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THE SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY
[H1] WIN A CASK FROM DISTILLERY 10
As part of this year’s festival releases, we’re giving away an ENTIRE cask of Islay whisky from distillery 10 to one very lucky member. To enter, all you have to do is buy any festival bottle or activate a SMWS membership during the month of May.
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The lion’s share of the whisky used to create Batch 34: Smouldering Mojo comes from a well-known and liked Islay distillery that can produce a very punchy peated whisky, which in this case has spent just over a couple of years in STR (shaved, toasted and re-charred) casks that had previously been seasoned with a smoky, fruity mezcal with herbal and vegetal notes. The result is robustly smoky with tarry impressions, molasses and treacle-cured ham and hickory smoked salmon and a mojo sauce (containing cumin, orange, lime, coriander mint, generally used with pork) giving this bottle its name.

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Inspired by our trips to Jerez over the years, in July 2024 we began the creation of our SMWS sherry-cask solera. A range of Speyside malts were blended together and filled into our specially selected sherry hogsheads. This blended malt is the first to be drawn from that much larger batch. We will replenish the solera by adding new whisky each time we release an expression from it. Over the coming years Society members will have the chance to experience its evolution through different ever-ageing releases.

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A visit to several cooperages in France inspired the Whisky Team to source calvados-seasoned STR barriques from our friends at Alter Oak. We entrusted the casks with a 15-year-old Speyside single malt, previously matured in ex-bourbon wood; the spirit absorbing earthy and apple cellar aromas as well as notes of rancio and tobacco. For the final result of combining bourbon-matured whisky with the calvados casks, think delectable apples and custard. We’re proud to present to you this elegant addition to our Heresy range.

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[H3] Why should you get into the good stuff?

For only £100 a year, Society membership gets you unlimited, VIP access to the most remarkable whiskies on the planet. And just for good measure, your very first bottle, worth at least £70, is on us.

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Not a drop of whisky gets into our green bottles until the Tasting Panel gives it the green light. They nose it, they taste it, they name it and describe it. Their seal of approval is your guarantee you’re getting the good stuff.

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Membership unlocks VIP access to cask-strength whiskies from Scotland’s best distilleries. Each of our casks yields a precious 250 bottles. So if you want to get the good stuff, best get going before it’s all gone.

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More than twenty new single cask malts every month. Each approved and named by the Tasting Panel. Strictly members only. Strictly the good stuff.

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Each one has its own personality, selection of Society whiskies and events. You can use any of the four locations in Edinburgh, Leith, Glasgow and London and take up to three guests with you.

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WIN A CASK FROM DISTILLERY 10
As part of this year’s festival releases, we’re giving away an ENTIRE cask of Islay whisky from distillery 10 to one very lucky member.  To enter, all you have to do is buy any festival bottle or activate a SMWS membership during the month of May. One entry will be made into the draw for each bottle purchased.

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