Welcome to day 19. If your are not already aware the SMWS is one of the biggest independent bottlers and they are likely so large due to their very good selection of super tasty whisky. In recent years they began to experiment with blending still limited but still very tasty. Today we have one of the 1496 limited bottles that made it our direction. If you like this whisky well that s probably too bad as your unlikely to find it ever again so drink slowly and enjoy
Whisky
Country: Scotland
Age: 10
ABV: 50%
Story
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) is a private members’ club and one of the oldest of Scotland’s ‘modern’ independent bottlers and an influential whisky institution that has played a significant role in the promotion and expansion of enthusiasm for single malt whiskies, both in the UK and abroad.
It was one of the key companies to promote the bottling of whiskies at cask strength and the idea of ‘single casks’. Its whiskies are notable for their uniform presentation and the coding system by which the different bottlings are denoted. The SMWS has also bottled Cognac, Armagnac, rum, Bourbon, other American whiskies and even Somerset cider brandy.
Annual membership includes access to the society’s numerous venues around the world, as well as to its bottlings which are exclusively for members only.
Tasting Notes
Nose: sherry, Brown sugar, ex-bourbon cask, cinnamon buns covered in cinnamon buns, old books
Taste: Fruit cake, Graham’s whisky plums, pop rocks, chocolate dipped candied fruit
Finish: Artichokes, Tobacco, fresh artisan cinnamon buns, nuts in chocolate,
Purchase Links
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