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SMWS 155.1: Milk & Honey Distillery

“The rye pretender” · Past release, no longer on sale
The rye pretender - SMWS 155.1Sold outMar 2023
155.1

The rye pretender

SMWS regionIsrael
Age4 years
ABV65.4%
Cask1st fill STR barrique
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 155
RegionIsrael

In short · Milk & Honey Distillery (Israel), 4 years.

“Our entrée was spiced marmalade on a wholewheat cracker before, floral and flagrant, rose petals landed on a warm hay bale.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 155.1 is a single cask of Milk & Honey Distillery, in Israel, 4 years old, bottled at 65.4%, released in the Mar 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 155.x is from Milk & Honey Distillery.

How the price compares
At £74.50, this 4-year-old cost less than 2 of the 3 Milk & Honey Distillery bottlings aged 3–4 released 2023–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £72 to £77, with a median of £77.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Milk & Honey Distillery

On the border of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, a group of tech entrepreneurs turned a derelict bakery into Israel's first whisky distillery in 2012, advised by the late Jim Swan. The hot, humid Mediterranean climate drives maturation at more than twice Scotland's pace, so the spirit is ready young: rich, spicy and fruity. Independently owned.

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