The Program:

We always start with some tasty Campus Club food to insure that we have enough ballast for the Tasting. We will have Wursts, U of M Cheeses, Vegetables, and Breads.

From our presenter: I want to introduce the Campus Club to a cracker of a malt. It is Caol Ila ten year old unpeated. I first sampled this malt last May at the distillery and I was very impressed. There are only 6000 bottles produced worldwide, but luckily Minnesota received a parcel. It is only about $60.00 a bottle and it would be fun to let Campus Club members in on a great whisky at a great price. We will begin the tasting with the Caol Ila.

After that let's sample a special class of Scotch. There are only five distilleries in Scotland that still utilize their own malting floor. We will work on those after the Caol Ila.

The Whiskies:

Caol Ila Unpeated 10 yo
Balvenie Double Wood 12 yo
Springbank 10 yo

We always break midway for some amazing poached salmon. It goes remarkably well with Scotch!

Highland Park 12 yo
Bowmore 17 yo
Laphroaig 10 yo

Our presenter is John Saucke, a Scotch connoiseur of the highest order. He regularly presents at Whisky Fest, the annual Scotch appreciation event in Chicago. He travels annually to Scotland, where he has developed a deep personal understanding of the many aspects of Scotch whisky. He counts many individual distillers as personal acquaintances.

John was born, bred and educated in Minnesota and has not yet fled Minnesota winter.