Sold outOct 2024In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 11 years.
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SMWS 78.81 is a single cask of Ben Nevis, in the Highland region, 11 years old, bottled at 58.1%, released in the Oct 2024 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.