METRO ATLANTA SCOTCH CLUB “A Taste of the Scotland” August 19, 2021 (Thursday) @ 7:00 PM - Single Malt Tasting & Heavy Bites - $45 Event Fee Landmark Diner (Buckhead), 3652 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 - Ph: (404) 816-9090 Pay Online: https://scotchclub.com/event/Landmark081921/ or Pay at the Door WHISKY #1 SCAPA Single Malt / 10-Year / 43% ABV / IB: Gordon & MacPhail (Dist Label range) / Dist Owner: Chivas Brothers Ltd. (Pernod Ricard S.A.) / Island (Orkney) Scapa Distillery St. Ola, Kirkwall, Isle of Orkney KW15 1SE SCOTLAND Pronunciation: SKAA-pa - SWA Whisky Map Location: #41 Translation: ‘Boat’ Slogan: “The Orcadian” Region (District): Islands (Orkney) Neighbors: Highland Park Distillery & Orkney Gin Distillery Established: 1885 Founder: Macfarlane & Townsend, Speyside distillers. Operated by John Townsend from 1885 to 1919. First Distillation: October 1885 - Demonym: An resident of Orkney is called an Orcadian Status: Active/Producing Location: On the shore of the Scapa Flow (where Germany scuttled its High Seas Fleet at the end of WWI rather than surrendered them there to the Allied Forces. Scapa is location, one mile south of Highland Park Distillery, on the high cliff of a large natural harbor which is strategic to UK naval defense. House Style: Scapa is a whisky to be enjoyed, not endured. Oily in body with chocolate, salt and straw in the flavor. It’s mild and easy-drinking whisky. It’s highly rated and well-known for its unique heather notes (reminiscent of freshly-cut ripe summer pear) and honey flavor. Water Source: Lingro Burn, its cooling water source, is adjacent to the distillery. Three underground springs (Orqvic, Halmyre and Mossbank) and Coltland Burn is its process water. The water itself is hard (i.e., a high mineral content). Heat Source: In 2019, a new natural gas-fired central boiler was installed. Barley Source: Concerto & Optic is sourced from mainland commercial maltsters Malt Spec (Phenols): 0-ppm (Unpeated). Because its water supply carries a considerable amount of peat, no need to specify peated malted barley. Gristmill: One 4-roller Porteus Mill Mash Tun: One s/s semi-lauter @ 3.76-tons (charged @ 2.9-tons) 12 Washbacks: 4 of Douglas fir and 8 of stainless-steel Tasting Notes - Gordon & Fermentation: 52 hours (reduced from up to 160-hours in 2015) MacPhail: Malt Spec: 0-ppm Yeast: Anchor dried yeast (Unpeated). Cask: Ex-bourbon Pot Stills: 1 Lomond Wash @ 16,500L (charged @ 13,500L), 1 Spirit @ 12,284L (charged @ 8,200L) Condensers: Conventional copper shell-and-tube condensers cask of American oak (1st fill). Casks: Ex-Bourbon HH; mainly refill. Scapa is a bourbon cask house (with one new peated expression) Style: Light, balanced Island 6 Warehouses: 3 racked and 3 dunnage; only the racked are currently used. malt. EYE: Dark straw, light to Vatting & Bottling: Matured casks shipped to facility in Keith or Dumbarton for disgorgement, bottling and labeling. medium-bodied. WITHOUT Capacity: 1,300,000-Lpa per year (litres of pure alcohol @ 100% ABV) - Current Output: 1,000,000-Lpa (2020) WATER - NOSE: Light and fruity Visitor Center/Tours: Yes with green apples, white grapes OBs: Skiren & Glansa (peated cask finish); 16 is out-of-market until 2019-2020 and sweet vanilla. A subtle Blending Role: Single Malt: 100%, Blends: 0% smokiness develops. PALATE: Blend Partner: None (previously Teacher’s and Ballantine’s); Scapa allows G&M bottle 10-yo with former official label. Chili spices initially with Parent-Owned Distillers (13): Aberlour, Allt-á-Bhainne, Braeval, Dalmunach, Glenburgie, Glen Keith, Glenlivet, Glentauchers, grapefruit, a slight nuttiness and Longmorn, Miltonduff, Scapa, Strathisla & Tormore. a lingering creamy milk Parent-Owned Blends: 100 Pipers, Ambassador, Ballantine’s, Black Watch, Bonnie Lassie, Braemar, Chivas Regal, Clan chocolate edge. WITH WATER - Campbell, Doctor’s Special, Imperial, King’s Ransom, Long John, Passport, Queen Anne, Royal Salute, Royal Strathythan, NOSE: Becomes fruitier with Something Special, Stewart’s Cream of Barley and White Heather. pears, apples and citrus aromas. Other Parent-Owned Brands: Beer/Ale/Stout: Void - Brandy/Cognac/Armagnac: Ararat, Augier, Comte de Lauvia, Macieira, A trace of cigar ash and vanilla. Marquis de Montesquiou, Martell - Fortified Wine: Void - Liqueurs/Cordials/Misc: 51 Pastis, Becherovka Bitters, DITA, Kahlúa, PALATE: Sweet vanilla and mild Lochan Ora, Pernod Absinthe, Pernod Anise, Pernod Fils Absinthe, Ricard Pastis, Tia Maria, Zoco - Rum/Cachaça: Havana Club, spices initially with tropical fruits Malibu, Montilla - Tequila/Mezcal: Agavia, Aviõn, Del Maguey (majority stake), Olmeca, Tezon - Vodka/Gin: Absolut, Beefeater, Frïs, FUEL, Level, Luksusowa, Monkey 47, Plymouth, Seagram’s, Wyborowa - Whiskey Other: