Our 5 most-asked questions of 2020
As we roll into the summer months of the year, the team at SMWS Australia like to look back, go through our activity log, our emails and messages, and see what the most asked questions [...]
A must read guide to Outturn
Each month we often get questions and requests on how to checkout and secure that bottle you're after. Many Society offerings sell out in seconds upon release, so without further ado, a handy guide on [...]
Welcome Dean’s Lounge to the Society!
Welcome Dean’s Lounge to the SMWS! We’d like to formally welcome Dean’s Lounge to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society as a Partner Bar! Located at 7 Kellett Street, Potts Point NSW, Dean’s Lounge is a [...]
Celebrating Ten Years with Whisky & Alement x SMWS
CELEBRATING TEN YEARS Whisky & Alement Special Release of SMWS bar pick of Cask 72.89 Pirate's breakfast juice People often ask me which cities on earth have the strongest ‘whisky culture’? Which places have a [...]
Pax A Punch: What is paxarette in whisky?
Casks treated by the condensed sherry syrup known as paxarette have been around for more than a hundred years. SMWS traces the history of its use in the Scotch industry and asks if its reputation is [...]
SMWS Bottlings Score High In IWSC 2020
The SMWS has scooped a gold medal and five silvers in this year’s International Wine and Spirits Competition! The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has won high praise from the judges at the International Wine and Spirits [...]
Nostalgia – it’s a thing of the past
One of the great discussion topics that vexes many a whisky enthusiast and ignites many strong opinions is the notion of whether or not whisky used to be better “back in the day”. Even [...]
Deciphering the Hashtag
Although I technically qualify as a millennial, even I can get overwhelmed by the overuse of hashtags. They often get thrown around with wild abandon, and one would be forgiven for thinking they are unimportant [...]
Celebrating the Australian exclusive Gathering cask
September each year is all about the Gathering. A global coming together of members across the world to celebrate the joy of whisky camaraderie. The joy of sharing great single casks with flavour adventurers at [...]
Distilled Delorean
To properly examine the effects of technology in distilling and how it’s changing the game, we need to really go back in time to begin with. Where was distilling first discovered? Always a hotly contested [...]