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Sale!At the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, we’ve never been shy about experimenting with cask maturation. Over the years, we’ve explored just about every cask type imaginable - and discovered time and again how a great whisky can be shaped by an exceptional cask. As everyone knows, we have a long-standing love affair with sherry casks and the flavour results still surprise and delight us today. Rich, layered, and full of character - it’s a formula we know works. But that got us thinking: if sherry casks can do this much, what about other fortified wines? With Fortified: Adventures in Australian wine casks, we’ve taken that question to the other side of the world - exploring the impact of casks that once held fortified Chardonnay, tawny wine, and muscat. The result? A new flavour experience, built on the same taste for adventure that defines everything we do. It’s whisky with a twist. Familiar spirit, unexpected flavour... And you’ll taste it straight away - layer upon layer of unexpected texture, sweetness and spice. Chardonnay brings nutty depth and creamy oak. Tawny wine adds dried fruit, toffee and warmth. Muscat lifts everything with vibrant, floral sweetness. It’s a different kind of cask influence - and a new kind of flavour journey. Fortified: Adventures in Australian wine casks is a celebration of flavour exploration - where the whisky reaches new levels of complexity and brilliance through its time in far-flung wood.
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Peat Plants II: Elemental whiskies from Scotland’s Western Isles
Peat Plants II is a bold return to Scotland’s Western Isles, where wind, sea, and fire shape whiskies of raw intensity. Drawing from Islay, Mull, and beyond, this collection dives deep into the medicinal heart of peat - denser, darker, and rich with salt air and smoke. These are elemental drams that howl with coastal character and blaze with untamed spirit.
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Out of stockA combined maturation period of 101 years…just let that sink in. This is Peat Plants II, the follow-up to the first ever Creators Collection series. We’re hosting two virtual tastings this month, the first of which is a limited run featuring 30ml samples of all four Peat Plants II bottlings; this collection of spirits has been curated to delve into the medicinal heart of peat. This virtual pack goes on sale on Outturn preview day — March 27, midday AEDT, with the tasting being held online on the 15th of April, 7pm AEST. A truly rare opportunity to try these carefully matured whiskies before they’re released to all members mid-month. Note, there will be limited quantities of this pack available, so don’t miss out!
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Out of stockThe Creators Collection is a series that brings liquid storytelling to life, curated to create the ultimate whisky flights. Each release celebrates unique flavour stories, presenting whisky as a creative work of art in beautifully designed one-of-a-kind bottles. Nowhere is this more apt than in Diptych: A work of liquid beauty in two parts, which draws inspiration from the art world to create the ultimate flight in symmetry and contrast. Traditionally, a diptych is a work of art presented in two panels, often hinged, designed to be viewed side by side. Each part is distinct, but together they tell a richer tale. In whisky, we see the same story when casks diverge, evolve and then come together again.
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Out of stockIt's Sherry Madness this month at SMWS Australia with five incredible Society malts that have seen either full or partial sherry maturation; of course, the big one this month is our next Creators Collection: Diptych! A mix of flavour profiles (which is slowly turning into the new flavour profiles) to round-out our second virtual tasting of the year. Grab yours on Outturn Day for just $169 per pack (strictly 1x pack per person). Join the team live on YouTube and Facebook (plus our watch-along voice channel in the members-only Discord server) on Thursday, February 26 at 7pm AEDT.
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Sale!Out of stockOur Tales of the Worm Tub Creators Collection celebrates this old-school approach to whisky making and the bold, rich and robust flavours which this ancient form of condenser contributes to the final flavour of these drams. Since shell and tube condensers came to dominate Scotland’s distilleries in the late 1960s, worm tub condensers have become somewhat of an anomaly in today’s whisky landscape. However, not everyone has been won over by the more efficient lure of the shell and tube condenser — a select few choose to embrace the untamed nature of this old-school distillation technique. Limited sets available — you may also purchase each bottle individually.
