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5:30 pm PACIFIC - 8:30 pm EASTERN Scotch Club is having a RELEASE PARTY to celebrate the arrival of a cask that we helped select. When Mission Trails Wine & Spirits needed help selecting the perfect Westland cask selection for their shop they went straight to the experts… us. A small group of San Diego …
SSC will do a small online tasting (unless you want to get together live) since things are still a little shut down. How about eight of us finish off the bottles from the San Diego Christmas party. ~1oz each of Glentauchers 1997 The Whisky Exchange 21yr Aultmore 2006 Artist Collective 13yr Starward Single Cask for …
Zoom Tasting - 8pm EASTERN, 5pm PACIFIC Scotch Club will be participating in The Judgement of Westland via Zoom for the cities and folks without access or ability to attend the live events nationwide. Metro Atlanta Scotch Club will be the focus of the event as it is the largest club without a rep available …
LA Scotch Club will host an online tasting of the entire ImpEx Collection. This lineup is their first release of many to come. We'll have a chance to see for ourselves if this new brand has what it takes to pick the right whisky (and rum.) We'll be joined by the folks at ImpEx to …
ZOOM - August 31st - 6:30pm PACIFIC Whiskies aged or finished in red wine casks have made a bit of a splash of late (Ardbeg Blaaack anyone?). We've had a couple creep into other tasting in the past, and they've been well received. So why not devote an entire evening to exploring this less often …
Single Grain Scotch Whisky – six expressions in various styles. If you've had Single Grain before you know how good it can be, and you'll want to get in on this quick. If you've never tasted Single grain before, isn't it time you did? Plus we'll throw in a unique Blended Grain ('cause, why not?). …
6pm PACIFIC, 7PM MOUNTAIN EIGHT 1OZ MINIS Denver Scotch Club is a SCOTCH CLUB, because we love the taste of Scottish style single malt whisky. However, we do enjoy worldwide whiskies that emulate that style. While whisky in the US has been dominated by bourbon for centuries, the new growth of craft distilleries has made …
Three years ago we celebrated Ardbeg Day by tasting all seven of the then existing Ardbeg Day special releases. A good time was had by all. This year we pick up where we left off, tasting the three most recent Ardbeg Day releases (all in the much coveted higher abv Committee Release versions), plus a …
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, but …
SOLD OUT A SECOND EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED WITH A 2ND DATE. YOU MAY ATTEND EITHER. FOR NEW PURCHASERS, A DIFFERENT BERRY'S NORTH BRITISH (1996) WILL BE TASTED. ZOOM - FIVE 1oz. samples The tariffs are over! As if a year of COVID wasn't bad enough, we've had to avoid many of our favorite suppliers overseas …
Kilchoman exploded onto the whisky scene less than a decade ago and they've been making fantastic whisky. Don't expect all-out peat monsters the likes of Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Kilchoman peat is more subtle and the distillery selects only the best casks. This is a complex treat for true enthusiasts. Joshua Hatton, Keeper of the Quaich, …
Scotch Club will be visiting Glen Scotia alone during this special deep dive to the other Campbelltown distillery. For this online event, Scotch Club will be tasting both the US core range, and some fun additions from the above list in an exploration of the many faces Loch Lomond distillery, guided by Forbes McMullin. The …
It is our custom to gather in the Fall to remember distilleries that have left this mortal plane. But Spring is a time of rebirth, and so this month we come together to celebrate a few of those distilleries that were once lost, seemingly for good, but that have sprung back to life. $55 shipped …
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, …
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 Lomond has only recently began focusing on selling its single malts as a major brand internationally, it has always been releasing whisky, albeit under differing …
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) …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 from their respective distilleries (including one that garnered death threats for it's creator!) Ardbeg Blasda (lightly peated) Balvenie Peat Week (34/52) 14yr. 2003 Caol Ila …