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SMWS Code RW4: Peerless Distillery

Distillery behind Society cask numbers RW4.x

SMWS code RW4 is Peerless Distillery, in Kentucky, USA. It is an operating distillery. Any Society bottling numbered RW4.x (for example RW4.1, RW4.42) is a single cask from Peerless Distillery.

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About Peerless Distillery

“Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company is a whiskey distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading RW4.403 means cask 403 from distillery RW4. That distillery is Peerless Distillery, in Kentucky, USA. More on Peerless Distillery at Wikipedia.

Peerless Distillery in past Outturns 2 bottle(s)

Second to none - SMWS RW4.2Sold outOct 2024
RW4.2

Second to none

SMWS regionKentucky
Age5 years
ABV54.5%
Caskcharred new oak barrel
SpiritRye Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code RW4
RegionKentucky, USA

In short · Peerless Distillery (Kentucky, USA), 5 years.

“A cascade of descriptors which included banana bread, fudge, butterscotch, figs, bramble jam, brown sugar, gorse flowers, toasted oak and marmalade were mentioned on the…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
Deeply satisfying - SMWS RW4.1Sold outOct 2024
RW4.1

Deeply satisfying

SMWS regionKentucky
Age5 years
ABV55.8%
Caskcharred new oak barrel
SpiritRye Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code RW4
RegionKentucky, USA

In short · Peerless Distillery (Kentucky, USA), 5 years.

“The initial nose neat was like unwrapping cinnamon flavoured chewing gum which was followed by charred coconut flakes, buttered sweet popcorn and orange oil.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

Other Kentucky, USA distilleries: B1 Heaven Hill, B2 New Bernheim, B9 Wilderness Trail Distillery, CW1 Heaven Hill Distillery, RW9 Wilderness Trail Distillery · all Kentucky, USA codes

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Which distillery is SMWS code RW4?
SMWS code RW4 is Peerless Distillery, in Kentucky, USA. It is an operating distillery. Any Society bottling numbered RW4.x (for example RW4.1 or RW4.42) is a single cask from Peerless Distillery.