Sep 2026In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 20 years, Dried Fruits & Spices.
“This opened like a fruit jelly nebula swirling at the event horizon of cherry chocolate liqueurs, marzipan and cocoa powder.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 44.201 is a single cask of Craigellachie, in the Speyside region, 20 years old, bottled at 58.4%, released in the Sep 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 44.x is from Craigellachie.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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).