Birds Nest & Rocky Mountain Craft Spirits Festival Presents – An American Malt Whiskey Tasting & Dinner
Fri, Oct 21
|Estes Park
Join Dr. Howell Wright, Whisky Ambassador and Senior Chartered Master Bourbon Taster, and Chef Thomas for an evening of whiskey tasting and perfectly paired culinary delights. Tickets on sale through Rocky Mountain Craft Spirits Festival site. $115 whiskey tasting+4 courses reservations required.


Time & Location
Oct 21, 2022, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Estes Park, 1221 High Dr, Estes Park, CO 80517, USA
About the event
Tickets on sale at -- https://www.estesparkeventscomplex.com/birds-nest.html
Birds Nest & Rocky Mountain Craft Spirits Festival Presents – An American Malt Whiskey Tasting & Dinner
Join Dr. Howell Wright, Whisky Ambassador and Senior Chartered Master Bourbon Taster, and Chef Thomas for an evening of whiskey tasting and perfectly paired culinary delights. Dr. Wright will present five malt whiskey expressions for tasting from distilleries across the United States, and will discuss the differences and nuisances of American Malt Whiskey, Scotch, and other World Malt Whiskeys. Chef Thomas will prepare a special dish to complement each whiskey.
Whether you are new to malt whiskey or a connoisseur, Howell’s style of presentation is enjoyed by all. =
AMERICAN MALT WHISKEY TASTING
by
DR. HOWELL WRIGHT
$115 whiskey tasting + 4 courses
Westward, American Single Malt, Pinot Noir Cask, 90 Proof
Aroma: Plum, apricot, leather, chocolate ganache
Palate: Golden delicious apple, plantain, nutmeg.
Finish: Rich, dried fruit
Colkegan Single Malt (Santa Fe Spirits), 92 Proof
Aroma: Mesquite smoke, toffee, orange peels and a touch of earthy and generic sweetness.
Palate: Mesquite, vanilla, toffee and a light bit of fruit and spice.
Finish: Short fade of smoke, toffee, spice and a puff of wood.
Westland, American Oak, Single Malt, 92 Proof
Aroma: Lemon and orange custard, waffle cone, crème brûlée, chocolate custard, jasmine. Palate: Rich fruit, Rainier cherries, Swiss chocolate, almond, bananas, cream, Turkish coffee.
Finish: Oaky, banana malt, baking spice, vanilla, caramel, malty sweet, nuts.
F.E.W. Single Malt, 93 Proof
Aroma: Fresh grass and earth with cream, sea-salt caramels, and chocolate fudge. Palate: A surprising fruitiness of apple and citrus, malt, cinnamon, and more chocolate.
Finish:Clean, malty, and warm.
Balcones Texas Single Malt,129. 2 Proof
Aroma: Ripe, buttered stone fruit, banana and pears: honey and rose water with delicate citrus accents.
Palate: Silky and full on the palate with lightly toasted bread with fresh butter and marmalade.
Finish: Long finish with lingering toast and burnt sugar notes morphing into rich malt and wood flavors with counterbalancing acidity.
Family-Style Dinner Menu
BY
Chef Thomas Newsted
Winter Solstice Salad
pickled breakfast radish, spiced butternut squash, friséee, yellow endive chiffonade, sherry-charred cherry tomatoes, piquillo pepper-bacon vinaigrette
Berkshire Pork Pot Stickers
white soy-passion fruit glaze, basil, cilantro, ginger, garlic, scallion, butter, toasted white sesame
Buffalo Chateaubriand
mustard seed-cardamom rub, garlic green beans, orange-chipotle oyster sauce, crostini
Red Wine Poached Anjou Pears
butterscotch mascarpone filling, pomegranate seeds, hazelnut streusel, natural poaching jus