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SMWS 44.137: Craigellachie

“Funky rhubarb rum baba” · Past release, no longer on sale
Funky rhubarb rum baba - SMWS 44.137Sold outDec 2020
44.137

Funky rhubarb rum baba

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age16 years
ABV52.1%
Outturn172 bottles
CaskRefill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 44
DistilleryCraigellachie
RegionSpeyside

In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 16 years.

“This bottling is limited to 2 per member The nose neat was all over the place; sheep’s wool, beeswax, balsa wood, tomato plants, nettle tea and toasted almond slices.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 44.137 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 16 years old, bottled at 52.1%, released in the Dec 2020 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 44.x is from Craigellachie.

How the price compares
At £79, this 16-year-old cost less than 3 of the 5 Craigellachie bottlings aged 14–16 released 2020–2022 that we hold. They ranged from £76.20 to £89.10, with a median of £84.
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 Craigellachie

High above the Spey since 1891, Craigellachie keeps the old ways on purpose. Its worm-tub condensers, coiled in cold water outside, breed a heavier, sulphury, struck-match muscle that traditionalists prize like a secret. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).

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