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“Thrilling and Exuberant” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

July 7, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Thrilling and exuberant
Cask No: 4.369

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Ice cream by candlelight
Cask No: 94.31
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-px barrique
Distillery: Fettercairn
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 54.0%
£79.90

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Spiced and iced ginger cake
Cask No: 134.15
Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 57.6%
£155.00

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Exp.01

Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon hogshead

ABV: 55.6%
£23.50

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Spicy & Sweet

Jamaica to India
Cask No: 134.14
Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 58.4%
£142.80

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Citrus moscatel sangria
Cask No: 134.13
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 57.1%
£142.80

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Juicy Oak & Vanilla

Caribbean confectioner
Cask No: 82.45
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glencadam
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.7%
£61.20

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Salted pretzel blancmange
Cask No: 72.119
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Miltonduff
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.6%
£69.00

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Spicy & Dry

Waxy pick ‘n’ mix
Cask No: 28.93
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Tullibardine
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 61.4%
£57.00

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Peated

Salted caramel axle grease
Cask No: 16.77
Cask Type: refill re-charred hogshead
Distillery: Glenturret
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 64.2%
£54.00

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Lightly Peated

Peat tea
Cask No: G15.32
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Rhosdhu (Loch Lomond Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.7%
£50.50

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Light & Delicate

Moments of quietude
Cask No: 9.267
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Grant
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 55.8%
£82.80

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Peated

Thrilling and exuberant
Cask No: 4.369
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.1%
£82.00

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Peated

Saline smoky samphire
Cask No: 53.439
Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Caol Ila
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.1%
£75.00

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Oily & Coastal

Surf, sea and shore
Cask No: 93.195
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Scotia
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.0%
£59.15

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Could attract a hummingbird
Cask No: 63.115
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glentauchers
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.0%
£112.00

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Spicy & Sweet

A comforting shaft of sunlight
Cask No: 95.85
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Auchroisk / Singleton
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.8%
£69.00

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Spicy & Sweet

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!
Cask No: 6.65
Cask Type: refill ex-px hogshead
Distillery: Glen Deveron (Macduff Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.7%
£106.90

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Spicy & Sweet

Oak’s contribution to cask evolution
Cask No: 64.136
Cask Type: 1st fill custom toasted American & European oak hogshead
Distillery: Mannochmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.0%
£68.30

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Two for one
Cask No: 18.48
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Inchgower
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.9%
£85.80

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Garbanzo’s Cajun train ride
Cask No: 78.65
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-oloroso butt
Distillery: Ben Nevis
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 67.7%
£59.00

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“Have fun and celebrate!” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

June 22, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Have fun and celebrate!
Cask No: 26.215

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Lightly Peated

Andalucian Orcadian
Cask No: 4.295
Cask Type: 1st fill shaved, charred & re-toasted ex-PX barrique
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 54.4%
£147.50

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Oily & Coastal

Skippin’ barfit through the (smouldering) heather
Cask No: 4.338
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.2%
£76.90

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Peachy Assam Latte
Cask No: 134.12
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 59.2%
£142.80

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Spicy & Sweet

Americana smoothie
Cask No: 142.2
Cask Type: 1st fill #1 char barrel
Distillery: Breuckelen Distilling
Origin: New York (USA)
ABV: 67.9%
£109.20

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Peated

Wood smoke through a porthole
Cask No: 42.52
Cask Type: Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Tobermory / Ledaig
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.1%
£68.00

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Young & Spritely

A walk in the woods
Cask No: 149.3
Cask Type: 1st fill US oak px butt
Distillery: Ardnamurchan
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.6%
£77.50

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Lightly Peated

Triumvirate machinations
Cask No: 4.367
Cask Type: 1st fill STR px barrique
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.4%
£172.00

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Peated

Throw the cork away!
Cask No: Distillery 53 (2022)
Cask Type: 1st fill American oak ex-oloroso sherry hogsheads (formerly in bourbon hogsheads)

ABV: 58.4%
£65.00

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Spicy & Sweet

Biscuit rose de Reims
Cask No: 128.29
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-fino hogshead
Distillery: Penderyn
Origin: Wales
ABV: 59.2%
£73.00

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Have fun and celebrate!
Cask No: 26.215
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Clynelish
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.0%
£62.00

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Oily & Coastal

Fire festival
Cask No: 149.5
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso butt
Distillery: Ardnamurchan
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 61.7%
£85.00

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Darling clementine
Cask No: 77.74
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Glen Ord / Glenordie
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.8%
£79.90

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Citrus moscatel sangria
Cask No: 134.13
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 57.1%
£142.80

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Peated

Rocking the gravy boat
Cask No: 53.453
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bodega oloroso butt
Distillery: Caol Ila
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.5%
£79.20

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Heavily Peated

Dark, sweet smoke and spicy oak
Cask No: 137.19
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: English Whisky Company (St. George’s Distillery)
Origin: England
ABV: 65.9%
£84.00

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Oily & Coastal

A nocturne sipper
Cask No: 4.303
Cask Type: 1st fill toasted and re-charred barrique
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 54.7%
£114.40

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Fruit utopia
Cask No: Batch 17
Cask Type: Bourbon & French oak Hogsheads, barrels & barriques

ABV: 50.0%
£195.00

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Shinty & Books Help Celebrate The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s 40th Anniversary!

June 16, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Shinty & Books Help Celebrate The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s 40th anniversary!

IT’S A NUMBERS GAME AS WHISKY CLUB TEAMS UP WITH SHINTY PLAYERS TO CELEBRATE 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION!

To launch its 1.9.8.3 Collection, a special set of whiskies marking the year it was formed, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has joined forces with players from Tayforth Shinty Club!

Players from Tayforth Shinty Club help launch The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s 40th anniversary 1.9.8.3 Collection!

There are a ‘number’ of reasons why The Scotch Malt Whisky Society teamed up with players from Tayforth Shinty Club in Edinburgh – the most important one being to launch its 1.9.8.3 Collection, a very special set of whiskies celebrating the Society’s 40th anniversary.

In addition, the numbers on the shinty players’ strips also help to capture the whisky club’s unique coding system, which sees bottles given numbers rather than the name of the distillery the whisky is from. This distinctive coding system is designed to help drinkers focus on the flavour of the whisky.

The final reason the two organisations got together was that they both have reasons to celebrate – in addition to the Society marking its 40th anniversary, Tayforth is marking its own special milestone, its 50th anniversary.

The Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by a maverick whisky fan called Pip Hills. Four decades on, Pip’s passion for single cask whisky in its purest form is now shared with almost 40,000 members across the world.

The 1.9.8.3 Collection spells out the year that the Society was founded and features bottles of whisky from the first, ninth, eight and third distilleries that is has bottled from. The collection harks back to the Society’s first bottling, with Cask No. 1.282: Magic Shadow Show from the Speyside distillery where it all began in 1983.

Cask No. 9.274: Toffee Apple Orchard is a 19-year-old classic Sweet, Fruity & Mellow flavour profile bottling. Cask No. 8.43: Shaded By Flowers is from one of the Society’s less commonly seen distilleries, renowned for its use of sherry cask maturation, and Cask No. 3.348: Mellifluous Quince is a Society favourite from an Islay distillery treasured for its perfumed smoke.

We’re so proud of this collection. It represents four decades of outstanding single cask whisky and celebrates our curious coding system.

Paying tribute to the founding year of the Society in 1983, the four bottlings have some quirky and interesting liquid inside too. One that really jumps out for me is Cask No. 8.43: Shaded By Flowers. This is seven years old and it’s the first bottling we’ve seen from this distillery since 2006, a welcome return for distillery number 8.
– Euan Campbell: Head of Whisky Creation at the Society

With 50 years of Tayforth and 40 years of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, what a great time to get together and celebrate shinty and whisky, two of Scotland’s finest traditions, both of which are united by passion and heritage. We hope to see a few Society members attending our games very soon!
– Duncan Martin: Tayforth Shinty Club

WHISKY CLUB AND EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL GET INTO THE 40TH-ANNIVERSARY SPIRIT!

Val McDermid during recording of the SMWS’s Whisky Talk podcast

As both organisations turn 40, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has partnered with the Book Festival featuring whisky fan and bestselling crime writer Val McDermid!

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) is to be the headline sponsor for international crime writing sensation Val McDermid’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August 2023.

Globally bestselling Scottish author Val McDermid’s event at the Book Festival on 21 August, in conversation with Peggy Hughes, is set to prove a major draw for festivalgoers, with audiences also able to tune in online from all over the world.

The event partnership is one of a year-long series of special events and collaborations to mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s leading whisky club’s foundation in Edinburgh in 1983, since when it has grown to encompass nearly 40,000 members across the globe. The activities will all be inspired by the Society’s founder Pip Hills’ maverick outlook.

As well as sponsoring McDermid’s event and providing whisky for the Authors’ Yurt on site at the Book Festival, the SMWS will be launching a new monthly book club at its venues offering the opportunity to explore different books, authors and drams together; members have long enjoyed relaxing with a good book and a dram in the Society’s congenial Members’ Rooms.

One of the first book club events will spotlight the re-launch of The Founder’s Tale – a book capturing the story of how Hills created the Society 40 years ago.

Like the SMWS, the Book Festival’s fascinating story also began in 1983, with whisky fan and long-time SMWS member McDermid having appeared every year at the festival since her debut in 1983. McDermid is a long-term member of the SMWS and appeared in its Whisky Talk podcast in 2022.

Since its inception, the Book Festival has become the largest celebration of the written word on Earth, with around 250,000 visits and over 500 events each year.

As we raise a glass to 40 years of our whisky, along with the Book Festival we mark a special birthday in 2023, and books and drams are the perfect pairing. We’re thrilled to partner the festival to showcase one of Scotland’s best-known and admired authors.

We know Val’s a devoted whisky fan too, as well as a seasoned member of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. We often see our members in our Members’ Rooms in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London savouring our limited-edition, seriously delicious drams over a good book. It’s a glorious way to while away an hour. Which is why – as part of our celebration of all things books – we will be launching our own Book Club in our Members’ Rooms – as well as meeting people at the Book Festival.

This will be a terrific event on 21 August – we can’t wait to introduce more people at Edinburgh International Book Festival to our whisky and explain why it’s great to be part of this community – the world’s leading whisky club.
– Rebecca Hamilton: ASC Chief Marketing and Experience Officer for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Robert Burns famously said ‘Freedom and whisky gang thegither’. I’d say books and whisky gang thegither, and that’s what we’ll be demonstrating at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August, when I’ll be talking to Peggy Hughes about my life in writing.
– Val McDermid

For four decades, Edinburgh International Book Festival has ignited imaginations, sparking literary passions and connecting readers with exceptional stories. As we celebrate our 40th anniversary, we are thrilled to raise a glass to this milestone by partnering with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Val McDermid is one of Scotland’s great masters of the crime genre, and a firm festival favourite. Together, with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society in this milestone year, we invite audiences to a celebration of storytelling, blending the power of words to kindle imaginations.
– Nick Barley: Director of Edinburgh International Book Festival

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
• Members have access to four exclusive SMWS Members’ Rooms in Leith, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London along with a global network of 100 partner bars.
• The Society offers a variety of membership options that can be tailored.
• For more information about the Society, visit: https://smws.com/, Twitter: @SMWSUK Facebook: @thesmwsuk Instagram: @smws_uk

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.

“Angelic Fruit – Mischievous Spice” The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

June 16, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Angelic fruit – mischievous spice
Cask No: 9.193

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Young & Spritely

Chartreuse martini
Cask No: 60.32
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Aberfeldy
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.8%
£60.00

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“Espresso romano” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

June 8, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Espresso romano
Cask No: 70.48

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Spicy & Sweet

Espresso romano
Cask No: 70.48
Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Balblair
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.3%
£725.00

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Spicy ginger beer pie
Cask No: RW1.8
Cask Type: 1st fill #3 char quarter cask
Distillery: F.E.W
Origin: Illinois (USA)
ABV: 61.2%
£75.50

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Lightly Peated

Smoky bloody mary
Cask No: 108.70
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Allt-a-Bhainne
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.8%
£60.00

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Juicy Oak & Vanilla

Semifreddo al torrone e amaretti
Cask No: 85.86
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Glen Elgin
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.2%
£80.50

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Sampling Mays “Flavour Hunter Festival Discovery Pack” – The SMWS Does It Again!

June 1, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

The “Flavour Hunter Festival Discovery Pack”

It was grand to be part of the recent SMWS virtual tasting event, sampling five festival whiskies from this year’s Rare Releases – truly the grand finale of an outstanding month of whisky discovery!

In addition to being ably hosted by Madeleine Schmoll, Olaf Meier and Bob Wenting, we were also treated to music from Skye Musician Donnie Livingstone followed by a society Quiz!

What a night!

The five 25ml drams sampled were:-

Distillery G16 Dark ‘N’ Stormy Crème Brûlée
Distillery 24 Massive oak extraction
Distillery 93 Lock, stock and two smoking funnels
Distillery 3 The finesse of a fragrant furnace
Distillery 53 Blowtorched Mexican mousse

The SMWS very kindly sent me the above collection to try on the night. Thanks SMWS!

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

Dark ’n’ stormy crème brûlée

CASK NO. G16 Lowland
1st fill #4 char 24 month air seasoned Oak with toasted head barrels
6 years old
29th April 2016
1 of 1300 bottles
50.00%

Nose: Fruity sweetness with lots of apple, tropical fruits and sweet spice and peach.

Palate: Quite oily with cane sweetness that goes dry quickly. There’s tropical fruits and orange as well.

Finish: Savoury and peppery with chilli thrown in for good measure!

Massive oak extraction

SMB . 24
Speyside
1st fill & refill Spanish oak and American Oak PX barrels and hogsheads
14 years old
13th October 2008
1 of 2554 bottles
63.00%

Nose: A brilliant colour on this one! The nose is creamy with stewed fruits, sherry hints and some wood with leathery aromas.

Palate: Creamy sherry with a heavy sweetness and even heavier spicy hit that is gorgeous!

Finish: The finish ends with coffee and caramel with dark chocolate – very nice!

Lock, stock and two smoking funnels

SMB. 93
Campbeltown
1st fill barrel ex bourbon
8 years old
16th September 2014
1 of 1276 bottles
60.2%

Nose: Lovely sweet, smokey wisps that tantalises the taste buds! This is joined by sweet nuts creamy biscuit.

Palate: Light but oily mouthfeel with medicinal, peaty aromas coming through followed by sweet chocolate.

Finish: A smooth dram with antispetic flavours taking hold now, adding to the sweet peated finish which also has some added pepper.

The finesse of a fragrant furnace

SMB. 3
Islay
2nd fill bourbon & Spanish Oloroso Hogsheads
18 years old
16th February 2004
1 of 1173 bottles
56.9%

Nose: Fruity peatiness with added furniture polish and old wood – bit of a dusky, old library vibe to this one!

Palate: Liquid sweet smoke with tropical fruits, pineapple chunks and then it gets really peachy!

Finish: More antiseptic flavours with some peppery spiciness to finish. Not as massively smokey as some drams can be.

Blowtorched Mexican mousse

CASK NO. 53.446
Islay
1st fill American oak PX Hogshead
14 years old
27th May 2008
1 of 234 bottles
57.7%
Buy now: £95.00

Nose: Subtle smoke with a sherried side note to it, some cherry and it’s also more antiseptic than the other drams.

Palate: Sweet and the smoke is there in peaty spades – very smokehouse! Some fruit cherry sweetness makes a nice balance!

