Words: Julien Willems The Scotch whisky regions have long been used as a benchmark for referencing a dram’s flavour. Although these can still be helpful, more distilleries than ever are defying traditional expectations and [...]
Words: Julien Willems Spanish splendour is the latest addition to the Society’s non-standard ‘Heresy’ series of small-batch bottlings, and even for this collection, it is a bit of an unusual expression as it is [...]
Words: Julien Willems The Society’s latest small-batch creation is the result of a collaboration with a Perthshire-based brewer and its experiment with a stout flavoured with locally sourced spruce tips. Julien Willems has the [...]
July Outturn 2025 Feature Article Words: Mads Schmoll The Creators Collection is a new series from the Society that showcases the liquid art of whisky making and the visual art of illustration. We have [...]
As some of you may know, Suzy Tawse, our incredible Members Experience and Service Manager is retiring at the end of June. As such, we are on the hunt for someone passionate and dedicated to [...]
May Outturn 2025 Feature Article Wood is paramount to the pleasures of drinking whisky as it contributes the greatest aromas, flavours, mouthfeel, and all the colour*. All major whisky-producing countries have varying statutes on [...]
March Outturn 2025: Adam Ioannidis chats with Flying Dutchmen Cocktails Bar Manager and Social Media Manager Alina Lucia Cichozki ahead of her visit to Australia.
Unfiltered #98 preview: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society works with a range of cooperages and bodegas in Spain to source the very best sherry-matured casks for our whisky. Here are some of the suppliers who play a key role in making sure everything we offer is of the highest quality.
Unfiltered #94 Preview: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society goes to great lengths to ensure that we can trace the provenance and guarantee the quality of the casks we use for sherry maturation – and that includes being able to see exactly where the wood comes from, as well as how the casks are coopered.
Unfiltered #93: Take a look back at the law that changed it all, the trademark legislation in Scotland, 1823, that legalised distillation. Tom Bruce-Gardyne reflects on the Excise Act and the bicentenary celebrations of a number of distilleries founded in its wake.
