Sold outDec 2021In short · Glen Spey (Speyside), 9 years.
“Limited to 2 bottles per member The first whiff was maple syrup on porridge and oaty flapjacks, green apple and caramel, then leather, tobacco and sawdust on a bootleg…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 80.28 is a single cask of Glen Spey, in the Speyside region, 9 years old, bottled at 57.2%, released in the Dec 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 80.x is from Glen Spey.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In the whisky town of Rothes, in the heart of Speyside, Glen Spey has worked since the later 19th century as one of the great unsung engines of blending. Owned by Diageo, it was long tied to the gin and blending house Justerini & Brooks, and its light, grassy, green-apple spirit, kept delicate by purifiers on the stills, has flowed quietly into J&B for generations. It is seldom seen alone. That rarity is the reward here: a single cask of Glen Spey is a chance to meet, unblended and undisguised, a Speysider that has spent its life in the service of other names.