My Summer Serve
Whisky & Alement Events Manager, Miranda Lidgerwood, takes us through her perfect summer serve, first experiences with whisky and what it was like for the bar during Melbourne's lockdown.
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 [...]
Your dram, your way…
Transparency is the key to enjoyment, however that is. I’ve spent years behind the bar serving some of the most incredible whiskies, from striking vintage Port Ellens to stunning young Aussie malts, and everything in [...]
Whisky in Australia: A whole new world
Brooke Hayman and Julian White travelled from the other side of the globe to turn their fellow Scotch Malt Whisky Society members’ views about Australian whisky upside down It wasn’t only Brooke Hayman who benefited [...]
Bar Lafayette x SMWS Pop-Up Bar
I tweeted earlier today that whisky isn’t just the barley, water, yeast. It’s the cask, it’s the time, but most importantly, it’s the people that make it and work tirelessly in every aspect of this [...]
Introducing The Grumpy Piper as a Partner Bar to the SMWS!
Welcome The Grumpy Piper to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society as our newest Partner Bar! The Society proudly has a network of Partner Bars around the globe that take pride in serving up drams of [...]
Welcome Bar Lafayette to the SMWS as Partner Bar!
We’ve had an absolutely massive year at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society this year, and it’s the members being a part of Australia’s best whisky club make the journey worthwhile! From our 15th anniversary of [...]
Welcome The Lost Ones Basement Bar to the SMWS!
The SMWS Welcomes The Lost Ones as our latest Partner Bar The Scotch Malt Whisky Society would like to formally welcome The Lost Ones Basement Bar as an official Partner Bar. If you were to [...]
Welcome Hippo Co to the SMWS!
Welcome Hippo Co to the Society as our latest Partner Bar! It’s with great delight that we announce Hippo Co as the latest Partner Bar to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society! Hippo Co, located centrally [...]