Sold outJun 2025In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 10 years.
“We rubbed our barbecue ribs with a black beef seasoning, along with the usual ingredients such as salt, pepper, garlic, brown sugar, onion and hot chilli.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 78.87 is a single cask of Ben Nevis, in the Highland region, 10 years old, bottled at 59%, released in the Jun 2025 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.