Society makes it three-in-a-row with Independent Bottler of the Year award! The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has claimed its third consecutive title of Independent Bottler of the Year in Whisky Magazine’s Independent Bottlers’ Challenge (IBC) [...]
Cask 1.210 'Kept in the dark' There's not much really I can say about Glenfarclas that your station host and Cellarmaster Andrew Derbidge doesn't know. It's his favourite distillery and he's kinda my oracle of [...]
Cask 139.5 'Midnight espresso' Euan from the SMWS HQ doesn't mince words when he admits he's been chasing Kavalan for years. We finally bottled our first casks from distillery 139 this year (pictured), and they've [...]
Cask 46.72 'Jungle slippers' 25 years is a long time. That was 1994. What were you doing then? Glenlossie is often a grassy, complex, and backbone of many Diageo blends. It also sits next door [...]
Cask 16.38 'ACME ghost repellant' A truly fascinating return to form for distillery 16 with the SMWS. We've not seen a 16 coded bottle for some time, and this is just the 38th cask ever. [...]
Cask 58.28 'Usquebae an' blankets warm' Often quite a heavy spirit at Strathila, known for being the most picturesque distillery in Scotland with it's stunning gardens and old-school pagoda roof. Visiting the distillery will reveal [...]
After reading a great article recently by our Cellarmaster on ‘whisky flippers’ and the ugly side of scalping whisky, I was inspired to look at the other side of the coin: whisky collecting. What does [...]
If there’s something that we know a bit about, it’s how to run a whisky club. That might sound like a bit of hubris, but after 36 years it’s something we’re quite proud of… So [...]
I fondly recall my first SMWS experience... -- ...it was way back in 2010 and I along with some work colleagues attended our first SMWS tasting (held at the Dinosaur Room of the Australian National [...]
Giorgia De Biasi is a Society member who's had an epiphany through flavour and has sparked a journey through everything great in whisky... -- "2019 saw me rejoin the SMWS after a couple of years [...]
