The $20 Challenge

Recently I held a blind tasting that included four whiskies with a bottle price of under $20. Read more »

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Annual Christmas Party

We began our 2020 tasting year with our annual Christmas party. Read more »

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Blind Tasting

A recent tasting by the River City Whisky Society was a Blind Tasting. Read more »

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High-Dollar Night

High-Dollar night is always a great night. This is a once-a-year tasting for members only when we spend a few extra bucks to get high-end whiskies. This year we spent $2000.00 for six bottles tasted by 30 members. Read more »

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Bottled-inBond

A couple weeks ago we held a Bottled-in-Bond tasting. Read more »

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Catholics vs. Protestants?

The March 8th meeting/tasting of the River City Whisky Society a great turn-out with 36 folks attending. And with this meeting being so close to St. Patricks Day we went with an Irish Whiskey theme, of course. We actually took that a step further and did a comparison of finishes in Irish Whiskey. Read more »

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Annual Christmas Party

RCWS tradition is to hold our annual Christmas Party in January. It gets us away from having to compete with company and family parties. This year we stuck with the tradition. Read more »

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The Largest Distillery You’ve Never Heard Of!

This past Friday was the latest meeting of the River City Whisky Society and it was a good one. We were recently contacted by Brad Duncan, the Market Manager (MO) for Midwest Grain Products (MGP), the largest distillery you have never heard of. Read more »

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The Expensive Ones

High Dollar Night….always a great night! Read more »

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Peat & Sherry

Our May meeting was titled, Peat & Sherry. Sherry is always sweet, but Peat can be a bit of a jerk..all bitter and such.After all, look at the photo of Peat here. It’s not pretty. Read more »

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