Sampling “Dram o’ clock” (Cask No: 9.222) – An SMWS Whisky That’s A Tasty, Gentle Giant Of A Dram!

“Dram o’ clock” Cask No: 9.222!

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Don’t forget an SMWS Membership gives you 12 months of whisky fun and entertainment and included in the Membership fee is access to their Members’ Rooms where there are limited-edition bottles that are just perfect for gifting, sharing and sparking conversation around the dinner table or comfy armchair!

With Twenty whiskies released every month and a selection available online from over 120 distilleries – what is there not to like?

So, with the above fantastic offer in mind I’ve kindly been sent a bottle of one their cask bottlings to try, namely “Dram o’ clock” (Cask No: 9.222) which is a whisky profiled as ‘Juicy Oak & Vanilla’ – and the stock of which has nearly run out!

So, what did I think? Here are my tasting notes …

The 9.222

Tasting Notes – “Dram o’ clock” Cask No: 9.222 (62.9%)

“Dram o’ clock”
Cask No: 9.222
13 Years old

Juicy Oak & Vanilla flavour profile

Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Grant
Origin: Scotland
Region: Speyside
ABV: 62.9%

£62.00 – Only 5 left in stock!

Nose: Quite a slow starter on the nose for me. After a little time I get sweet toffee, vanilla and fresh apple. There’s delicate shades of oak and some floral notes for good measure as well.

Palate: Creamy vanilla biscuit coupled with sweet apple and a little citrus.

Finish: A very smooth finish with some muted spice. A woody, dry finish on the palate but it remains sweet and fruity throughout.

Overall: Considering the high ABV of this whisky it is rather a gentle giant of a dram – and that’s quite a tasty achievement!

Adding water turned the ‘alcohol volume’ down somewhat bringing forward many its flavours.

Many thanks to SMWS (@SMWSUK) for sending me a botle to try!

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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.