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SMWS Code R8: Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña)

Distillery behind Society cask numbers R8.x

SMWS code R8 is Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña), in Nicaragua. Any Society bottling numbered R8.x (for example R8.1, R8.42) is a single cask from Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña).

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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading R8.403 means cask 403 from distillery R8. That distillery is Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña), in Nicaragua. More on Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña) at Wikipedia.

Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña) in past Outturns 2 bottle(s)

Beef twerky - SMWS R8.9Sold outMar 2022
R8.9

Beef twerky

SMWS regionNicaragua
Age15 years
ABV67.4%
Outturn244 bottles
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R8
DistilleryCompañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña)
RegionNicaragua

In short · Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña) (Nicaragua), 15 years.

“Limited to 2 per member An immediate nose of caramelised brown sugar on freshly baked soda bread kicked things off.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£75View on SMWS
Limbo dancing in a kilt - SMWS R8.8Sold out
R8.8

Limbo dancing in a kilt

SMWS regionNicaragua
Age21 years
ABV57.2%
Outturn240 bottles
Cask1st fill ex-Sauternes barrique
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R8
DistilleryCompañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña)
RegionNicaragua

In short · Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña) (Nicaragua), 21 years.

“The nose brimmed with fruit (mango syrup, melon, papaya, pomegranate, pineapple, banana) and hints of bicycle tyre.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£89View on SMWS

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Which distillery is SMWS code R8?
SMWS code R8 is Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña), in Nicaragua. Any Society bottling numbered R8.x (for example R8.1 or R8.42) is a single cask from Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua (Flor de Caña).