Blenders Pride, Corby, and charred oak flavours Green Spot, Imperial Blue, Jameson, McGuinness Silk Tassel, Midleton, Old Scout, Paddy, Powers, Redbreast, Royal Stag, developing. FINISH: Long and Seagram, Smooth Ambler, Wiser's, Yellow Spot - Wine: Aura, Azpilicueta, Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo, Jacob's Creek, creamy. AWARDS: Double Kenwood Vineyards, Mumm, Perrier-Jouët, Siglo, Tarsus, Ysios. Gold Medal & Best in Show @ Management: Operations Manager: Richard Clarke (Dalmunach, Glenburgie, Glen Keith, Scapa, Strathisla & Tormore) San Francisco World Spirits Distilleries Group Director: Alan Winchester - Master Blender: Colin Scott - Chairman & CEO: Alexandre Ricard Competition (2008), the top Legal Name of Distillery: Scapa Distillers Ltd. - Owner (Parent): Chivas Brothers Ltd. (Pernod-Ricard S.A., since 2005) whisky competition in the world. USA Importer: Pernod Ricard USA - Elevation: 4m MSL (13 feet above sea level) Jack Smith, Keeper of the Quaich - Metro Atlanta Scotch Club - [email protected] MASC - Single Malt Tasting - 8/19/21 (Thursday) @ 7:00 PM - Landmark Diner (Buckhead, GA) - $45 Whisky #2 SPEY Single Malt / Trutinā (Latin Collection; Balanced) / NAS / 46% ABV / NCF / OB: Speyside Dist / Dist Owner: HOE International Ltd. (John Harvey McDonough) / Speyside (Central) The Speyside Distillery Glen Tromie, Kingussie Inverness-shire PH21 1NS SCOTLAND Translation: ‘Thorn of the river valley’ - SWA Whisky Map Location: #97 Slogan: “The best whisky in the world” Region (District): Speyside (Central) Neighbors: Dalwhinnie & Tomatin Established: 1987 (construction period 1962-1987). After an extended construction period of 25-years, it was completed in 1987. The first production was in 1991 and first whisky released was in 2001. Founder: George Christie, legendary WWII submarine captain, blender, whisky merchant and executive. Status: Active/Producing Location: Speyside, one of Scotland's newest and smallest, is located on the River Tromie, one of River Spey's main tributaries, is in the Cairngorm mountains near Drumguish. The southern-most SS distillery. House Style: A slightly peaty flavor gives way to creamy hazelnut; tending towards the aperitif style. Water Source: River Tromie (via a lade or canal dug for this former corn mill’s water wheel) is used for production and cooling. The distillery is closest to the source of the River Spey (Loch Spey), providing access to the Speyside’s richest, purest and fastest running water. Barley: Chariot (probably using some Concerto and/or Optic, too) Malt Spec (Phenols): 0ppm (Unpeated); peated whisky is produced the last week of the year Trutinā is Latin natural/balanced Gristmill: 1 Porteus Malt Mill (twin rollers) That’s apropos as it is a well- Mashtun: 1 semi-Lauter tun (4-ton); founder purchased Glen Spey distillery’s former mashtun. balanced and elegant single Washbacks: 4 s/s washbacks @ 23,000L capacity each malt that was released in late Fermentation: 60-hrs (short); 100-hrs (long) 2016 in Europe (and a year later 2 Pot Stills: 1 Wash @ 11,000L; 1 Spirit @ 7,000; both stills which were originally installed in Lochside in US). The first release was distillery and were subsequently cut down in order to fit into their new surroundings. 18,000 bottles. Its ornate bottle Casks: Ex-bourbon (mainly refill). was selected for its appeal to Warehouse: None. Spirit tankered to Rutherglen for filling & off-site maturation. the Taiwanese, its largest Vatting & Bottling: Owner’s bottling hall in Rutherglen. market, but PRC is likely to Capacity: 1,000,000-Lpa per year quickly take that title. Current Output: 600,000-Lpa (2019); production will be increased to full-capacity in 2020-2021. Malt Spec (Phenols): 0-ppm (Unpeated) - Casks: Ex-Bourbon Visitor Center/Tours: By appointment only. casks of charred American OBs: Spey Royal Choice, Chairman’s Choice, 18, Tenné, Trutinā, Fūmāre, Beinn Dubh & Lord Byron white oak (mainly refill) Blending Role: 10% Single Malt, 90% Blends TASTING NOTES by Blend Partner: In-House blends, King’s Crest Master of Malt: Parent-Owned Distilleries: Speyside Distillery. EYE: Golden spring barley. Parent-Owned Blends: MacGavin’s SM range NOSE: Chocolate cheesecake, Former Name: Drumguish Distillery (the original distillery was demolished in 1911) candied orange and fresh Notes: Its single malts are branded as ‘SPEY’; It is the 3rd best-selling single malt in Taiwan. Founder barley. George Christie (now deceased) was a WWII hero (submarine captain) and whisky industry legend. Mr. PALATE: Almonds, buttered McDonough’s team is doing a remarkable job in terms of quality and sales. Speyside Distillers employs bread, orchard blossoms. Crisp 18 people in Scotland, 50 people in Taiwan and a further 5 in China. and refreshing. Management Team: