Tasting #65: Ex-Red Wine Barrique and First Fill Sherry

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Dec 16, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #65: Ex-Red Wine Barrique and First Fill Sherry

On Wednesday, December 9th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 65th tasting! This was a very unique tasting in that we focused on specific finishes and first fill Sherry. The tasting started with three different whiskies finished in ex-red wine barriques followed by three Sherry bombs that were fully matured in first fill Sherry. It was really delicious. Here is what we tasted:

SMWS 9.174 ‘Strawberry Jalapeno Ice Cream’ – Glen Grant 15 Year
SMWS 66.161 ‘Chateau du pork scratching’ Ardmore 13 Year
SMWS 95.37 ‘Adventurous African safari’ Auchriosk 7 Year
SMWS 7.237 ‘Nutty by nature’ – Longmorn 12 Year
SMWS 7.233 ‘A syrupy sweet tale of romance’ – Longmorn 13 Year
SMWS 30.111 ‘Inferno Toffee Pudding’ – Glenrothers 12 Year

32 members were online for this really great tasting.

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Here is a YouTube video of the tasting: YouTube

Tasting #40: Coastal Scotland Tour

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 1, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #40: Coastal Scotland Tour

On Wednesday, September 11th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 40th tasting as a club! We had a special tasting of bottles that were recently brought back from a recent Rascal + Thorn whisky tour of Scotland. 20 members were in attendance for this outing!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Talisker Distillery Exclusive
Wolfburn From The Stills
Ardnamurchan 2 Year Warehouse Release
Longmorn 13 Year Single Cask
Highland Park 18 Year Cask Strength
Ledaig 21 Year Port Pipe Finish

It was a fantastic tasting and night overall. Cheers!

Tasting #8 Recap: SMWS – Scotch Malt Whisky Society

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | May 30, 2017 | Tastings

Tasting #8 Recap: SMWS – Scotch Malt Whisky Society

The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #8 on two nights, May 10 and May 24, 2017. The focus of the evening was a special selection of bottles from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. It was a great turnout of 23 members. We had four different whiskies at our tasting, three from the Speyside region and one from Arran. Here is a list of what we tasted:

We started with a Bell’s Lager of the Lakes
SMWS 7.133 ‘A Boiled Bag of Sweets’ – Longmorn 12 Year Old
SMWS 39.110 ‘Builders At Breaktime’ – Linkwood 14 Year Old
SMWS 121.89 “Sweet As A Nut’ – Isle of Arran 16 Year Old
SMWS 44.65 ‘Subtle Complexity’ – Craigellachie 24 Year Old

Overall it was a fantastic tasting with lots of special whiskies! This was our first time sampling some of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles.

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Here are some photos from the tasting.