Tasting #54: Speyside Tasting
Tasting #54: Speyside Tasting
On Wednesday, June 24th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 54th tasting. The focus of this tasting was whisky from the Speyside region of Scotland. We had bottles from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society as well as others to round out this great tasting.
Here is what we tasted:
- Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba
- SMWS 54.80 ‘Banana Mexicana’ – Aberlour
- Cadenheads Miltonduff 11 Year
- SMWS 1.217 ‘Mezzalunas at dawn’ – Glenfarclas
- SMWS 44.118 ‘Get your castanets clacking’ – Craigellachie
- SMWS 44.117 ‘Happiness is a warm bung’ – Craigellachie
- SMWS 36.171 ‘A smooth ride’ – Festival Bottling of Benrinnes
35 members were online using Zoom for this really fun tasting.
For scores, please visit our Scores page.
Tasting #31 Recap: Luxury SMWS Vertical Tasting
Tasting #31 Recap: Luxury SMWS Vertical Tasting
On Wednesday, March 27, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its first Luxury tasting of 2019. The focus of the tasting was a SMWS Vertical Tasting of Glen Grant whiskies. It was an incredible evening and all of the whiskies were special in their own way. It was amazing to see how three of the bottles that were distilled on the same day in 1996 were so different from each other. There were 18 members in attendance.
Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:
- SMWS 9.147 ‘Cocktails in a coalmine’ – Glen Grant 21 Year
- SMWS 9.148 ‘Mustard, custard and musk’ – Glen Grant 21 Year
- SMWS 9.155 ‘Witches’ night’ – Glen Grant 22 Year
- SMWS 9.152 ‘Mindful savouring’ – Glen Grant 25 Year
- SMWS 9.150 ‘Thyme well spent’ – Glen Grant 30 Year
For scores from the tasting, please go to Scores.
An extraordinary evening of Scotch. Cheers!
Tasting #23 Recap: Blind SMWS Tasting
Tasting #23 Recap: Blind SMWS Tasting
On Wednesdays September 5th and 12th, 2018, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its first Blind Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting. We had six different single malt whiskies to taste from and it was an interesting evening to see how close the members came to a consensus.
Here is a list of the whiskies we tasted:
- SMWS 73.98 – Layers of harmony – Aultmore 17 Year
- SMWS 112.27 – Tarry lapsang souchong – Loch Lomond 13 Year
- SMWS 100.14 – Boozy basil Blueberry – Strathmill 12 Year
- SMWS 39.130 – Zing like the ping of a musical string – Linkwood 26 Year
- SMWS 36.145 – Nice day for cricket – Benrinnes 20 Year
- SMWS 26.121 – A real ‘pick-me-up’ – Clynelish 13 Year
For scores from the tasting, please go to Scores.
It was a great tasting and one we will definitely do again.
