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$215.99
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Bottled for the 2023 Highland Spirit Festival, this 14 year old is a marriage of 1st fill and refill oloroso and bourbon hogsheads, and has an abv of 53.5%.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 22 February 2008
Outturn: 1174 bottles
700 ml Low StockSMWS Tasting Panel's tasting note: "A heady aroma came brimming with confectionery and baked pastry vibes. Some clear impressions of pomegranate molasses drizzled on lemon sponge cake were joined by coffee crème caramel and hints of aromatic VORS (i.e. very old) oloroso sherry. This evolved nicely to cherries, marzipan and orange liqueurs.
Water brought out notes of rum fudge, ginger cake, peppermint tea and a wonderfully deep leather and tobacco combo. The palate neat opened up with hot cross buns, a deep and satisfying spiciness, booze-soaked trifle and a smorgasbord of fig jam, cinnamon pastries and a lovely, syrupy texture evoking runny honey and fruit compotes. With water it moved more towards dark chocolate, Turkish Delight and candied walnuts, with a long, warming and citrus-tinged afterglow."
As a member, you will join over 27,000 other members around the world who, like our whiskies, are altogether unique. Only members can purchase SMWS whiskies (please note we are not a Scotch-of-the-Month club); you'll join a family of whisky adventurers who appreciate that their whisky discoveries taste better when shared.
SMWS Canada offers a variety of whiskies, and sometimes other spirits, every month. Our exclusive retail partners, including Kensington Wine Market, host tastings of our new releases every month, and members get advance notice and a discount on the ticket price.
Also available exclusively to members is Unfiltered, our award-winning online magazine that is guaranteed to provide you with fascinating insights into The Society and its events, and the world of single malt whisky.
Members also gain access to Members' Rooms in Edinburgh, Leith, London and elsewhere, and receive a discount at SMWS Partner Bars around the world.
A Club With Personality - Who Are We?
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is a club unlike any other. Since we were formed in 1983, we've believed in doing things differently. We seek out whisky in its purest form, we prize flavour above everything else, and we're united and constant in our passion - to share the world's best whiskies, to bring them to life, and to make you proud to belong to the world's most colourful whisky club.
Our Beginnings
"The people who said it couldn't be done were so dull" - Pip Hills, Society Founder
Our Society grew out of a few individuals' irrepressible spirit of discovery and adventure, which still drives us today. Inspired by the unique character of a cask of single malt whisky, purchased over 30 years ago from a Speyside distillery, this pioneering group of friends founded the Society in 1983 to buy more casks and share their discovery with like-minded adventurers.
What We Do
Each of our whiskies must pass the uncompromising noses of our expert Tasting Panel – a secretive group of independent whisky connoisseurs from all walks of life – before being deemed worthy of an iconic Society green bottle. The exploration of flavour and sharing our discoveries is what we're all about. Our members enjoy exclusive access to our hand-picked whiskies from over 140 distilleries in Scotland and beyond. We bottle them at cask strength and offer a constant variety. How you drink them is entirely up to you.
$141.99
Our first KWM exclusive single cask of Blair Athol is a 14 year old bottled for us by our friends at Berry Bros. & Rudd. The spirit was filled into a hogshead cask, #8939, in 2009, and has been bottled after 14 years at 59.1%. Only 156 total bottles!
$143.99
SWEET STRAWBERRY SYRUP WITH A LEMON TANG
This 8 year old Speysider was matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel and has an abv of 59.8%.
Flavour profile: Young & spritely
Distilled on: 19 November 2015
Outturn: 162 bottles
$159.99
A RUMOUR OF SHERRY*
This 9 year old Highlander spent 4 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a 2nd fill oloroso hogshead and has an abv of 59.5%
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 26 September 2014
Outturn: 309 bottles
$234.99
Distilled in 2008, this 18 year old Blair Athol was bottled from an ex-Wine Hoghead at 50% as part of the Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary Range.
About the Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary Range
“The flagship Old Malt Cask series was launched in 1998 and quickly became known amongst connoisseurs as an umbrella for whiskies of the highest quality. Twenty five years later we continue to offer the finest casks from our family cellars under the Old Malt Cask brand, still bottled at 50% alcohol and of course without artificial colouring or chill-filtration. To celebrate a quarter of a century of Old Malt Cask single malts we have selected twenty five expressions to be bottled in the brand’s original, iconic, green and gold presentation. These Twenty Fifth Anniversary releases are drawn from across Scotland’s signature whisky producing regions and reflect the varied selection of Malts which have appeared under the Old Malt Cask banner. As ever with the Old Malt Cask range we offer them to you with confidence and pride.”
