Sold outOct 2025In short · Clynelish (Highland), 14 years.
“The nose represented a canvas of sweet buttery shortbread with random floral flicks and citric smears (lemon, marmalade); patience discovered earthier notes of crispy…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 26.229 is a single cask of Clynelish, in the Highland region, 14 years old, bottled at 54.6%, released in the Oct 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 26.x is from Clynelish.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Near Brora, on the Sutherland coast, Clynelish works beside its own ghost. The original distillery of 1819 stands next to the modern one built in 1967; revived as Brora to make peated spirit for Johnnie Walker, it became a legend after closing in 1983. Clynelish itself is prized for a singular waxy, honeyed, coastal texture, and nearly all of it still goes into Johnnie Walker. Diageo's.