Tasting #46: Burns Night

Tasting #46: Burns Night

by | Mar 12, 2020 | Tastings

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 #45: Journeyman Distillery

Tasting #45: Journeyman Distillery

by | Jan 27, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #45: Journeyman Distillery

On Monday, January 20th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 45th tasting. Kevin O’Rourke from Michigan’s Journeyman Distillery came to host a great evening for the club. Not only were we able to taste their Last Feather Rye Whiskey and Featherbone Bourbon Whiskey, but we got to pick our own barrel of Corsets, Whips & Whiskey. It’s a 100% organic Wheat Whiskey. There were five different barrel samples to choose from and the winner was at a Proof of 122.7.

We can’t wait for these bottles to be ready for our members. Thanks so much to Kevin at Journeyman for providing us such a great night of whiskey and food. Cheers!

27 members were in attendance for this tasting.

 

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

by | Jan 14, 2020 | Tastings

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.

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Cheers!

Tasting #43: Blind Bottled In Bond

Tasting #43: Blind Bottled In Bond

by | Dec 26, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #43: Blind Bottled In Bond

On Wednesday, December 18th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 43rd tasting! The theme of this tasting was a Blind Bottled In Bond tasting. We not only did this blind (not knowing the names of the whiskies), but people had different placemats too so nobody could compare with each other. 27 members were in attendance for this outing!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

  • Evan Williams Bottled In Bond
  • JTS Brown Bottled In Bond
  • Old Grand Dad Bottled In Bond
  • Barton’s 1792 Bottled In Bond
  • George Dickel Bottled In Bond
  • Colonel EH Taylor Small Batch Bottled In Bond
  • Early Times Bottled In Bond

It was a fantastic night of tasting different Bourbons and Tennessee whiskies that were all Bottled In Bond. A really fun format that we will continue doing for sure. 

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Cheers!

Tasting #42: SMWS November Releases

Tasting #42: SMWS November Releases

by | Nov 15, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #42: SMWS November Releases

On Wednesday, November 6th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 42nd tasting as a club! The theme of this tasting was New November Releases from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. We will be doing similar tastings once a quarter going forward as we really enjoy tasting some of the new expressions that are being released. 25 members were in attendance for this outing!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

  • SMWS 1.211 – Glenfarclas – 8 YR ‘Ironing a lemon’
  • SMWS 64.111 – Mannochmore – 8 YR ‘Pleasing sweetness, playful heat’ 
  • SMWS 44.114 – Craigellachie – 12 YR ‘Sweet peas and toffee trees’
  • SMWS 9.167 – Glen Grant – 23 YR ‘Part of the furniture’
  • SMWS 16.39 – Glenturret – 18 YR ‘Sweetness and spice laced with mystery’
  • SMWS 73.114 – Aultmore – 17 YR ‘Total eclipse of oloroso’
  • SMWS 10.176 – Bunnahabhain – 11 YR ‘Tea-smoked salmon’
  • SMWS 53.276 – Caol Ila – 6 YR ‘Ein kleiner deutscher samurai’

It was a fantastic night of tasting new expressions. 

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Slainte!