Tasting #100: Time To A-Rye-Ve!

Tasting #100: Time To A-Rye-Ve!

by | Feb 25, 2022 | Tastings

Tasting #100: Time To A-Rye-Ve!

Tasting #100!!!! Wow, what a journey, but we made it! Tasting #100 focused on a bunch of Rye Whiskeys from around the USA. We had a great tasting with some stellar drams. Here is what we tasted:

  • New Riff 6 Year Malted Rye
  • George Dickel Leopold Bros Collaboration Rye
  • SMWS RW3.2 ‘Brooklyn Apple Pie’ 4 Year NY Distilling Rye
  • Woodinville Cask Strength Rye – distillery only
  • Three Boys Distilling Hand-Filled Rye
  • Barrell Craft Spirits 16 Year Seagrass Canadien Rye
  • Laws San Luis Valley Cask Strength Rye

A fantastic evening! Here is a link to the YouTube video: YouTube of Tasting

Tasting #68: A Campbeltown Celebration

Tasting #68: A Campbeltown Celebration

by | Feb 4, 2021 | Tastings

Tasting #68: A Campbeltown Celebration

On Wednesday, January 20th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 68th tasting. The focus of this tasting was Campbeltown. It was a true Celebration of some really fantastic whiskies that were collected by the club over the last year. From Festival bottles to a very special Scotch Malt Whisky Society gift, this tasting was one of the best we have had as a club. We were joined by both Tom Smith and Ben Diedrich from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society to go through some of their casks, but also just to be with us to enjoy this really fun evening.

Here is what we tasted.

  • Glen Scotia 14 Year Campbeltown Festival 2020 Bottling
  • SMWS 93.128 ‘Smoke and smugglers’ Glen Scotia 17 Year
  • SMWS 93.140 ‘Bacon on a bonfire’ Glen Scotia 17 Year Tasting Panel Experience
  • Springbank 12 Year Cask Strength
  • Springbank 12 Year Burgundy Cask
  • Springbank 14 Year Bourbon Wood
  • SMWS 27.113 ‘What a song and dance’ Springbank 26 Year

32 members were online for this really great tasting.

YouTube video: YouTube Video

For scores, please check here: Scores

Tasting #66: American Whiskey

Tasting #66: American Whiskey

by | Jan 4, 2021 | Tastings

Tasting #66: American Whiskey

On Wednesday, December 30th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 66th tasting! It was the last tasting of the year and a great way to end it. We all can’t wait for 2021!! The focus of this tasting was American Whiskey. We dove into some Bourbons and then finished with 3 single casks from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society that were Bourbon, Rye and American Single Malt. On top of this, one of our members made ginger snap cookies with our logo on them! See the photo below. It was a really fun evening and a nice way to end the year. Here is what we tasted.

  • Pre-Tasting Dram: Kyro Malted Rye Whisky – from Finland – yes, not American
  • Penelope Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Rose Finish
  • Elijah Craig Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Toasted Barrel Finish
  • Knob Creek 12 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 100 Proof
  • SMWS RW2.1 American Rye Whiskey ‘Out of the ordinary – in a very good way!’
  • SMWS B6.1 American Bourbon Whiskey ‘Ginger-spiced sponge’
  • SMWS 142.1 American Single Malt Whiskey ‘Made in New York, New York’

53 members were online for this really great tasting.

For scores, please check here: Scores

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

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

by | 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.

For scores, please check here: Scores

Here is a YouTube video of the tasting: YouTube

Tasting #62: Whisky and Rum!

Tasting #62: Whisky and Rum!

by | Dec 2, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #62: Whisky and Rum!

On Wednesday, October 28th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 62nd tasting! We were joined by Tom Smith from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society to taste different whiskies finished in Rum casks. We then ended with three of the Society’s Single Cask Rums! It was a great evening and discussion on rum, its impact on whisky and how great it can be on its own as well. Such a fun evening of tastes and education.

Here is what we tasted:

  • Glenlivet Caribbean Rum Cask Finish (pre-tasting dram)
  • Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
  • SMWS 9.172 ‘Quantum Endramglement’ Glen Grant 15 Year
  • SMWS 112.51 ‘Funky Irie Feeling’ Loch Lomond 15 Year
  • SMWS R2.11 ‘Goat farms, esters and vinyl funk’ Guyanese Rum 16 Year
  • SMWS R1.5 ‘A little extravagant’ Jamaican Rum 12 Year
  • SMWS R8.7 ‘The volcanic spirit’ Nicaraguan Rum 14 Year

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun and rare tasting!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.