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Scotch Whisky Tasting - April 14, 2025

Does Cask Size Matter?

This time we will be discussing the use of various cask sizes and types in the making of Scotch whisky. From small casks, like octaves and quarter casks, up to the big ones like butts and puncheons, various casks are used for varying reasons. What effect do they have on the spirit, and why do the producers use them? Is there a real effect on the whisky, or is it all marketing? Find out on April 14th!

And of course we'll be answering questions and asking for your input as usual.

 Glenfiddich | 14 yr Bourbon Barrel Reserve | 43% abv | barrel

The Dalmore | Port Wood Reserve | 46.5 % abv | pipe                      

Craigellachie | 11 yr Master of Malt Christmas Bottling | 47.8 % abv | puncheon

Meikle Tòir (Glenallachie) | The Sherry One | 48% abv | octave

Laphroaig | The Cask Lore | 48% abv | hogshead

Arran | Quarter Cask | 56.2% abv | quarter cask.


$27 for Members, $42 for Non-members (plus $2 online fee) The ticket price applies to the membership status of the person using the ticket.

Ticket sales close on April 7th.

Monday, April 14th, 2025

At the Wisconsin Club - 8:00 p.m. Following the members’ meeting.

900 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee (enter the parking lot from 10th Street)

There will be assigned seating. Please enter your seating preferences on the form at checkout.


166th Robert Burns Banquet, January 25, 2025

Embassy Suites Hotel
1200 S. Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Cocktails from 4:30p to 5:30p

Opening Ceremony at 5:45p

Dinner at 6:30p

Join us for an evening filled with entertainment and fine dining

Come hear the majesty of the pipes and drums and watch the dancers in the five-story atrium!

Dinner Selections, served in the grand ballroom, three entrees to choose from

  • 12 oz Ribeye steak topped with carmelized onions and brandy demi-glace, served with red potatoes and green beans with bacon or

  • Pecan breaded walleye, flash fried and finished with pesto cream, served with au gratin potatoes and green bean almondine or

  • Vegetable turnover, phyllo dough wrapped around chopped vegetables with a tomato herb drizzle,

  • all with

  • Mixed field-greens salad

  • Dinner rolls and butter

  • Coffee and hot tea

  • Dessert cakes and pies

  • Macski’s Haggis (Lamb & Veg)

Enjoy the evening and stay for the night in the SAS block of rooms at a greatly reduced rate including free drinks during happy hour and breakfast the next morning.

Close out the weekend by joining SAS for our annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Robert Burns Monument in Burns Commons County Park. After the ceremony we will march over to County Clare restaurant for coffee, tea, pastries, and more fellowship. Meet at Burns Commons at 11:30 am on Sunday the 26th.

Burns Banquet Tickets

  • $105.00 Ribeye Dinner

  • $90.00 Walleye Dinner

  • $85.00 Vegetarian Dinner

Wreath laying fellowship—FREE

Tickets for this event are no longer on sale.

For inquiries about the event, please contact Vince Milewski at v.milewski @ gmail.com

1200 South Moorland Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin, 53005

Scotch Whisky Tasting – November 11, 2024

There Must Be Something in the Water

We will be covering different aspects of water as it is involved in the production of whisky. This will include not only how the differences in the water affect the character of whiskies, but the geology of water, how distilleries protect their water sources, and what the industry is doing to conserve and protect its water. And of course we'll be answering questions and asking for your input as usual.

 Glenrothes 12-year – 40%

Ardnamurchan AD/ – 46.8%

Balblair 15-year - 46%

Benriach The Smoky Twelve – 46%

Laphroaig Cairdeas Warehouse 1 – 52.2%

Aberlour A’bunadh – 60.9%          

 

Tickets are no longer on sale.

Monday, November 11th, 2024

At the Wisconsin Club - 8:00 p.m. Following the members’ meeting.

900 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee (enter the parking lot from 10th Street)

President's Dinner - May 10, 2024

Please join us for the President’s Dinner at Tuckaway Country Club in Franklin, on Friday May 10, 2024.

5:30 - Cocktails and photos - 5:30

Dinner - 7:00

Presentation of Awards & Introduction of New Board to follow

Bar: CASH ONLY BAR. Everyone needs to bring cash. As of today, NO CARDS will be accepted. The bar will remain open all evening. 

