blended Malt Whisky – 43% ABV
  16. Starward Australian Whisky – Single Cask Release – Astor – 55.8% ABV
  17. The Lakes Single Malt Whisky – The Whiskymaker’s Edition: Colheita – 52% ABV
  18. Glenfarclas 15 Year Single Malt Scotch – 46% ABV
  19. Waterford Rathclogh (a) & Dunmore (b) Single Malt Irish Whiskey – 50% ABV
  20. Maker’s Mark Private Select Bourbon – Bayway Store Pick – 54.3% ABV
  21. Edradour Caledonia 12 Year Single Malt Scotch – 46% ABV
  22. Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Private Barrel – Bayway Liquors – 58.76% ABV
  23. Barrel Craft Spirits Rye – Cask Strength – Batch 1 – 58.5% ABV

Stay tuned for each day’s announcement!

Tasting #59: Teeling Irish Whiskey

Tasting #59: Teeling Irish Whiskey

Tasting #59: Teeling Irish Whiskey

On Wednesday, September 9th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 59th club tasting. Jody McLoughlin from Teeling Whiskey joined us on a Zoom call to go over Teeling and its history and whiskey. We even did a virtual tasting of the distillery while on the Zoom call. We had 50 members in attendance for this great virtual tasting.

Here is what we tasted:

  • Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
  • Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey
  • Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey
  • Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
  • Teeling Brabazon Series III Irish Whiskey (shipped from Dublin)
  • Teeling Single Cask Chestnut Irish Whiskey

50 members were online using Zoom for this really fun tasting. Thank you, Jody!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #56: Kilbeggan & Tyrconnell

Tasting #56: Kilbeggan & Tyrconnell

Tasting #56: Kilbeggan & Tyrconnell

On Wednesday, July 15th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 56th tasting. Alexandra Lynch from Beam Suntory joined us on this evening for a tasting focused on some of the newer Kilbeggan and Tyrconnell releases. It was a great brand tasting with a lot of history and tastes!

Here is what we tasted:

  • Kilbeggan Rye Irish Whiskey
  • Kilbeggan Pot Still Irish Whiskey
  • Tyrconnell 10 Year Single Malt Port Finished Irish Whiskey
  • Tyrconnell 10 Year Single Malt Madeira Finished Irish Whiskey
  • Tyrconnell 10 Year Single Malt Sherry Finished Irish Whiskey

52 members were online using Zoom for this really fun tasting.

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

On Wednesday, January 8th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 44th tasting and started 2020 off strong! The theme of this tasting was Single Cask Irish Whiskey. It was a great mix of very different Irish whiskies, most of them brought back from Ireland in 2019. 19 members were in attendance for this tasting.

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

  • Tullamore DEW Rum Cask Finish
  • Red Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
  • Writers Tears Mizunara Cask Finish
  • Clonakilty Single Grain Single Cask Handfill
  • Redbreast Single Cask Gordon’s Pick Batch B
  • Teeling Single Cask Sherry Handfill

It turned out to be a great night of tasting different Irish whiskies. A great way to start the year.

Check out the scores! Scores

Cheers!