SMWS code 60 is Aberfeldy, in the Highland region. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1896. Any Society bottling numbered 60.x (for example 60.1, 60.42) is a single cask from Aberfeldy.
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Beside the tumbling Pitilie Burn in highland Perthshire, John Dewar & Sons raised Aberfeldy in 1896 as the beating heart of their blends. The whisky carries a famous streak of heather-honey sweetness, golden and warming, and the distillery remains one of the friendliest doors in Scotch to walk through. Still Dewar's (Bacardi).
I've visited Aberfeldy and had the pleasure of meeting Stephanie MacLeod, the multi-award-winning master blender whose work shapes its honeyed, heather-sweet Highland style. Sitting beside the Pitilie Burn in Perthshire, it's one of the warmest, most welcoming distilleries I've been to — and tasting the spirit where it's made gives the SMWS bottlings a whole new context.
First-hand notes from Karyn and Blair.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 60.403 means cask 403 from distillery 60. That distillery is Aberfeldy, in Highland. More on Aberfeldy at Wikipedia.
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Sold outJul 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 13 years.
“We opened the day's broadsheet newspapers, each page adorned with different sweeties: gummy bears, flying saucers, bubblegum, and hundreds and thousands.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outJun 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 12 years.
“A leafy and honeyed nose greeted the Panel, with further impressions noted of black forest gâteau, boozy cherries, darjeeling tea and milk chocolate.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outMay 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“A sweet, fruity aroma reminding us of cantaloupe melon next to warm marzipan croissants, apricot jam and French pear clafoutis made for a very comforting opening.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outApr 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“On first nosing cherry berries, gummy bears, strawberries and apricots leapt to the forefront – a true tutti frutti welcome.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outApr 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 12 years.
“On the nose, rich caramel sauce poured over vanilla fudge and buttery tablet was underpinned by sunlit gardens and greenhouse blooms.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outFeb 2026In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 12 years.
“A delicate scent of heather honey, custard cream biscuits, crushed vanilla pods and fresh cotton fragrance oil greeted the Panel before soft fruit jelly sweets, candied…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outNov 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“The initial impression was of a highly fragrant and aromatically complex dram.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outAug 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“After eight years in ex-bourbon wood, we transferred this whisky into a first fill Australian tawny cask.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outMay 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“Waxed paper enveloped an oozing honeycomb slab.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outMar 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 10 years.
“A bowl of mixed berry compote drifted past us as we supped on a glass of Caribbean fruit punch.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outFeb 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 10 years.
“A fresh aroma greeted the Panel with the scent of grass, cherries, strawberries and gooseberries, while in the background we noted hints of heather honey and a floral…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Sold outJan 2025In short · Aberfeldy (Highland), 11 years.
“This opened with a bouquet of croissants, lemon and lime peel, fruit leather and fresh strawberries.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
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Other Highland distilleries: 6 Macduff, 11 Tomatin, 13 Dalmore, 16 Glenturret, 19 Glen Garioch, 21 Glenglassaugh, 26 Clynelish, 28 Tullibardine, 32 Edradour, 52 Old Pulteney, 55 Royal Brackla, 57 Glen Mhor · all Highland codes
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