Menu: Pasta stations, haggis and cookies.

Price: $45

Ticket sales have ended.

Tuckaway Country Club, 6901 W Drexel Ave, Franklin, WI 53132

Scotch Whisky Tasting - April 8, 2024

Character Counts: Distilling Processes

The Character (of a person, or of a whisky) is the combination of strong and good potential, and the strong and good implementation of this potential.

Whisky character therefore depends on high quality ingredients, high quality implementation of whisky-making methodology, high quality equipment (including malting, kilning, milling, distillation and condensation), and high quality casks.  In other words, great whisky requires great ingredients and great skill!

For this Scotch tasting, we will focus on some character-creating influences on the whisky, including: temperature and speed of distillation, direction of the lyne arm, number of times it’s distilled, height and shape of the stills, the type of condenser, condensation temperature, fill level in the still, use of a purifier, and ‘cut’ (the portion of the still run where they keep the spirit). All of these factors influence the amount of copper contact, which determines the character of the spirit.

In other words, we will totally geek out on whisky subtleties that will make your head spin! But the results of this geeking out are some truly great whiskies, which we will taste!

 Auchentoshan 12-yr (40% ABV)

Glenmorangie 18-yr (43% ABV)

Glen Grant 15-yr (50% ABV)

Mortlach 16-yr (43.4%)

Benrinnes 15-yr (54.2%)

Ardbeg Corryvreckan (57.1% ABV)

$33 for Members - $48 for Non-members, plus $2 fee per ticket for online ordering

Monday, April 8th, 2024

At the Wisconsin Club - 8:00 p.m. Following the members’ meeting.

900 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee (enter the parking lot from 10th Street)

Wreath Laying at Burns Commons, January 28th

Join us at the Robert Burns Monument for a wreathlaying ceremony in honor of the birthday of The Bard of Scotland. There will be poetry and song, and we will retire to County Clare afterward, for drink and scones.

The commemoration will begin at 11:30 am at Burns Commons, at the corner of Knapp and Prospect, in Milwaukee.

165th Robert Burns Banquet - January 27, 2024

Embassy Suites Hotel
1200 S. Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Cocktails from 4:30p to 5:30p

Opening Ceremony at 5:45p

Dinner at 6:30p

Join us for an evening filled with entertainment and fine dining

  • President’s welcome

  • Robert Burns songs

  • SAS Honor Guard

  • Address to a Haggis

  • Selkirk Grace

  • Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes & Drums

  • Caledonian Scottish Dancers

  • Frogwater

  • Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle

  • Fellowship

Come hear the majesty of the pipes and drums and watch the dancers in the five-story atrium!

 Dinner Selections, served in the grand ballroom, three entrees to choose from

  • Chicken Marsala served with roasted red potatoes and grilled asparagus, or

  • Pecan breaded walleye, flash fried and finished with pesto cream, served with au gratin potatoes and green bean almondine, or

  • Vegetable turnover, phyllo dough wrapped around chopped vegetables with a tomato herb drizzle

  • Mixed field-greens salad

  • Macski’s Haggis – lamb and vegetarian

  • Dinner rolls and butter

  • Coffee and hot tea

  • Dessert cakes

  • Gluten-free available on request

Enjoy the evening and stay for the night in the SAS block of rooms at a greatly reduced rate including free drinks during happy hour and breakfast the next morning.

 Close out the weekend by joining SAS for our annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Robert Burns Monument in Burns Commons County Park. After the ceremony we will march over to County Clare restaurant for coffee, tea, pastries, and more fellowship.

 Burns Banquet Tickets—$85.00 per person

Hotel Suite—$129.00 + taxes & fees (in SAS block), details below

Wreath laying fellowship—FREE

Sales for the 2024 banquet have closed.

SAS discount on room reservations in the block may no longer be available. Please call the desk at 262-782-2900 and ask about St. Andrew's Society.

President's Dinner - May 12, 2023

The Saint Andrew’s Society of the City of Milwaukee cordially invites you to the annual President’s Dinner on Friday, May 12, 2023. We will be officially inducting the Society’s 2023-2024 Board of Managers.

