Landmark Diner

SCOTTISH ANTIFREEZE: I purchase just about every Glen Ord bottling that I come across. In this case, it is a 2007 indie bottling from Berry Brothers & Rudd (BBR).  It’s a single cask (Bourbon hogshead refill) bottled at 46% ABV. I bought a BenRiach 10-year for an estate. It was distilled in 1989-90 during the …

SIPPING IN SEPTEMBER: Let’s move around a bit with a Lowland, 3 Highland, 2 Islay (one is unpeated), and a Japanese single malt. Just outside the Glasgow city limits, we will try Auchentoshan 12, a rare triple-distilled Scotland malt. Situated in the Howe of Mearns, one of the finest barley areas, Fettercairn 12 is awesome …

$50 -   http://PayPal.Me/AtlantaScotchClub/50 MARCH… SINGLE MALT SCOTCH MADNESS: Let’s kick thing off with the tasty Glen Grant 12-year. If you still have room on your 2023 resolution list, put buy a bottle of Glen Grant on it. Aultmore Distillery is a gem owned by Bacardi Ltd.  The locals have nicknamed it “Old Foggy Moss” as …

$85 Advance Purchase (note ‘12/29/22 Event’ - don’t mention whisky) http://PayPal.Me/AtlantaScotchClub/85 Some Old, Most Long-Gone & All Delicious! Our tasting will consist of 4 bottles from my travels and 2 bottles from Dr Tom Lobonc’s extensive whisky collection. I’ve patiently awaiting good cause to open my highly-prized bottle of Springbank HMS Campbeltown bottled at 50.5% …

Jack is Back: Have numerous treks to the Caribbean, Jack has returned for numerous rounds of single malt… beginning with 6 on Thursday night.   I mean that I like rum (there it’s ron), but it falls short (far short) of single malt. Let’s start with the Glengoyne 12, its first ever core single malt that …

http://PayPal.Me/AtlantaScotchClub/50 Wow! My goal is to move our official monthly tasting to the first Thursday of the month. My means is this flight of delicious single malts. Don’t miss this one! Did you know that Bladnoch, a fine full-bodied all-rounder, makes a fine aperitif dram? The good folks at G&M aren’t wasting away in Elgin, …

From Scotland With Love (And Ireland With Its Best Regards): Yes, it is a busy time and I’ve selected 6 whiskies to tempt you to make an appearance at our 6th of January 2022 tasting event. We haven’t offered a Glen Spey since 2016, so let’s right that oversight with G&M’s 1995 vintage, at an …

It’s Good… But It May Get Even Better!  Our tasting will consist of 6 bottles from Tom Lobonc, Ph.D.’s extensive whisky collection. Our Glen Moray is a 25-year-old malt finished in a port cask. Tomatin, Glentauchers and Dalmore are all cask strength, single cask bottlings at 25-years/50.2%, 21-years/55% and 22- years/58.1%, respectively. (The Glentauchers was …

WHISKY MENU: 1. BAIN’S Single Grain Whisky / 'Cape Mountain - Double Matured' / 43% ABV / James Sedgwick Dist / Distell Group Ltd. / South Africa 2. GLENGOYNE Single Malt / 15-Year / 43% ABV / Ian Macleod Distillers / Highland (Southern) 3. GLEN ORD Single Malt / 1997 Vintage (18-Yr) / 46% ABV …

One for the Road:  Actually, it’s 6 for the road that will lead 11 of us to bonnie Scotland as MASC’s 2021 Tour begins on September 13.  So, let’s enjoy a great flight of whisky. Scapa 10 is a very good aperitif style dram at 43%. Next up is SPEY Trutina which another bourbon barrel …

Something Old, Something New: First up: Glenlivet 12 a grand dram of the aperitif style and one that should be re-visited. Iwai Tradition is a blended Japanese whisky from Mars Shinshu distillery, situated up in the Japanese Alps.  We’ve been following Hautes Glaces since Rémy bought the distillery in 2017. Les Moissons is an organic …

A Round-Trip Flight: Round-trip? As the laddies and lasses at our 6/24/21 tasting rather enjoyed Fettercairn 24 and Laphroaig Cairdeas 2018 Edition drams, let’s try Fettercairn 20-year and Laphroaig Cairdeas 2014 Edition. We will begin with Glen Grant’s lovely The Major’s Reserve and Tamdhu 10yr, a sherried-single malt.  Following the aforementioned Fettercairn 20, let’s taste …

Join us as the national president of Scotch Club, Andy Smith, flies in from California for a tasting of FIVE fantastic bottles. These whiskies are some rare ones from days past and you will receive a 1oz pour of each. As usual, the tasting will include heavy appetizers. Bladnoch Old Malt Cask 22yr Octomore Scottish …

A Fun Flight: Auchentoshan American Oak is a righteous dram! In it, you will find your favorite (along with Three Wood) triple-distilled malt. Glencadam 2003 Vintage is a 13-year-old special release to commemorate the re-commissioning of Glencadam that was mothballed from 2000 to 2013, 13-years. Kininvie is a scare single malt. You tasted a young …

Let’s Do This! We're excited about our flight of 6 single malt whiskies. They fit together quite nicely to the point of creating synergies… the whole is greater than the sum of its component parts. We've based our flight on 3 pairings: Tullibardine (light aperitif whisky and Tomatin (a sherry-finished ‘Tweener’ dram), Bladnoch (a bold …

April Celebration: Our tasting includes 3 fine cask strength single malts, 1 single grain, 2 single malts at 46%; all are non-chillfiltered. Loch Lomond is our single grain entry. It’s 100% malted barley, but distilled on a twin column still (thus disqualifying it from being a single malt). Such whisky is called a ‘silent malt’. …

“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) …

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! I just love this style of whisky, because it for its unique taste and interesting complexity. Glenlivet Triple Cask Matured is the half-step in strength …

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 …

  It’s October; It’s Chuck Crouse’s B-Day: To celebrate his 70th birthday (he’s not  old, he’s just even par), I’ve selected 6 of Chuck’s favorite whiskies. Glencadam is da bomb!  I just love this style of whisky, because it has a unique taste and interesting complexity.  Glenlivet Triple Cask Matured is just the half step …