Spokane Whiskey Club

08/28/2025

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Don't let the name fool you. We are a Scottish Tea and Whiskey House.
We wanted to reach out and share that we are having Retired US Army SGM(R) Vince Makela, one of the ODA 595 Special Forces team members that was the first to land in Afghanistan in response to the attacks on our country on 9/11 and now a Brand Ambassador for the international award-winning ultra-premium Horse Soldier Bourbon brand at Torra on September 16th at 6 pm for a special Horse Soldier® Bourbon Tasting of 3 different Bourbons combined with curated Torra appetizers.

$65 per person. Seats are limited.

(509)798-8432

https://tables.toasttab.com/torra-tea/experience/horse-soldier-bourbon-whiskey-and-war-stories

We would love to have anyone from this group join us!

12/19/2021

Pics from our annual Christmas Party. Great selection, great friends, great food.

Merry Christmas my people!

11/21/2021

Another meeting, another dram, another...I can't think of anything else.

Cheers from the SWC!

09/26/2021

Shared the old Chivas Regal link last time because I am careless with the internet.

Here is the correct CR 18 review with the previously mentioned topics.

It happens to all of us. Don’t feel alone. About 6 months into a whisky hobby (an obsession, if you will), you feel like you have a decent handle on what’s in your glass. You understand…

09/22/2021

My thoughts on home blending, being stupid, and Chivas Regal 18.

Click on the link and live, son. Live.

Scotch blends tend to get less credit than they deserve. In fact, any zealous disciple in the Church of the Single Malt wouldn’t be caught dead with his lips to a glass of blended Scotch. One of th…

09/22/2021

Pure sherried luxury. But enough about Jim.

Here's a review of the incredible Glendronach 15 Revival.

Revival. Like at a Baptist revival tent, but not really. I am trying to come up with a provocative intro, and it is not working. What else is new? But seriously, GlenDronach is a significant Scotch…

09/21/2021

Expectations go way up in the 18 year old Scotch world. When people pay more for these, they expect something of value in return. Here are our thoughts on one such 18 from Glenfiddich.

When we tasted a flight of Glenfiddich whiskies blind for a meeting this summer, somewhat surprisingly, the 18 came out on top. I am normally a bigger fan of the 15, but because blind tastings are …

08/09/2021

Long standing favorite of mine, the elegant Glenfiddich 15. Great availability and price, as Scotch goes.

Click away, click it now, click it real good.

The blind taste test continues to show its worth with today’s selection: Glenfiddich 15, the bigger brother of the 12 reviewed a few days ago on this very blog. In that previous review I opin…

08/07/2021

In which I rag on a whisky you may hold dear. In which case you should know that I am sorry. Except to say that I am not.

With blind tasting comes boldness, boldness to disavow everything you thought you knew, or perhaps confirmation of the few precious truths you hold dear. What I mean is that if you hate a whisky wh…

08/06/2021

Strolling through my local Total Wine and I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the Canadian whisky selection.

Or both.

08/03/2021

While the temptation of lowering both ABV and age would appeal to a distiller producer, Glenmorangie instead added an additional 2 years to their Quinta Ruban selection and upped ABV to 46%.

Standing ovation! Our thoughts here.

One of the challenges of long term whisky enjoyment is the trajectory of one’s ever changing palate. The goal of any whisky freak from day one is frequently adding varied sensory input in ord…

08/01/2021

It's been 2 years since Jim wrote a review for the site. We have not stopped meeting, however, which means Jim is about 75 reviews in the hole and needs to get off his sorry patute.

To that end, this review takes one off the list. Progress? Yes! Disappointing progress, but progress it remains. Let's all give Jim a hand as he stumbles back on the scene and contributes for once.

My whiskey journey is a baffling one. My first legit tasting session was with a miniature of Johnnie Walker Black. I nearly spit it out and gave up on this “whiskey as a hobby” thing al…