SMWS releases — November 2021

In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 9 years.

“Limited to 2 per member Fresh cereals, barley water and laundered fabrics at first noted the panel.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glenfarclas (Speyside), 8 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member What a fabulous colour!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glenlivet (Speyside), 15 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We felt like we were being transported to the Buena Vista quarter in Havana, a popular music venue in the middle of the 20th century and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bowmore (Islay), 17 years.

“A steady cavalcade of aromas gently introduced salty sea air and rock pools with distant wood smoke that brought with it kedgeree, coal dust and lavender.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bowmore (Islay), 17 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member A joyous concoction of harbour-side aromas delivered rock pools, barnacles and seaweed alongside black olive tapenade and sawdust…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Highland Park (Islands), 19 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member We had a quality fish and chips in brown sauce sitting on the harbour wall in Stromness watching the ferry disappear into the sunset and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Highland Park (Islands), 13 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1   per member A sooty and grubbier than usual example we felt.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Highland Park (Islands), 19 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Who was smoking a hookah with raspberry and apple flavoured tobacco in the engine room of a Clyde puffer?…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Auchentoshan (Lowland), 18 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member An initial burst of juicy fruit chewing gum and candied citrus peels greeted us.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Auchentoshan (Lowland), 18 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Butter and thick cream coated the juicy fruits of melon, mango and strawberry while fragrant aromas of Turkish delight and vanilla merged…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 bottles per member A rather brusque and charismatic initial aroma of camp coffee, sweet camphor, rubber plimsolls, honey-centred lozenges and crisp cereals.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Longmorn (Speyside), 14 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member The nose is a summer picnic or tea party in the garden – manicured lawns and flower beds, rich tea biscuits and iced gems,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Grant (Speyside), 13 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member The aroma instantly transported us to warm sandy beaches and turquoise waters as we were served a tropical pina colada, a slushy frozen…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Grant (Speyside), 17 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member A rather peachy aroma greeted the panel, peach yoghurt, peach stones and a kiss of peach schnapps as well.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · BenRiach (Speyside), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member We imagined wearing a brand-new Barbour wax jacket on a sunny but cool autumn day as we sat outside drinking ginger wine and plum…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Dalmore (Highland), 9 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Plenty of goodness on the nose neat, iced gems, rich tea biscuits, powdered custard, ginger root tea with lemon and mint as well as…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Inchgower (Speyside), 11 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member A braw and bracing aroma at first, full of aromatic potpourri, scented candles, cinnamon swirls, pecan pie and a deft medicinal waft of…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Garioch (Highland), 18 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member It was the fruitiness that struck the panel first.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Garioch (Highland), 18 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Initial nosing suggested this was a lighter example than other casks from this batch.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macallan (Speyside), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member Wow!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Clynelish (Highland), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member The nose neat had a lovely ‘satin’ feel like pineapple syrup, melted butter, honey, red velvet cake as well as fresh peaches with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Clynelish (Highland), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member Initially sour apples and lemon skin merged with fresh pineapple and hard pears while honeysuckle and hazelnut oil joined cask…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Tullibardine (Highland), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member The nose was a sweet treat for the senses – Turkish delight, lemon drizzle cake, butterscotch, sugared almonds, marshmallows and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Laphroaig (Islay), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Ah, does exactly what is says on the bottle with aromas of smoked lemons, roasted sweet potatoes and kelp on a beach bonfire all followed…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Isle of Jura (Islands), 32 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member The nose made us smile – marzipan, Medjool dates and Turkish delight sweetness, salted spiced nuts, distant smoke from a croft chimney and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member A pretty left-field nose that departs from this distillerys usual profile.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 9 years.

In short · Craigellachie (Speyside), 8 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We initially noted the worm tub heft of this distillate shining through from beneath the sherry.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glenlossie (Speyside), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member A silver dish with fresh peony blossom and rose potpourri was put on a varnished oak table next to a fruit bowl filled with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Balmenach (Speyside), 12 years.

