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SMWS 76.153: Mortlach

“A chair for contemplation” · Past release, no longer on sale
A chair for contemplation - SMWS 76.153Sold outDec 2024
76.153

A chair for contemplation

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age31 years
ABV52%
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 76
DistilleryMortlach
RegionSpeyside

In short · Mortlach (Speyside), 31 years.

“Into the cider press tumbled toffee chunks, damson jam, fennel seeds, tonka beans and red wine.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£550View on SMWS

SMWS 76.153 is a single cask of Mortlach, in the Speyside region, 31 years old, bottled at 52%, released in the Dec 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 76.x is from Mortlach.

How the price compares
At £550, this 31-year-old cost less than 4 of the 5 Mortlach bottlings aged 30–32 released 2021–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £425 to £825, with a median of £650.
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 Mortlach

The first legal still in Dufftown, lit in 1823, Mortlach is known simply as the Beast, a dark, meaty, muscular whisky conjured by a fiendish part-triple distillation its makers call 2.81 times and by old worm tubs that will not give up their sulphur. Not a beauty; a force. Diageo's.

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