Oct 2026In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years, Coastal & Maritime.
“Sniffing this (although we found vanilla and butterscotch sweetness) we mainly recalled chalky smoke drifting from the lingering embers and ash of beach bonfires, as…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 10.304 is a single cask of Bunnahabhain, in the Islay region, 12 years old, bottled at 58.5%, released in the Oct 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 10.x is from Bunnahabhain.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On Islay's north-east shore, facing Jura across the Sound, Bunnahabhain has distilled since 1881; the village was built to house its workers, and until a road arrived in 1960 everything came and went by sea. On an island famed for smoke, its classic spirit is the gentle exception, made from unpeated malt: nutty, salty-sweet and at ease in sherry wood. The name means 'mouth of the river'. Distell's, now Heineken's.