“The aroma neat had a sense of fascination which quickly aroused our curiosity and imagination as we untied a hessian sack full of buttercups while drinking mead out of a…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Old Pulteney (Highland), 29 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member A stunning nose, beautifully old style, scented, complex and superbly elegant.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 30 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member There was an initial youthfulness that led us astray.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member The nose indicated toasted marshmallows, strawberry toffee and fresh-made donuts, but also fish in a barrel and a railway workers’…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Royal Brackla (Highland), 9 years.

In short · Glentauchers (Speyside), 8 years.

“A curious but attractive nose – we discovered honeysuckle and herbs in a summer garden, tropical bubblegum, cherry Bakewell and Empire biscuits, golden syrup, lemon…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glentauchers (Speyside), 19 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We submerged our candy dipstick into a tropical sherbet fizz, mango, papaya banana and dragon fruit before we enjoyed poached pears with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Mannochmore (Speyside), 9 years.

“The nose suggested wet and windy hilltops, mossy drystone walls and sheltering in a damp old bothy.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Blair Athol (Highland), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member An initial wealth of singed raisins, fruit loaf, rye bread, cocoa, bitter chocolate and boozy Irish coffee.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glenburgie (Speyside), 8 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We imagined walking in the Grampian mountain range just beneath the snowline with spring having sprung in the valley and the associating…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Miltonduff (Speyside), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member Salted caramel, butterscotch, banoffee pie and hessian canvass noted the panel initially.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Aultmore (Speyside), 10 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member Perfumed aromas combined the sweet scents of cherry blossom and lilacs with marzipan, honey and baked apple crumble.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 8 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member We discovered sherry-derived earthiness on the nose – dried figs and dates, orange peel, fly cemeteries, hints of rum and dusty Pamplona…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Deanston (Highland), 9 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member This one displayed a lean and well-sinewed profile initially.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Spey (Speyside), 9 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member A sweet fragrance embraced gorse flowers, elderberry and pencil shavings while mango, pineapple and papaya developed with pine…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Spey (Speyside), 9 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2   per member An easy and entertaining nose we thought, giving impressions of old custard creams rattling around a biscuit tin.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glencadam (Highland), 10 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member An expressive and enticing aroma greeted us, lots of suggestions of freshly baked, glazed pastries.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Speyburn (Speyside), 12 years.

“The nose was deliciously sweet and citric – three fruit marmalade, lemon curd and orange sherbet; also with floral freshness, leather and pencil shavings.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Tomintoul (Speyside), 11 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1   per member After nine years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a second-fill PX hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Scotia (Campbeltown), 16 years.

“Limited to 1 bottles per member We prepared a chilli, ginger and rice wine vinaigrette before we shucked fresh oysters and poured ourselves a glass of chilled Muscadet…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Fettercairn (Highland), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2   per member Have you ever sprinkled on your sweet porridge some cask char or put vanilla pods into a cigar tube – no, well you have not…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Strathmill (Speyside), 11 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member The panel initially noted strawberry tarts, macaroons, pot pourri, rose petals and sweet mulled wine with raspberry pop tarts and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Allt-a-Bhainne (Speyside), 9 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Passing heathery hillsides and hedgerows, we entered a hut with an unlit wood-burning stove; settling down with lemon barley water, melon…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Allt-a-Bhainne (Speyside), 11 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member Wisps of smoky bacon and smouldering leaves wafted over peppered mackerel while the black soot from a steam engine coated freshly baked…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Braeval (Braes of Glenlivet) (Speyside), 12 years.

“We opened a can of a drink made from squeezed fresh rhubarb mixed with sparkling water followed by a glass of old-fashioned homemade bramble jelly.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Braeval (Braes of Glenlivet) (Speyside), 11 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member Our noses encountered caramel, foamy shrimps and bananas, Crunchie bars and marmalade, combined with toasted coconut, cinnamon…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Loch Lomond (Croftengea) (Highland), 9 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member Heady aromas of pear drops and green grapes washed over tinned pineapple and mandarin in a sweet syrup while heavier notes of…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Loch Lomond (Highland), 10 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member The panel recognised this one as immediately brimming with fun and character.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Loch Lomond (Highland), 8 years.

“This bottle is limited to 2 per member A massive and immensely weighty nose that began with carbolic acidity, tar, charred bacon rashers in hot oil and English mustard…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

“This small batch was drawn from the latest refresh of the SMWS blended malt solera.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS