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:

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 #58: Kaiyo Whisky

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 7, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #58: Kaiyo Whisky

On Wednesday, August 26th, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 58th tasting. Jay Cole from Kaiyo Whisky joined us on a Zoom call to go over their Japanese brand and whisky portfolio. It was great having the Whisky Pirate join us for this story and really great whiskies.

Here is what we tasted:

Kaiyo Japanese Mizunara Oak
Kaiyo Japanese Mizunara Oak Cask Strength
Kaiyo 7 Year The Single
Kaiyo The Sheri 2nd Edition
Kaiyo The Peated 2nd Edition

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun tasting. Thank you, Jay!!

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #57: Track Tasting

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Oct 7, 2020 | Tastings

Tasting #57: Track Tasting

On Sunday, August 2nd, the Saratoga Whiskey Club had its 57th tasting. It was our annual track tasting, but because of COVID, we were unable to host the tasting at the Saratoga Racetrack. We used a member’s backyard to host the tasting on Zoom. It was a really great tasting of whiskies from the Highlands of Scotland. A lot of fun.

Here is what we tasted:

Deanston 18 Year Bourbon Finish
SMWS Beachcomber 7 Year Blended Whisky
Old Pulteney 21 Year from Gordon & MacPhail
Highland Park 24 Year from Gordon & MacPhail
Glengoyne 20 Year from Old Particular
SMWS 66.162 ‘A true harmony of flavors’ Ardmore 13 Year
SMWS 68.34 ‘Roasty-toasty-tasty’ Blair Athol 10 Year Highland Festival Release

32 members were online using Zoom for this really fun track tasting.

For scores, please visit our Scores page.

Tasting #54: Speyside Tasting

by Saratoga Whiskey Club | Jul 22, 2020 | Tastings

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.