SMWS 80.29: Glen Spey
“Fizzy, fruity, minty and refreshing” · Past release, no longer on sale
Sold outDec 202180.29
Fizzy, fruity, minty and refreshing
SMWS regionSpeyside
Age9 years
ABV58.8%
Outturn287 bottles
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 80
RegionSpeyside
In short · Glen Spey (Speyside), 9 years.
“Limited to 2 bottles per member A lively and ‘full of fun’ aroma excited the panel, fruit flavoured love hearts, wine gums, fluffy honey sweetened marshmallows as well…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 80.29 is a single cask of Glen Spey, in the Speyside region, 9 years old, bottled at 58.8%, released in the Dec 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 80.x is from Glen Spey.
How the price compares
At
£48.40, this 9-year-old cost less than 6 of the 12 Glen Spey bottlings aged 8–11 released 2021–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £45.60 to £65.60, with a median of £48.
£45.60£65.60
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 Glen Spey
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.
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