Corporate tasting event recap

On January 22nd, 2015, I led a corporate tasting at a very exciting company in Boston's waterfront area. We had a great view, fantastic crowd, and some phenomenal whiskies - here they are:

• Rusty Nail made with Glenmorangie 10 and Drambuie (1:1 mixture)
• Glenmorangie 18
• The Macallan 18
• Glenfarclas 40
• Laphroaig 18

I had to hold my brains in with each successive sip. These whiskies are absolutely fantastic. The Glenmorangie 18 is like the 10 but with fuller body and rounded edges, plus a hint of chocolate from the little bit of sherried malt in it. The Macallan 18 is luxurious with all the quintessential flavors a sherried whisky could ask for. Then there's the Glenfarclas 40. Holy moly. Just deep everything. And the Laphroaig is like a well-mannered version of the 10, with plenty of gentle cuddling after you're done.

Thanks to Jeff Fine from Atlas Liquors for providing them at a very good price, with delivery to boot!

Pouring samples!

MIT Alumni Club of Boston Tasting Recap

This posting is a bit delayed and I'm laying the blame squarely on Boston for keeping me so busy with tons of activities, whisky-related and otherwise...

Ok, here's the recap. Thirty-five attendees. Eight whiskies. Many new friends. One excellent evening.

This event on December 10th, 2014 was my first MIT Club of Boston tasting since we returned to Boston, and it did not disappoint.

We had Dave Catania from Burke Distributing and Brad Jarvis, the Whisky Professor, pouring the following:

• Scallywag Speyside Blended Malt
  
• Campbeltown Loch
• Big Peat Christmas Edition
  
• Old Malt Cask Auchroisk 18 Year Single Malt
  
• Old Malt Cask Aultmore 21 Year Single Malt
  
• Springbank 10 Year Single Malt
  
• Springbank 15 Year Single Malt
  
• Springbank 18 Year Single Malt

Dave and Brad also surprised us by bringing Coole Swan, a very tasty Irish cream liqueur.

From what I heard from attendees at and after the event, the Springbank 15 was the winner for the evening. I reviewed the Springbank 15 back in 2010 (here's the review), but I think I enjoyed it more at the event than when I had it over four years ago. Its flavor is so dark and deep...it's just something you don't really find in other scotches of similar age.

My personal favorite was the Campbeltown Loch. It's Springbank but it's only about $30-40 and you still get that Springbank character coming through. Such a great value.

The event was held at Ministry of Supply, which is an MIT startup that's bringing NASA-based technology to menswear. Below are some pictures from the event!

Attendees enjoying scotch at Ministry of Supply. The whisky was so good it even blew that one guy's head clean off.

Me with Bikram Singh from Norfolk Wine & Spirits and Brad Jarvis, the Whisky Professor.

We're Back

Fellow whisky enthusiasts,

I'm happy to announce that Eileen and I have moved back to the Boston area from Arizona. It's very, very tasty to be back.

We've already set up our first scotch tasting with the MIT Club of Boston on December 10th, and we're also branching out to some additional spaces. Watch here for announcements :)

Cheers, everyone. Looking forward to some good drams with you all.

Kevin