Finish: Very smooth with appetite sharpening smokiness and the antiseptic is pleasing the senses!

My favourite on the night:

I love peated drams but I’ve fallen for Distillery 24 – Massive oak extraction. A Very smooth dram, “Dangerously so”, as Bob Wenting said and he is spot on!
You could spend a few hours getting to know this whisky and you would probably still be only part way there!

Many thanks to the SMWS (@SMWSUK) for sending me such a fine collection of drams and for hosting a fantastic sensory evening.
The SMWS does it again!

“Papaya’s got a brand new bag” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

May 30, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Papaya’s got a brand new bag
Cask No: 64.143

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Spicy & Sweet

An emulation of jam
Cask No: 122.60
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Croftengea (Loch Lomond Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.4%
£64.20

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Spicy & Dry

Papaya’s got a brand new bag
Cask No: 64.143
Cask Type: refill ex-jamaican rum barrel
Distillery: Mannochmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.0%
£65.60

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Cherry meringue pie
Cask No: 73.156
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Aultmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.3%
£64.20

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Fruit detonation
Cask No: 80.46
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Glen Spey
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.1%
£85.30

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Spicy & Sweet

Mascarpone’s kitchen
Cask No: 19.95
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Garioch
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 55.9%
£137.10

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

A fountain of fruit in citric sunshine
Cask No: 26.217
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Clynelish
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.8%
£69.50

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Butterscotch-encrusted carnations
Cask No: 9.280
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-guyanese rum barrel
Distillery: Glen Grant
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.5%
£91.40

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Spicy & Dry

Cask-strength lapsang souchong
Cask No: 95.83
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-px barrique
Distillery: Auchroisk / Singleton
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.1%
£92.40

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Jamón and sherry heaven
Cask No: 35.353
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Glen Moray
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.7%
£80.00

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Spicy & Sweet

Golden autumn harvest
Cask No: 5.121
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Auchentoshan
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.7%
£125.00

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Spicy & Sweet

Hopscotch and a lunchbox
Cask No: 7.281
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Longmorn
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.7%
£68.40

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Heavily Peated

An encroachment of burning heather
Cask No: 16.95
Cask Type: re-charred hogshead
Distillery: Glenturret
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.5%
£60.00

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Light & Delicate

Watch out for the thorn
Cask No: 71.103
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glenburgie
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.4%
£55.80

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Spicy & Dry

The swashbuckler
Cask No: 55.81
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Royal Brackla
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.2%
£106.90

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Spicy & Sweet

Shiver me toasted timbers
Cask No: 36.208
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-rum barrique
Distillery: Benrinnes
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.2%
£75.20

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Spicy & Sweet

Funky frivolity
Cask No: 6.67
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-rum barrique
Distillery: Glen Deveron (Macduff Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.2%
£81.20

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Lost in coffee canyon
Cask No: 18.55
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Inchgower
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.6%
£92.40

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Spicy & Dry

Like a hot knife through oak
Cask No: 41.166
Cask Type: 2nd fill heavy char hogshead
Distillery: Dailuaine
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.2%
£86.00

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Oily & Coastal

Mighty and mineralic
Cask No: 93.203
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Scotia
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.3%
£62.00

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Lightly Peated

A revolving wheel of delight
Cask No: 4.356
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.8%
£67.20

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Paprika pork schnitzel
Cask No: 94.42
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-px barrique
Distillery: Fettercairn
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 57.6%
£91.10

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Ode to the worm tub
Cask No: 48.160
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Balmenach
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 55.8%
£96.80

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Spicy & Dry

Mouth-drying boozy fruits
Cask No: 68.110
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Blair Athol
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.1%
£89.50

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Cherry chantilly cake
Cask No: 112.118
Cask Type: 1st fill #4 charred hogshead
Distillery: Inchmurrin (Loch Lomond Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 54.6%
£117.00

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Pip in porridge
Cask No: 78.69
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Ben Nevis
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.9%
£69.50

