Sampling The SMWS Advent Calendar – Day 4 – Apples With Just A Touch Of Christmas Magic Added For Good Measure!

DAY 4 Tasting Notes – “Whisky Baba”!

Day 4 of The 12 Drams Of Christmas and what delights await us here?

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Many thanks to The SMWS (@SMWSUK) who have kindly sent me a sample of each Advent dram to try! (My notes are detailed below)

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

Sweet apple pie with crunchy sugar …

DAY 4 Tasting Notes – “Whisky Baba” (58.6%)

12 Year old Blended Malt

Cask Type: bourbon hogsheads and ex-rum french oak barriques

ABV: 58.6%

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Nose: Apple orchards abound with pears and creamy pastry with a little lemon and even less earthiness. After a trice sweet sherry notes make an appearance – and we are all glad for it!

Palate: Sweet apple pie with crunchy sugar, some citrus with orange and then lemon comes to the fore. This is smartly followed by toffee which grows n’ grows n’ grows!

Finish: Deep, warming spice with intense pepper and a touch of dryness as a finale at the end.

Overall: “My childhood held a fairy sight—
A thousand apple-trees,
All pink and white for my delight
And humming with the bees.

They grew upon a green hillside,
They sweetened all the air,
They spread a tent of blossoms wide
For my pavilion there.”

“Apple-Trees”
Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard (1869 – 1948)

This dram evokes the above sentiments most perfectly – with just a touch of Christmas magic added for good measure!

About The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)

• The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was established in Edinburgh in 1983 and has 37,000 members around the world.
• It is owned by The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) plc
• The SMWS bottles rare single cask and single malt whisky, exclusive blends and a range of other Single Cask Spirits.
• The Society has bottled whisky from 180 distilleries from Scotland and beyond
• The Society offers a new batch of around 20 different single malt whiskies every month
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About The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC)

• The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) plc is based in Edinburgh
• The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) plc is building a portfolio of premium brands that bring together some of the world’s best spirits producers with a growing movement of discerning consumers by curating unrivalled collections of craft spirits.
• ASC owns The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and in 2021 it launched J.G. Thomson & Co. Inspired by its namesake, which was originally a wine and spirits merchant in Leith, Scotland, in the 1700s, J.G. Thomson is a new, adventurous blender, creating small batch blended malt whiskies, blended grain whiskies, rum and gin.