Tasting #63: Bruichladdich

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Dec 2, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #63: Bruichladdich

On Wednesday, November 4th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 63rd tasting! We were joined by Jeff Greenstain, Brand Development Manager from Remy Cointreau, to go through Bruichladdich’s history and to taste some of their core lineup. We ended up tasting two of the new Octomore’s that we just released and they were fantastic. It was a great tasting and thank you to Jeff and Justin from Remy for setting this up for the club!

Here is what we tasted:

The Classic Laddie
Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2011
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2010
Port Charlotte 10 Year
Octomore 11.1
Octomore 10 Year

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun and rare tasting!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #62: Whisky and Rum!

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Dec 2, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #62: Whisky and Rum!

On Wednesday, October 28th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 62nd tasting! We were joined by Tom Smith from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society to taste different whiskies finished in Rum casks. We then ended with three of the Society’s Single Cask Rums! It was a great evening and discussion on rum, its impact on whisky and how great it can be on its own as well. Such a fun evening of tastes and education.

Here is what we tasted:

Glenlivet Caribbean Rum Cask Finish (pre-tasting dram)
Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask
SMWS 9.172 ‘Quantum Endramglement’ Glen Grant 15 Year
SMWS 112.51 ‘Funky Irie Feeling’ Loch Lomond 15 Year
SMWS R2.11 ‘Goat farms, esters and vinyl funk’ Guyanese Rum 16 Year
SMWS R1.5 ‘A little extravagant’ Jamaican Rum 12 Year
SMWS R8.7 ‘The volcanic spirit’ Nicaraguan Rum 14 Year

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun and rare tasting!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #61: Single Cask Nation

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 16, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #61: Single Cask Nation

On Wednesday, October 14th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 61st tasting! We were joined by Jason from Single Cask Nation to go through their company’s history and to taste some of their great whiskies! It was a really informative tasting about their philosophy, palate and how they go about selecting casks. We had six different whiskies to sample and they were all very good.

Here is what we tasted:

Stones of Stenness 19 Year Orkney Single Malt Scotch
Milk & Honey 2 Year Single Malt
Blended Malt 10 Year
Aultmore 8 Year Single Malt Scotch
Aultmore 30 Year Single Malt Scotch
Ruadh Mohr (Glenturret) 10 Year Single Malt Scotch

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun and rare tasting!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #60: Feis Ile 2020

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 7, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #60: Feis Ile 2020

On Wednesday, September 30th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 60th tasting! This was a very special one. We were able to get our hands on a number of the Festival bottles from this year’s Feis Ile 2020 which was canceled due to the Coronavirus. Most of the Islay distilleries still released Festival Bottles so we did our best. We also added some hard to get Scotch Malt Whisky Society Festival bottles.

Here is what we tasted:

Bunnahabhain 10 Year by Douglas Laing Old Particular – pre-tasting dram
Caol Ila 16 Year Festival Release
Lagavulin 20 Year Festival Release
SMWS 3.314 ‘Loungecare stave exoticism’ Bowmore 15 Year Festival Bottle
SMWS 29.270 ‘Collateral drammage’ Laphroaig 8 Year Festival Bottle
Laphroaig Cairdeas 2020 Festival Release
Port Charlotte 16 Year Festival Release

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun and rare tasting!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

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: