Gather Around the Carpenter’s Kitchen!
The Society’s Global Gathering — a coming together of members and friends to celebrate flavour. You might be asking “but Adam, don’t we do that all year round with our experiences?”; you’re right, we do. [...]
Introducing: the Two to One Range
Words: Richard Goslan Yin and yang. Light and dark. A jigsaw puzzle that comes together to create something more than the sum of its parts. Those are some of the examples that the SMWS’s [...]
Meet Lily Arnott – Our Adelaide State Ambassador
Introducing Lily Arnott — our next Ambassador for South Australia. We're proud to announce that Lily Arnott, Bar Manager at NOLA Adelaide and whisky enthusiast, has joined SMWS Australia as your newest South Australia [...]
Introducing Caramel Cascade — Small Batch Irish Single Malt
Originally published in Unfiltered Magazine Our latest release from the Society’s ‘Heresy’ series of small-batch bottlings comes from Ireland. Julien Willems describes that Caramel cascade not only comes from across the sea, it’s also [...]
Kimi Kim’s step-by-step guide to the Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship
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 [...]
Press Release: The team expands! Meet Zac Stanley, Member Experience Manager.
As you’ve seen over the last few months, the Australia branch has undergone some changes, our incredible Membership Services superstar Suzy Tawse finished up in June after almost 20 years with the branch, and Matt [...]
Announcement: 2025 AMWTC Winners
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, [...]
Matt Bailey’s Top 5 Tips on Winning the 2025 Whisky Champs!
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 [...]
Homecoming: The Essence of Heritage with Shona Hardie
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 [...]
Australia’s History with Whisky Festivals
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.