The SMWS Christmas Advent Calendar Countdown Has Begun!
The SMWS Christmas Advent Calendar Countdown Has Begun!
Have You Got Yours?
They are still available (currently 79) but will go fast as they are now reduced to £159!
They are still available (currently 79) but will go fast as they are now reduced to £159!
The Countdown has started! Enjoy the run up to Christmas with 25 (not just your usual 24!) different spirited casks!
The SMWS Advent Calendar Countdown!
DAY 1 Tasting Notes
– “Butchershop Quartet” Cask No: 68.38 (57.9%)
9 Years old
Juicy Oak & Vanilla flavour profile
Cask Type: Re-Charred Hogshead
Origin: Scotland
Region: Highland
Distillery: Blair Athol
ABV: 57.9%
Rarely seen as a single malt, almost all spirit from Distillery 63.38 is destined for blending (it is a major contributor to Bells Blended Scotch Whisky).
 Nose: Crisp, green apples. Attractive sweet cake spice with white oak vanilla. Later on there’s creamy peach and cashew nuts. Palate: Nice mouthfeel with cane sweetness, creamy apple pie and chocolate. Finish: A warming peppery glow which quickly builds in strength ending in a dry finish. Overall: A winter warmer for sure but also with shades of Summer just gone. |
25 Gems of drams!
Housed in a beautiful box to increase the magic, you’ll find a Society whisky surprise behind each calendar door! Designed to thrill the senses these 25ml bottles are packed full of taste and flavour. In addition these mini-gems are also a great opportunity to discover a new favourite flavour profile as well as taste and explore bottlings that you might not have tried before.
The set also makes a great choice if you’re hosting this holiday season – perfect as a festive table favour at Christmas or New Year!
As each day dawns you can also see Society Notes on that days dram by visiting the 25casks webpage.
You can also catch-up on what fellow Society Members thoughts are on each whisky by visiting the hashtag #25casks on Twitter.
Many thanks to SMWS (@SMWSUK) who have kindly sent me an Advent Calendar to sample over the run up to Christmas!
I shall be posting my tasting thoughts each day starting from December 1st. (obviously!) when I open each dramming window to savour the delights of the Calendar!
You will find my thoughts on each days whisky on this special page!
Explore Christmas at the SMWS with these Useful links:-
- Membership and Gift Membership options (including Mystery Malt bundle offers)
- Advent Calendar
- Christmas collections and gift ideas (which change regularly!)
- Christmas page
- SMWS Gift Guide
- Dram-Cierge service information
- December Events: Edinburgh Vaults & Queen Street Venues
- December Events: Glasgow Bath Street Venue
- December Events: London Greville Street Venue
No peeking!
About The SMWS
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.
Related posts:
The SMWS Whisky Advent Calendar Sampling – The First Twelve Days Of Christmas!
Sampling The SMWS Advent Calendar – Whisky Tasting That Really Made It “Christmas Every Day!”
Sampling “Toast rack” (Cask No: 64.130) – An SMWS Dram Whisky That Packs A Great Palate Punch!
Sampling “Dram o’ clock” (Cask No: 9.222) – An SMWS Whisky That’s A Tasty, Gentle Giant Of A Dram!
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