Sold outNov 2022In short · Allt-a-Bhainne (Speyside), 10 years.
“Some of the panellists compared the smell to a first aid kit, burning twigs, marmite, and a smelting plant while others described the aroma somewhat differently with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 108.53 is a single cask of Allt-a-Bhainne, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 62.6%, released in the Nov 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 108.x is from Allt-a-Bhainne.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
A short way from Dufftown, Allt-a-Bhainne, 'the milk burn', was built by Seagram in 1975 as a modern workhorse: everything in one room, and the whole process runnable by a single person. Its spirit is a principal malt in Chivas Regal, so it is seldom seen under its own name, which makes a cask of its light, clean, floral spirit something of a find. Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard).