Music & Malts
Taken from March Outturn 2022, Music & Malts is about the exploration of music and whisky pairing.
Wine & Spice
Read Matt Bailey's exploration of wine and spice in the modern whisky world, featuring extracts from an interview with Master Cask's Darren Lange. February 2022 Outturn's feature piece — repurposed and given the digital treatment.
Deciphering Terms
Know your terms! Matt Bailey explains some terms and phrases you may not recognise when it comes to the whisky and wine world colliding.
Underrated whisky time: GRAIN!
Underrated whisky time: GRAIN! Grain whisky, in the context of Scotch whisky, is the backbone of the whisky industry. Blended whisky still accounts for more than 85% of all whisky sold which has a [...]
STARWARD: Drinker’s World by Chris Middleton
Two worlds of STARWARD PART 2: Drinker’s world Selling whisky is the most difficult part of the business, and much more expensive, compared to the mechanical and biological processes involved in the liquid manufacture of [...]
STARWARD: Maker’s World by Chris Middleton
Two worlds of STARWARD In the whisky industry, regardless of country, distillery or label, there are two distinct worlds a whisky business must succeed in. There is Maker’s world, where the whisky is manufactured at [...]
Welcome Distillery 148 to The SMWS
The Scotch Malt Malt Whisky Society proudly announces distillery 148 to the club in our pursuit of only the very best Australia has to offer. The SMWS is proud to announce distillery 148 to [...]
Australian Whisky: Aussie Whisky Is Changed Forever…
The following article was written by our National Ambassador, Matt Bailey, for the August 2021 Outturn which features our very first Australian whisky bottled by the SMWS. He thinks this is a rather special occasion, [...]
Australian Whisky: The Great Reinvention
The following article was written by our own Cellarmaster and NSW State Manager for the SMWS, Andrew Derbidge. Chapter 2 chronicles the rebirth of the industry and where it's landed today. This full article plus [...]
Australian Whisky: Not So Humble Beginnings
The following chapter of Australian whisky has been written by Luke McCarthy for our August 2021 Outturn, launching Friday 6 August, in anticipation of Cask 147.1 Jacaranda Jam. This is the first Australian whisky to [...]