Sold outJan 2026In short · Tamdhu (Speyside), 9 years.
“The initial nose gave us summer fragrances of sweet peas, chamomile lawns and hedgerows, and the fruity zing of tangerines, pink grapefruit and fino sherry.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 8.55 is a single cask of Tamdhu, in the Speyside region, 9 years old, bottled at 59.3%, released in the Jan 2026 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 8.x is from Tamdhu.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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.