The tasting recaps describe each tasting over the past few years: the whiskies that were sampled, the group size and photos from the events. We hope you enjoy.
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #13 on December 13, 2017 and January 3, 2018 . The purpose of this tasting was to explore and learn about the world of blended scotches. We had four Premium Blended Whiskies to taste and then we did our own Blending Workshop...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #12 on various nights throughout November, 2017. It was the first time we tried doing more informal tastings at people’s houses. This was also a different tasting in that we did it as a blind tasting. None of the guests knew...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #11 on two nights, October 11 and October 25, 2017. The focus of the evening was bottles that we hauled back from Islay on the first Saratoga Whiskey Club trip to Scotland. These were very special bottles as most were distillery...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #10 on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017. The focus of the evening was a World Whiskey Dinner where each whiskey was paired with a dish from that country. We had a large turnout of 35 people, both members and non-members. Five...
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...
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,...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #7 on two nights, April 12 and April 26, 2017. The focus of the evening was Scotch single malts from the islands around Scotland, excluding Islay (since we did this in December 2016). It was a great turnout of 30 people. We...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #6 on two nights, February 15th and March 1st, 2017. The focus of the evening was Rye Whiskey. It was a great turnout of 35 people. We had five different rye whiskies at our tasting. Rick Sicari from Albany Distilling, a...
The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #5 on December 14, 2016. The focus of the evening was Islay Scotch. We announced on the same day our first international trip for the Saratoga Whiskey Club. Next September we plan to go to Islay in Scotland. We had four...
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