Author Archives: Mark

As Mark stated in an earlier post, the late March tasting is called “The Unusuals” and will incude  a number of whiskies that are from somewhere “off the beaten path”. That should be very interesting. For the next tasting,

RCWS Member #9 submitted the following: “Every time I go to the whiskey tastings with Scotch and Irish Whiskey I always take the Irish Whiskey, I just like it best.

My first taste of Ben Nevis was a 6 year old expression bottled in 1999 by Murry & McDavid. I was very impressed at how smooth it was for being so young. It quickly put me on the hunt for more.

So, are you supposed to add water to your whisky? Or should you drink it straight ( or “neat”)? Is it okay to add ice? The answer is simple….

On December 4, 2009 members of the River City Whisky Society held a Bourbon Trail Whisky tasting. One bottle of bourbon was presented from each of the eight distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. To make things somewhat fair each bottle had nearly the same retail sale price…around $30 (USD). At the end of the … Continue reading »

River City Whisky Society was co-founded by Mark Aldrich and Doug Schaeffler on September 27, 2009 for whisky lovers everywhere. Membership is limited, for now, but feel free to subscribe to this blog and receive all updates to this site. These updates will include the results of our tastings as well as any other information … Continue reading »