Tasting #41: Luxury Irish Whiskey

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 25, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #41: Luxury Irish Whiskey

On Wednesday, October 23rd, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 41st tasting as a club! We had a special Luxury tasting (our third) of bottles that were recently brought back from trips and tours of Ireland. 22 members were in attendance for this outing!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Teeling Brabazon Port Cask
Redbreast 21 Year
Teeling 24 Year
Celtic Cask 27
Cadenhead’s Cooley 11 Year
The Irishman Cask Strength
Dingle Founding Father’s The Palace Bar

What an incredible night of Irish whiskey. One for the record books!

Check out the scores! Scores

Slainte!

Tasting #39: Annual Club Dinner

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Aug 19, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #39: Annual Club Dinner

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, the Saratoga Whiskey Club held its annual dinner feast. The theme for this year was whiskey finished in a variety of different casks. We had 48 people in attendance for this great evening of outdoor dining and tasting. The weather cooperated for us which was nice!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted and the food that they were paired with:

We started with a Rye Lemonade Cocktail
Writers Tears Florio Marsala Cask Finish – Paired with Jerk Shrimp & Pineapple Skewers and Chicken Satay with Siracha Aioli
Sagamore Spirit Port Finished Rye – Paired with an Arugula Salad with Port Poached Pears & Roquefort
Highland Park Twisted Tattoo 16 Year – Paired with Lobster Sliders and Greek Israeli Cous Cous Salad
Bardstown Bourbon’s Phifer Pavitt Reserve – Paired with Braised Brisket with Bourbon Peach Glaze, Summer Succotash and Honey Jalapeno Cornbread
Limestone Branch Yellowstone Limited Edition 2018 – Paired with Whiskey Bacon Brownies

A big shout out to Airstream Catering for providing us with the food for this dinner!

Scores can be found on our Score page.

And here’s to another great annual dinner!! Cheers.

Tasting #38 Recap: Race Track Tasting

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jul 30, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #38 Recap: Race Track Tasting

On Sunday, July 28th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its second annual Track Tasting. It was a great afternoon of tasting various whiskies, betting on the ponies, and getting treated to some Pies on Wheels! It really was the perfect afternoon for our club. 24 members were in attendance for this outing!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Dingle Single Malt Irish Whiskey – Batch 4
Barton’s 1792 Full Proof Bourbon – Gordon’s store pick (Waltham, MA)
Balblair 2005 Single Cask – Gordon’s store pick (Waltham, MA)
The Macallan Edition #4 Limited Edition
The Glenlivet Enigma Limited Edition
Kavalan Ex-Bourbon Single Cask – Symphony #2 – Gordon’s store pick

A great second year event for the club. We are already looking forward to next year. Cheers!

Tasting #37 Recap: SMWS Tasting

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jul 30, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #37 Recap: SMWS Tasting

On Wednesday, July 24th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club welcomed Tom Smith, the USA Director of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, to Saratoga Springs. He hosted a fantastic tasting of the July Outturn releases of the SMWS. Along with the whisky, we were entertained with history of the SMWS, a variety of toasts and some discounts on membership and bottles. 35 members were in attendance for this tasting!

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Cask 93.107 – Glen Scotia – 7 Year ‘Flexing the mussels’
Cask 1.209 – Glenfarclas – 7 Year ‘Waxing a hot woodsman’
Cask 5.70 – Auchentoshan – 18 Year ‘In the absence of convention’
Cask 35.224 – Glen Moray – 23 Year ‘Fata Morgana’
Cask 52.25 – Old Pulteney – 11 Year ‘A morning at the beach’
Cask 53.287 – Caol Ila – 12 Year ‘Ye olde medisin’

It was a fantastic evening with Tom and we look forward to another visit in the future. Everyone enjoyed this special treat. Cheers!

Tasting #36 Recap: Feis Ile 2019

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jun 27, 2019 | Tastings

Tasting #36 Recap: Feis Ile 2019

On Wednesday, June 26th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had a really special & unique tasting that focused on bottles recently brought back from the Feis Ile Music & Whisky Festival on Islay. This was a first for the club and probably one of our best tastings to date! It was a packed house and there were 20 members in attendance.

Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:

Bunnahabhain 17 Year Sauternes Finish – Feis Ile 2019
Bowmore 15 Year Ex-Bourbon – Feis Ile 2019
Laphroaig Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength – Feis Ile 2019
Lagavulin 19 Year – Feis Ile 2019
Caol Ila 22 Year – Feis Ile 2019
Octomore Event Horizon – Feis Ile 2019

For scores from the tasting, please go to Scores.

It was a fantastic evening recapping the Feis Ile and tasting some of the superb whiskies that we brought home to New York. Everyone enjoyed this special treat. Cheers!