SMWS releases — February 2026

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

“This 17-year-old Speyside dram is golden sweetness at its finest, matured in ex-bourbon barrels and additionally matured in a first-fill Sauternes barrique.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.

“This opened with a spring-summer mix of floral and evergreen perfumes on the nose, notably gorse blossom, heather ale and spruce syrup.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Tomatin (Highland), 10 years.

“Kissed by cherry lips is a whisky that stands apart from our regular offerings of cask strength bottlings.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Tullibardine (Highland), 10 years.

“Meandering across an ice cream parlour's range of flavours, our noses delighted in scoops of rum and raisin, salted caramel, chocolate-toffee and marzipan fruitcake.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glen Moray (Speyside), 11 years.

“To celebrate the third year of our partnership with the  OurWhisky Foundation , our all-women Tasting Panel has selected five whiskies for International Women’s Day.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Benrinnes (Speyside), 13 years.

“A complex concoction of aromas greeted us on the neat nose.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 12 years.

“One Panellist had a cameo in a blockbuster film as they watched an eminent doctor dusting off some dinosaur bones.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Dailuaine (Speyside), 13 years.

“Our Whisky Team has created a series of Two to One ultra-small batch bottlings to take you on a flavour journey you won’t find anywhere else.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Glenlossie (Speyside), 17 years.

“The comforting scents of cooking apples with orange zest stewing on a hob and licking a wooden honey spoon left us all feeling very content.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Balmenach (Speyside), 12 years.

“The nose had heather honey and dessert wine sweetness, but also nice touches of exotic wood (a laurel hedge, gorse flowers, sandalwood, hessian, pencil boxes and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Old Pulteney (Highland), 12 years.

“Say cheese!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 14 years.

“Our Whisky Team has created a series of Two to One ultra-small batch bottlings to take you on a flavour journey you won’t find anywhere else.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 12 years.

“Our Whisky Team has created a series of Two to One ultra-small batch bottlings to take you on a flavour journey you won’t find anywhere else.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In 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

In short · Mannochmore (Speyside), 28 years.

“This amazing vintage dram evoked driving a vintage motor car (with its interior of polished wood and leather) down country lanes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Blair Athol (Highland), 11 years.

“At one of only 302 bottles, this cask strength sip is already a rare thing.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Ben Nevis (Highland), 12 years.

“HTMC (Heavy toast, medium char) are four letters that have been well represented in the Society’s cask profile since 2016.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Deanston (Highland), 8 years.

“The nose lifted brightly with citrus zest, marmalade and clementine peel wrapped around fragrant pear drops and waxy apple skins.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

“A lighter style of sherry we thought; full of soft aromatic tobaccos, cocoa, light earthiness and mossy tree bark.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 18 years.

“Our nose as our witness, we watched Picasso's apprentice wrapping emulsion-splattered linen sheets around candy apples, butterscotch toffee and cherry liqueur chocolates.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Knockdhu (AnCnoc) (Speyside), 10 years.

“Initial nosing revealed a highly leathery and nicely dense profile, with underlying soft dark fruits balanced by gentle earthy and tobacco notes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Isle of Arran (Islands), 10 years.

“The wonderful neat nose offered up hawthorn, juniper and the fruitiness of jelly beans and candyfloss.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

“Ripe, bright and fresh were the first adjectives mentioned – fresh hay bales, apple orchards, green muscat grapes, elderflower cordial and a gentle whiff of oak,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

“To celebrate the third year of our partnership with the  OurWhisky Foundation , our all-women Tasting Panel has selected five whiskies for International Women’s Day.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Penderyn (Wales), 10 years.

“The neat nose revealed mentholated and highly fruity sherry, lots of prunes, figs, mango, marzipan and lychee syrup.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS