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SMWS 78.55: Ben Nevis

“Slow sapid surrender” · Past release, no longer on sale
Slow sapid surrender - SMWS 78.55Sold outJan 2022
78.55

Slow sapid surrender

SMWS regionHighland
Age8 years
ABV59.4%
Outturn264 bottles
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 78
DistilleryBen Nevis
RegionHighland

In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 8 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We encountered a curious nose, full of cherries and chocolate, liquorice and lemon, peanuts, pistachios and wasabi peas.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£49View on SMWS

SMWS 78.55 is a single cask of Ben Nevis, in the Highland region, 8 years old, bottled at 59.4%, released in the Jan 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 78.x is from Ben Nevis.

How the price compares
At £49, this 8-year-old cost less than 19 of the 22 Ben Nevis bottlings aged 8–10 released 2021–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £49 to £72, with a median of £64.
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 Ben Nevis

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.

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