Friday, May 12, 2023
5:30pm - Cocktails (cash bar)
6:45pm – Seated and program

7:00pm - Dinner

Menu

Classic Caesar Salad and Haggis

Pasta Bar: Made-to-order pasta Bar featuring two Pastas, Marinara Sauce, Alfredo sauce, Assortment of meats & vegetables (Gluten-free option available)

Assorted Dessert Cookies

 Dinner to be followed by the President’s Awards

 

Tuckaway Country Club
6901 W Drexel Ave, Franklin

 

Cost: $45 per person

 Make checks payable to St. Andrew’s Society of the City of Milwaukee or pay online (please note there is a $2 per ticket surcharge for online sales).

 Mail to:
St. Andrew’s Society
Attn: Dan Bell
1233 Cavalier Dr
Waukesha WI 53186

Please include the names of the people you are buying tickets for.

 Deadline for Reservations and Payment is 5pm, May 5, 2023

2023 Robert Burns Banquet

Saturday, January 28, 2023

 Wisconsin City Club

Free Valet Parking available

 

 Cocktails from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM - cash bar

Dinner starts at 6:30 PM with opening ceremony

Menu

Angus Top Sirloin w/ grilled Atlantic Salmon

Gluten free (Salmon)

Vegetarian Fantasia

(make your choice known when ordering tickets)

Desert: Miniature Creme Brûlée Trio or Sorbet Trio

Cost: $85 per person

Entertainment:

Billy Mitchell Pipe Band
Caledonian Scottish Dancers
Frogwater

Tickets only available by advance purchase until January 20, 2023

Send your check Payable to St Andrew’s Society of Milwaukee to:

Attn: Tom Westgaard, Treasurer P.O. Box 210288

Milwaukee, WI 53221-8005

Or make reservations payments online here:

You will receive a receipt in the mail after payment

To reserve seating contact Tom Westgaard 414-421-1598

Milwaukee St. Andrews sponsors 2022 Scotdance USA National Championships

The St. Andrew’s Society of the City of Milwaukee Is proud to be a sponsor of the 2022 Scotdance USA National Championships

Our mission is to relieve the distressed in our community and support Scottish education and culture.

Founded in 1859, the St. Andrew’s Society of the City of Milwaukee is the oldest charitable organization in the State of Wisconsin.

In the past twenty-four months alone, we have:

• Paid for the construction of one Tiny Home in the Gary G. Wetzel Veteran Village in Milwaukee

• Conducted several food drives for the James A. Peterson Veteran Village in Racine

• Rang bells for the Salvation Army

• Supported the Burns Club of Mil-waukee

• Supported the Hunger Task Force

• Supported Children’s Hospital

• Supported Habitat for Humanity

• Supported The Waukesha Free Clinic

• Provided six scholarships for dance instructors, dancers, pip-ers, and a drummer

https://saintandrewsmilwaukee.org/

Consider joining The St. Andrew’s Society and make a difference in your community.

2022 SAS Annual Summer Picnic

When:

Saturday, July 16th, 2022, from 11AM to 3PM

Where:

The home of David and Karen Dubiel, Kansasville, WI

(See SAS member email for location and more information.)


Cost:

  • $22 - All Access: Fully catered lunch, including sandwiches (roast beef or turkey) and sides.

  • $11 - Bring Your Own Sandwich (BYOS): Bring your own sandwich, but help yourself to the catered side items and dessert

  • Children under 4 yrs are free.

Tickets can also be purchased by check. Please mail them to:
St. Andrew’s Society of the City of Milwaukee
Attn: Tom Westgaard
PO Box 210288
Milwaukee WI 53221-8005

Tickets must be purchased by Friday, July 8, 2021.

Buy tickets here.

 

Food Includes:

  • Irish Bangers Sausages

  • Buns

  • Corned Beef Sandwich with marble bread and provolone

  • Pasta Salad

  • Cake

  • Ice Cream

The Society will provide: plates, utensils & napkins and bags for left overs

Members should bring:

  • Drinks, coolers & ice

  • Lawn chairs

  • Bug repellent

  • Sunscreen

  • Picnic games for your kids

Please Note:

We do need a few members who have tents and tables to please contact Steve Perrigo so that we will have enough cover for sun/weather protection and for food.

Questions:

Contact Steve Perrigo at 414-429-2016.