Aug 2026In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 8 years, Sweet & Zesty.
“The nose offered spun sugar, toffee, foamy bananas and myriad manifestations of fruit.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 78.101 is a single cask of Ben Nevis, in the Highland region, 8 years old, bottled at 61.1%, released in the Aug 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 78.x is from Ben Nevis.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Under the shoulder of Britain's highest mountain at Fort William, Long John MacDonald founded Ben Nevis in 1825. Its spirit is big, characterful and, at times, wonderfully wild, a distillery with a cult all its own. Owned since 1989 by Japan's Nikka, a quiet marriage of Highland and Japanese sensibilities.