Sold outNov 2021In short · Speyburn (Speyside), 12 years.
“The nose was deliciously sweet and citric – three fruit marmalade, lemon curd and orange sherbet; also with floral freshness, leather and pencil shavings.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 88.26 is a single cask of Speyburn, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 53.3%, released in the Nov 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 88.x is from Speyburn.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In Rothes, on the Granty Burn, Speyburn was built in 1897 by Charles Doig, pagoda and all. Determined to fill a cask in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, its makers ran the first spirit on 15 December, in a snowstorm, in a still house with no doors or windows, the men in overcoats and mufflers. They managed one butt. The spirit is light, sweet and fresh. Inver House's.