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SMWS 44.150: Craigellachie

“Salting and pickling” · Past release, no longer on sale

Sold outApr 2022

44.150

Salting and pickling

SMWS regionSpeyside

Age16 years

ABV59.5%

Outturn231 bottles

Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon hogshead

SpiritMalt Whisky

Distillery from SMWS code 44
DistilleryCraigellachie
RegionSpeyside

In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 16 years.

“Nosing this neat, a variety of pictures came to our minds including boysenberry and almond granola clusters, rum and raisin fudge, bramble mille-feuille and pomegranate…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

£88.20View on SMWS

SMWS 44.150 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 16 years old, bottled at 59.5%, released in the Apr 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 44.x is from Craigellachie.

How the price compares

At £88.20, this 16-year-old cost less than 13 of the 17 Craigellachie bottlings aged 14–18 released 2020–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £76.20 to £126.50, with a median of £107.

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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