SMWS 46.126: Glenlossie
“Sweeties in the forest” · Past release, no longer on sale
Sold outOct 202246.126
Sweeties in the forest
SMWS regionSpeyside
Age12 years
ABV55.4%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 46
RegionSpeyside
In short · Glenlossie (Speyside), 12 years.
“A light and bubbly initial aroma that included candy floss and rose water up front, then strawberry mille fuille, barley sugar, tree bark and a hint of Turkish delight.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 46.126 is a single cask of Glenlossie, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 55.4%, released in the Oct 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 46.x is from Glenlossie.
How the price compares
At
£57.10, this 12-year-old cost less than 11 of the 16 Glenlossie bottlings aged 10–14 released 2021–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £53.40 to £75.90, with a median of £63.
£53.40£75.90
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 Glenlossie
Outside Elgin, Glenlossie has made whisky since 1876 in near-anonymity, and that is rather the point. This is a blender's malt, long valued by Diageo for a spirit of unusual lightness and grassy, clean elegance, coaxed out by purifier pipes on its stills that send the heavier vapours back for another pass. Rarely bottled under its own name, it shares its quiet Speyside site with Mannochmore and asks to be sought out. Meet it as a single cask and you find a delicate, floral, faintly waxy whisky that has spent its life making other names taste better.
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