SMWS code 65 is Imperial, in the Speyside region. It is a closed distillery (ceased production in 2013). Any Society bottling numbered 65.x (for example 65.1, 65.42) is a single cask from Imperial.
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“Imperial distillery was a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky in Carron, Strathspey.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 65.403 means cask 403 from distillery 65. That distillery is Imperial, in Speyside. More on Imperial at Wikipedia.
Sold outJul 2022In short · Imperial (Speyside), 30 years.
“Limited to 1 per member Nosing this one neat one of the panellists was reminded of the line “it washed away in a tide of longing” from the song “In the shadow of our…”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, 24 Macallan, 30 Glenrothes, 34 Tamnavulin, 35 Glen Moray · all Speyside codes
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