The Society’s latest Creators Collection tells a 30-year-old tale of two sherry cask-matured whiskies from distillery 96, as Mads Schmoll from SMWS UK writes… The Creators Collection is a series that brings liquid storytelling [...]
Sherried whisky. It evokes a sense of taste, time, and style of whisky that is hugely desirable to whisky lovers, so let’s dig a bit deeper on sherry casks, and how they work. Simply put, [...]
August Outturn 2025 Feature Article Words: Kimi Kim To begin, everyone's got their own superpower when it comes to tasting whisky. Some are brainiacs with incredible knowledge, able to name a whisky just by knowing its background. Others [...]
WINNERS OF THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN MALT WHISKY TASTING CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED: 1st Place: Kimi Kim 2nd Place: Jayden Taylor 3rd Place: Darian Naidoo 4th place: Ryan Sweeney An electric buzz filled the air on Saturday, [...]
The Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championships are back for 2025 — and in Melbourne for the first time ever! One huge fun night of nosing and tasting whisky, where someone will be crowned the whisky [...]
June Outturn 2025: SMWS Australia Chairman Andrew Derbidge recounts the history Australia has had with whisky festivals; what are fairly commonplace nowadays had humble beginnings.
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: Sullivans Cove Marketing Coordinator Miranda Lidgerwood sits down for a candid chat with Sullivans Cove Distillery Manager Heather Tillott in this incredible long-form interview.
February Outturn 2025: Andrew Derbidge discusses the intrinsic romance of whisky — from the memories and emotions to the marketing of it.
February Outturn 2025: Chris Middleton's Mighty Oaken Cask #7 busts myths about paxarette and sherried whisky.
