Live Blues Soirée In the Basement
Live blues, Society drams, and an exclusive booking at Beneath Driver Lane! Music & Malts month is back again for another year this April, and we're teaming up with the fine folk at Beneath Driver [...]
Coffee & Whisky: Perfect Pairings
Single-origin coffee, with single malt drams — a collaboration of pure flavour exclusively for members. We're always pushing flavour boundaries here at SMWS, and this May we're going to new frontiers! We've teamed up with [...]
Unusual Pairings in Melbourne: Round Two
Due to overwhelming demand and after a staggering sell-out time...our unusual pairings tasting is getting an encore session! March Outturn is all about unusual pairings. Whisky paired with things you otherwise wouldn't have considered. Pairings [...]
Melbourne November Outturn Preview
Celebrate the release of our giant November Outturn with a preview tasting at Whisky & Alement! November Outturn is on the horizon! Our absolute beast of a festive bumper issue that has over 40 casks [...]
SMWS Japan 30th Anniversary Tasting
Celebrating 30 Years of SMWS Japan Branch! In 2022, the Australia branch celebrated 20 years of SMWS, and this year we're celebrating 40 years globally, but in between all that, it's also the 30th birthday [...]
The Gathering: Melbourne — Beat the Panel
The Gathering is BACK! And Alex Moores has something special in store for Melbourne members. Ahead of our large-format Global Gathering tasting at the Kelvin Club (Thursday, September 28), VIC State Ambassador Alex Moores [...]
BASIK LIVE: Chocolate & Whisky Perfect Pairings in Melbourne
The mad chocolatier from the north returns this August to tantalise your senses and challenge your flavour conventions! Some of you know Krsna Raj from BASIK, but for those who have joined recently, BASIK [...]
Maverick Launch Party — Melbourne
MAVERICK, YOU ARE CLEARED FOR LAUNCH! 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of our beloved club, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society — 40 years of doing things differently, sharing the unparalleled flavours of single-cask, cask-strength whisky with [...]
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE!
Yeehaw! The SMWS has been busy beavering away on some new American releases, and we’re here to share them around. There's a lot happening in the US of A. You only have to open the [...]
Whiskey and Food Pairing — 101
Join us for an evening of indulgence as we explore the rich and complex flavours of whiskey from around the world. Our expert sommeliers will guide you through a tasting of carefully selected single [...]