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SMWS 8.45: Tamdhu

“Pockets like Poppins” · Past release, no longer on sale
Pockets like Poppins - SMWS 8.45Sold outDec 2024
8.45

Pockets like Poppins

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age8 years
ABV60.8%
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 8
DistilleryTamdhu
RegionSpeyside

In short · Tamdhu (Speyside), 8 years.

“From the pocket of a waxed cotton jacket, the Panel pulled handfuls of buttered popcorn, warm toffees, dolly mixture and slices of sticky malt loaf.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 8.45 is a single cask of Tamdhu, in the Speyside region, 8 years old, bottled at 60.8%, released in the Dec 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 8.x is from Tamdhu.

How the price compares
At £57, this 8-year-old cost less than 9 of the 11 Tamdhu bottlings aged 8–10 released 2025–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £48 to £72, with a median of £60.
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 Tamdhu

In Knockando, above the Spey, Tamdhu, 'little dark hill', was founded in 1896 by a group of blenders who wanted a spirit of their own. For decades almost all of it vanished into The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, and it was among the last to malt all its own barley in Saladin boxes. Mothballed in 2010, it was revived in 2013 as a distillery devoted to sherry casks. Ian Macleod's.

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