Whisky, pipes, haggis, neeps & tatties! It’s that time of year again when we get to celebrate the birthday of Scotland’s greatest poet and romantic, Robert Burns. Join us for our first official SMWS event [...]
THE GATHERING IS BACK THIS SEPTEMBER! — After a huge outing in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, we’re super excited to bring back The Gathering for 2023 with special Gathering casks, incredible experiences, and moments [...]
Join us for a small, intimate tasting night as we explore a special selection of Society whiskies that have been matured in ex-sherry casks. Butts, hogsheads, American oak, Spanish oak, 1st fills, refills, and finishes....each [...]
Gear up for the 2024 Global Gathering in Sydney! Global Gathering is an SMWS initiative started several years ago where we dedicate the entire month of September to emphasise the ethos that whisky should be [...]
A.D. brings his favourite Society format home to Sydney for an in-depth exploration of Scotland's Speyside region! The Grand Tour of Speyside is an incredible whisky experience that we first presented in Sydney in 2022. [...]
Join us for our SMWS Sydney End of Year Bash, which this year will take the form of a Trivia Night! In addition to celebrating the year's end and trying six incredible SMWS whiskies, we'll [...]
By popular demand, the Society's formal Burns Supper is back, celebrating the life and times of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns on his birthday, the 25th of January. Following multiple requests from last year's attendees, [...]
Hosted by our wonderful friends and NSW Partner Bar 26 of Otter Craft Distilling — indulge in an exquisite SMWS-paired seafood degustation dinner... Join us at Bar 26 (the speakeasy style tasting bar for OCD) for [...]
Yes, it’s back! Our favourite and most popular tasting event is back for 2025. And, this year, we’re combining it with our annual Gathering! The SMWS Gathering has always been a time of coming together, [...]
Franz Scheurer, the internationally-acclaimed maestro of matching food to whisky, returns for yet another SMWS Whisky Dinner, this time teaming up with none other than Lennox Hastie of both Firedoor and Gildas fame (as well [...]