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Peated

Plasticity in our city
Cask No: 53.455
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Caol Ila
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.8%
£78.50

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“A nocturne sipper” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

May 18, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

A nocturne sipper
Cask No: 4.303

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Earth, soot and fruit
Cask No: 71.93
Cask Type: 1st fill barrique
Distillery: Glenburgie
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.2%
£85.80

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ADVENTURE TRIO

£189.00

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Peated

Fruity time travel
Cask No: 3 Islay Batch 2022
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon hogsheads

ABV: 57.0%
£130.00

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Oily & Coastal

Skippin’ barfit through the (smouldering) heather
Cask No: 4.338
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.2%
£76.90

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Peachy Assam Latte
Cask No: 134.12
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Paul John
Origin: India
ABV: 59.2%
£142.80

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Peated

Throw the cork away!
Cask No: 53 Islay Batch 2022
Cask Type: 1st fill American oak ex-oloroso sherry hogsheads (formerly in bourbon hogsheads)

ABV: 58.4%
£65.00

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Juicy Oak & Vanilla

Sweet grapefruit rose wine
Cask No: 73.137
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Aultmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.5%
£64.20

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Spicy & Sweet

Tumble into fruity crumble
Cask No: 35.345
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glen Moray
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 60.1%
£64.20

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Oily & Coastal

A nocturne sipper
Cask No: 4.303
Cask Type: 1st fill toasted and re-charred barrique
Distillery: Highland Park
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 54.7%
£114.40

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“Let the fun shine” – The Latest Whiskies From The SMWS!

May 5, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Let the fun shine
Cask No: 121.104

New Arrivals From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society!

Light & Delicate

A flood of childhood memories
Cask No: 128.26
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Penderyn
Origin: Wales
ABV: 62.6%
£76.00

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Sweet Fruity & Mellow

Let the fun shine
Cask No: 121.104
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Isle of Arran
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.1%
£57.00

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Darling clementine
Cask No: 77.74
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-oloroso hogshead
Distillery: Glen Ord / Glenordie
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 56.8%
£79.90

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Juicy Oak & Vanilla

Ice cream cones in a rose garden
Cask No: 70.56
Cask Type: 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Balblair
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.4%
£82.80

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Spicy & Sweet

A tobacco salesman’s briefcase
Cask No: 78.67
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Ben Nevis
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 59.3%
£65.50

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Spicy & Sweet

Plum pistachio ice cream
Cask No: 94.36
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Fettercairn
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 58.2%
£79.20

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Lightly Peated

Mild-mannered, urbane and sophisticated
Cask No: 66.235
Cask Type: refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Distillery: Ardmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 50.3%
£180.50

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Deep Rich & Dried Fruits

Raisin-fried vanilla pods
Cask No: 64.142
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-px hogshead
Distillery: Mannochmore
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 55.3%
£92.40

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Juicy Oak & Vanilla

Jazz custard
Cask No: 82.47
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Glencadam
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 63.5%
£68.40

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Spicy & Sweet

Sticky buns and taffy
Cask No: 113.70
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Braes of Glenlivet (Braeval Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 62.4%
£63.60

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Young & Spritely

A wee rascal
Cask No: 112.117
Cask Type: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
Distillery: Inchmurrin (Loch Lomond Distillery)
Origin: Scotland
ABV: 61.3%
£57.00

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May Flavour Hunter Festival Discovery Pack 2023

ABV: 57.56%
£35.00

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The SMWS Festival Rare Releases – Whisky Flavour Hunting Season Is OPEN!!

April 24, 2023 by Gary Leave a Comment

Massive oak extraction!

The 2023 FESTIVAL RARE RELEASES

A stunning selection of small-batch releases, lovingly created and curated by the SMWS Spirits Team in celebration of FESTIVAL MONTH this May.

Enjoy an amazing range with six small-batch single malts – as well as a one-off custom distilled small-batch single grain.

Bottled at cask strength, each regional Rare Release has its own ‘cask bill’ recipe – a different selection of casks put together to create something interesting and special.