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SMWS 76.157: Mortlach

“Behold The Beast” · Past release, no longer on sale
Behold The Beast - SMWS 76.157Sold outAug 2025
76.157

Behold The Beast

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age18 years
ABV54.3%
Cask1st fill ex-oloroso butt
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 76
DistilleryMortlach
RegionSpeyside

In short · Mortlach (Speyside), 18 years.

“Using worm tub condensers is just the final quirk in a distillery known for its unique approach to distillation.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£155View on SMWS

SMWS 76.157 is a single cask of Mortlach, in the Speyside region, 18 years old, bottled at 54.3%, released in the Aug 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 76.x is from Mortlach.

How the price compares
At £155, this 18-year-old cost less than all 3 Mortlach bottlings aged 19–20 released 2023–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £170 to £175, with a median of £170.
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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