CASK No. 76.135: MOMENT OF SERENITY
I recently received a couple of whisky samples, courtesy of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society or SMWS (@SMWSUK). So, of course, I was eager to try them!
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is a club unlike any other. As well as being a place to connect with other like-minded whisky lovers, they are also internationally renowned for their mission: “To provide our members with an adventurous and fun journey of discovery of the world’s widest collection of single cask whiskies.”
Conceptualised in the late 70’s and established in 1983, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, now 35 years old, has branches and partners bars in 19 countries globally.
The Society has a selection of over 500 casks every year, each cask yielding a few hundred or less whisky bottles which are unique to that cask. Rather than name their Whiskies after the distillery, the Society has a coding system.
The Society also creates fantastic tasting notes summaries for their Whiskies and other bottles. The whiskies are straight from the cask single malt, undiluted, without chill-filtration or colouring at cask strength.
More recently the Society has been named Independent Bottler of the Year in Whisky Magazine’s prestigious Independent Bottlers’ Challenge (IBC) competition.
I’ve already sampled SMWS “HONEY AND VANILLA SMOKE” CASK No. 53.242 which can be found here, so here’s sample TWO: SMWS “MOMENT OF SERENITY” CASK No. 76.135
So, what did I think? Here are my tasting notes . . .
Tasting Notes – SMWS “MOMENT OF SERENITY” CASK No. 76.135
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AGE: 15 Years DATE DISTILLED: 5th March 2008 CASK TYPE: First Fill Ex-Pedro Ximenez Hogshead REGION: Speyside OUTTURN: 1 of 192 bottles ABV: 55.1% |
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Colour: Sherry. Nose: Caramel toffee, honey, sweet tropical fruits and green apples. Palate: Rich mouthfeel. Caramel toffee, sweet tropical fruits and green apples. Finish: Punchy pepper, thick sweet honey and the finish is pleasantly long. Overall: It’s amazing and rare to have all the aromas that are present in the nose available in the flavour! |
