April Whiskey Meetup Notes

I am one  of the organizers for a monthly whiskey tasting meetup here in NYC, and I’m just getting to recording notes from last month’s whiskey meetup.  I decided that I need to start recording more notes about each meetup, because we’ve been growing quite a bit and now that we’ve been meeting for about a year, it’s harder to avoid repeats.

Every time we have a whiskey meetup, I learn a lot and think about Kathy Sierra’s comments about “high resolution experience” at SXSW this year.  ( Can’t wait for them to post the video to SXSW site!!! ).  Kathy was talking about wine tasting, but I’ve found that learning about anything ( sports, food, whiskey ) can really make almost anything more enjoyable and “higher res.”

Anyway, last month’s meetup featured:

Mystic Mezcal *
Old Potrero Rye
Black Maple Hill Bourbon *** (best american whiskey I’ve had)
Van Winkle Bourbon
Dalwhinie 18
Glennlivet 16 Nadura, Cask Strength
Springbank 10
Bruichladdich 18
Bruichladdich 13 Full Strength
McKillop’s Choice Single Cask
Caol Ila Black Adder *
Caol Ila Private Collection  Gordon and McPhallan Claret Wood

I also had noted 2 recommendations from various members for next time:

Lagavullan Doublewood
Glenfarcas

If you’re interested in tasting some really nice stuff, you should check out the meetup.

http://whiskey.meetup.com/6/

Dont be intimidated if you’re not a scotch drinker.  We are pretty laid back and there are some really knowledgeable people who are happy to share what they know with you.  From the meetup site:

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