Sold outSep 2023In short · Dailuaine (Speyside), 17 years.
“The nose suggested brown sugar on roasted peach, raisins, salted caramel and manuka honey, with a slightly funky edge of liquorice and antiquarian bookshops.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 41.165 is a single cask of Dailuaine, in the Speyside region, 17 years old, bottled at 59.7%, released in the Sep 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 41.x is from Dailuaine.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Tucked at Carron in the folds of Speyside since 1852, Dailuaine is a big, brawny, sometimes meaty malt that has long lent muscle to Johnnie Walker. Diageo seldom lets it out under its own name, so a single cask is a rare handshake with a distillery most people drink without ever knowing.