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5 Speyside & 1 Islay Single Malts: We’ve got some interesting bottles of 5 Connoisseur Choice expressions from distilleries seldom seen in Georgia. When was the last time you saw a bottle (or heard the name uttered) of Auchroisk, Balmenach and Inchgower? And although you may have heard of Glenrothes and GlenAllachie, our 8-year Glenrothes …
Dearly Beloved, Once again, as is our custom, we will gather together (albeit virtually this time), to honor some of those distilleries that have passed on to the big warehouse in the sky. Some of the biggest names among the dead will be there. Many of these expressions are rarities that are skyrocketing in value …
YOU ARE INVITED to join us for a BenRiach virtual tasting featuring 4 top-shelf single malts with Walkers Scottish Shortbread Highlanders pairings. This MASC event will be led by Amber …
It’s a Whiskey Season Celebration. By popular demand, it’s a Bourbon center gala. W.L. Weller is a must sought after wheated Bourbon as its Mashbill substitutes wheat instead of the standard rye grain component. Boone County 1833 is a fine 10-year Bourbon bottled at almost 91-proof. In Chattanooga, we discovered its top-selling J.W. Kelly Melrose …
The best remedy for any lingering ‘turkey overdose’ and ‘over-shopping’ evils is Scotch whisky and I’m quite sure that you’ll find my Rx most enjoyable. This Glencadam is da bomb! …
Born from the Navy and raised in Baltimore... Old Line Spirits! American Single Malt Whiskey 43% abv - Made from 100% malted barley, this American Single Malt Whiskey is aged in charred, new white oak casks, which impart essences of caramel, honey, and vanilla that complement the malt flavor. OL ASMW Cask Strength 61% abv …
ZOOM EVENT: 6:30pm PACIFIC - Eight samples totaling 6oz. - $60 This is part TWO of our two part series, as will explore the dichotomy of BenRiach: that which is …
7pm EASTERN YOU ARE INVITED to join for a virtual GlenDronach tasting featuring 3 top-shelf single malts with gourmet chocolate pairings. This MASC event will be led by Amber Aristy, Brown-Forman/Atlanta. Please purchase your tickets ASAP as we only have room for 24 participants. No worries… there will be events for BenRiach, Glenglassaugh and, again, …
2pm PACIFIC - Zoom Over the past few years, independent bottler “The Single Malts of Scotland” has established a solid reputation in Europe for the quality of it's cask selections. Earlier this year they began bringing their whiskies directly to the U.S. And now, thanks to our friends at JVS Imports, the Orange County Scotch …
Proprietor Harvey Burkin and Manager Bryan Baxter are opening the doors for an evening of good spirits and tasty cigar pairings. May I suggest that you grab a friend(s) and …
Un-peated Caol Ila?! Smokey Speysiders?! Glendronach without the sherry?! IT'S MADNESS, MADNESS I SAY!! Just for fun, we've assembled six whiskies that are quite different to what you might expect …
SOLD OUT ZOOM EVENT - 6:30pm PACIFIC, 9:30pm EASTERN Jen Wren did a fantastic job with our zoom last year, but we sold out early. We are going to visit Dalmore again, but this time with Craig Bridger, the National Brand Ambassador. We're going to tweak the lineup, too. This time we'll try EIGHT different …
Are we a rum club? No. Do we like rum. YES! Well, enough of us anyhow. The folks at Diplomatico believe that we, as lovers of fine distilled spirits, should try out their rums. Not only are we going to drink EIGHT rums, but we'll also do a little blending session. Can you think of …
We promised you a visit to Japan, so here we go! We've assembled eight bottles that should provide a nice introduction to Japanese whisky. Nothing rare or collectible (though the Suntory bottles can sometimes play “hard to get”), we've got four established favorites, and a couple of newer additions, and we'll take a look at …
ZOOM EVENT - 6:30pm PACIFIC - 9:30pm EASTERN Game of Thrones. Great book. Sometimes great show. Yadayadayada. I'm not going to waste too many electrons explaining these bottles. They've been around for years. They've been around too long. In fact the box of them I have has been in my garage too long. Every time …
When Scotch aficionados talk about smoky whisky, we're usually talking about whisky made from peat smoked barley malt. But there are other kinds of smoke, and other ways of getting smoke flavor into whisky. Let's take a look at some of them. $35 shipped $30 pick up in Costa Mesa (neighborhood of Baker & Harbor) …
“This is real… Not An April Fool’s Joke”: The best remedy for any lingering Covid-Shut-In-Blues is high-end single malt. We’re quite sure that you’ll find our cure most enjoyable. Glenlivet 1991 Nadurra (18-yo) is made from the long-gone Triumph 2-row spring barley. Littlemill (closed in 1992) is a personal favorite. Let’s taste the 1988 (25-yo) …
Scotch Club will be visiting Loch Lomond alone during this special deep dive into a distillery that isn't new, but is new as a single malt to many. Although Loch …
Proprietor Harvey Burkin and Manager Bryan Baxter are opening the doors for an evening of good spirits and tasty cigar pairings. May I suggest that you grab a friend(s) and head over to Maxwell’s Cigar Bar? It’s conveniently located on Towne Lake Pkwy, just ¼ mile north of Main St. Woodstock. This will be good …
Denver Scotch Club will be back on Zoom this month with a friend known to some of the older clubs but new to us, Forbes McMullen. Forbes will guide the club through a tasting of two distilleries, Loch Lomond and Glen Scotia. Glen Scotia has been in the single malt world for a while now, …