SMWS code 24 is Macallan, in the Speyside region. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1824. Any Society bottling numbered 24.x (for example 24.1, 24.42) is a single cask from Macallan.
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Above the Spey at Easter Elchies, in a manor house that predates it by a century, Macallan has made whisky since 1824 and turned sherried Speyside into both an art and an obsession. Raised in the finest Spanish oloroso oak, its spirit runs deep with dried fruit, spice and old polished wood, and its rarest bottles change hands for the price of cars. In 2018 it eased a spectacular wave-roofed distillery into the hillside, as though the ground itself had risen. Edrington's crown jewel.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 24.403 means cask 403 from distillery 24. That distillery is Macallan, in Speyside. More on Macallan at Wikipedia.
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Sold outJan 2026In short · Macallan (Speyside), 16 years.
“The nose danced in with rich wood oils, walnut and dried figs, swirling to the snap of castanets at a Spanish fiesta.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outDec 2025In short · Macallan (Speyside), 16 years.
“Our Whisky Wonders are a selection of member-favourite distilleries, rare drops and legacy sips.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outNov 2025In short · Macallan (Speyside), 16 years.
“International Sherry Week celebrates all things sherry.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outApr 2025In short · Macallan (Speyside), 16 years.
“There’s no introduction necessary to distillery 24, a member favourite across our global community of members.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outOct 2024In short · Macallan (Speyside), 15 years.
“The Panellists all found this one possessed a decidedly menthol note at first nosing, recording impressions of eucalyptus, menthol rolling tobacco and dried mint.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outSep 2024In short · Macallan (Speyside), 15 years.
“We found ourselves transported into a world of flavours, as dried figs and dates were served alongside serrano ham and toasted almonds.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outJan 2024In short · Macallan (Speyside), 32 years.
“Atop sticky ginger cake, Turkish delight and Spanish rum mingle with treacle, jam and gooey apricot.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outJul 2023In short · Macallan (Speyside), 32 years.
“Warm slices of nougat were served on a cedar slab, dusted with cinnamon and crowned with peanut paste.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outNov 2022In short · Macallan (Speyside), 33 years.
“A deep russet hue led us straight into an autumn landscape with aromas of polished horse chestnuts, rosehip, birch branches, prunes, dates and figs.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outJun 2022In short · Macallan (Speyside), 31 years.
“Limited to 2 per member We gave it a mesmerising stare in the glass, a bright dark burnt umber colour which was followed by a magical wave of a wizard’s ‘Satya Sai Baba…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outApr 2022In short · Macallan (Speyside), 13 years.
“Limited to 1 bottle per member A big, uncompromising and direct aroma full of gingerbread, umami paste, bouillon stock and marrowfat peas in butter greeted us.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outMar 2022In short · Macallan (Speyside), 30 years.
“Limited to 1 bottle per member We found ourselves very close to the naked heart of this traditionally sherry-cloaked distillate.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Other Speyside distilleries: 1 Glenfarclas, 2 Glenlivet, 7 Longmorn, 8 Tamdhu, 9 Glen Grant, 12 BenRiach, 15 Glenfiddich, 18 Inchgower, 30 Glenrothes, 34 Tamnavulin, 35 Glen Moray, 36 Benrinnes · all Speyside codes
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