Tasting #74: Irish Whiskey Dinner

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Dec 5, 2021 | Tastings

Tasting #74: Irish Whiskey Dinner

On Tuesday, March 16th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club held its 74th tasting! It was an Irish Whiskey Paired Dinner to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day… a day late… We partnered up with a great restaurant in Glens Falls called Farmacy. Chef AJ Richards is a member of the club and came up with a great menu to-go. We all collected our dinners and joined together with the chef on Zoom to walk through the dishes and the whiskeys. Here is what we ate and tasted:

Appetizer: Blood sausage, celeriac puree, scallop chips, blood orange, onion ash

Paired with Bushmills 16 Year Irish Whiskey

Bread Course: House sourdough, raisin butter, dried fig dust

Entree: Roasted corned beef, pickled red cabbage, spiced carrot puree, duck fat fingerling potatoes, Irish soda bread

Paired with both Teeling 18 Year Renaissance (Batch 2 – Australian Shiraz Cask) and Powers John’s Lane Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Cheese Course: Mull of Kintyre Cheddar, onion pate, apple jam, pickled whole grain mustard

Paired with Teeling Blackpitts

Dessert Course: Barmbark, black tea panna cotta, smoked salted caramel, candied pecan

Paired with Blue Spot Pot Still Irish Whiskey

It was an incredible evening on Zoom with great food and drink!! Thanks to Farmacy for putting this all together for us!

Tasting #59: Teeling Irish Whiskey

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 7, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #59: Teeling Irish Whiskey

On Wednesday, September 9th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 59th club tasting. Jody McLoughlin from Teeling Whiskey joined us on a Zoom call to go over Teeling and its history and whiskey. We even did a virtual tasting of the distillery while on the Zoom call. We had 50 members in attendance for this great virtual tasting.

Here is what we tasted:

Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey
Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Teeling Brabazon Series III Irish Whiskey (shipped from Dublin)
Teeling Single Cask Chestnut Irish Whiskey

50 members were online using Zoom for this really fun tasting. Thank you, Jody!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #44: Single Cask Irish Whiskey

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | 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.

Check out the scores! Scores

Cheers!

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 #14 Recap: Oyster-Paired Whiskey Dinner

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Feb 6, 2018 | Tastings

Tasting #14 Recap: Oyster-Paired Whiskey Dinner

The Saratoga Whisk(e)y Club had Tasting #14 on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Henry Street Taproom. Chef Matt Weekes dished up some great courses that we paired with various whiskies from different countries. It was a six-course dinner and four of the courses were oyster-focused. It was a fantastic evening of 19 people and everyone had a great time. Most of the pairings were on point and we look forward to more Henry Street Taproom events in the future.

Here is a list of the courses and the whiskies that we paired:

Course 1 – East Coast Raw Oysters – Savage Harbor Blondes from Prince Edward Island paired with Talisker Distiller’s Edition 2015
- Pairing Comments: “Yes, yes, yes, yes, great, yes, good, works, two thumbs up, great, great, A, very good”
Course 2 – Salad Course – Charred Beet and Citrus Salad
Course 3 – West Coast Raw Oysters – Gigamotos from British Columbia paired with Glenmorangie Nectar D’or
- Pairing Comments: “No, yes, yes, yes, fav!, yup, okay, spice strong, 5 out of 10, good, not as good, B, eh”
Course 4 – Fried oysters atop a corncake with deviled egg mousse paired with Teeling Single Cask Carcavelos
- Pairing Comments: “great, yes!!, yes!, o yea, good, wrong oyster, swap with #2, well-paired, A-, very good”
Course 5 – Baked oysters with bacon and horseradish paired with Jefferson’s Ocean-Aged Small Batch Bourbon
- Pairing Comments: “delish, yes x2, fantastic yes, yes!, delish, very good, favorite, dulled whiskey, really good, bacon washed out whiskey”
Course 6 – Hudson Valley Duck Breast served atop a faro risotto paired with Oban 14
- Pairing Comments: “nice, yes yes yes, excellent, hell yea, good, two thumbs up, good, very very good”

What a great night, whiskey and food!

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Cheers!