Tasting #46: Burns Night

Tasting #46: Burns Night

Tasting #46: Burns Night

On Thursday, January 30th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 46th tasting. It was incredibly special evening as it was our first Burns Night for the club! Holly Seidewand from Bacardi’s Single Malts Portfolio hosted our group and brought along some special whiskies. We also added a few to make for a perfect tasting. The food consisted of charcuterie boards, haggis balls and a beef stew. 

Here are the whiskies that were tasted:

  • Aberfeldy 12 Year
  • Aberfeldy 16 Year
  • Aberfeldy 21 Year
  • Aberfeldy Exceptional Cask 20 Year
  • Aberfeldy Exceptional Cask 24 Year
  • Craigellachie 13 Year
  • Craigellachie 17 Year
  • Craigellachie Exceptional Cask 19 Year
  • Compass Box Affinity

36 members were in attendance for this first Burns Night!

Tasting #13 Recap: Blended Scotch Whiskies and Blending Workshop

Tasting #13 Recap: Blended Scotch Whiskies and Blending Workshop

Tasting #13 Recap: Blended Scotch Whiskies and Blending Workshop

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 using four Single Malt Scotches and one Single Grain.  It was a lot of fun tasting the premium whiskies and then trying to match their flavors or blended profiles using the single malts and single grain.  It was definitely not an easy job, but someone had to do it!

Here is a list of the Premium Blends we tasted:

  • Chivas Regal 18 Year Signature Gold
  • Johnnie Walker Director’s Cut Blade Runner Edition
  • Compass Box ‘The Lost Blend’
  • Exclusive Blends 1991 Edition

Here are the Single Malts and Single Grain that we used for our blending workshop:

  • Ancnoc 12
  • Glenfiddich 12
  • Caol Ila 12
  • Auchentoshan 12
  • The Exclusive Regions Single Grain 12

Overall it was a very educational tasting and a lot of fun!

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Here are some photos from the tasting.