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Scotch Malt Whisky Society

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), founded in Edinburgh in 1983, is a membership organisation which bottles and sells single cask, single malt whisky. It purchases individual casks from more than 125 malt whisky distilleries in Scotland and throughout the world, bottles them and retails directly to its members. It also runs three private members' rooms in the UK and in several international locations.

Aberlour


54.70 The manuka from uncle

85%

54.73 Sunshine all year round

85%

54.75 Refined, refreshing and redolent

84%

Allt-a-Bhainne


108.26 A kiln full of kippers

83%

108.19 Forget convention

84%

108.18 Pancetta roulette

87%

108.9 Afternoon Cocktails

84%

108.50 Mountain bothy morning

84%

108.13 Green fingers, nougat and ginger

76%

108.11 Strawberry cheesecake macaroons

77%

Ardbeg


33.135 Peat-reek and barbeque char

89%

33.137 Campfire marshmallows on singed sticks

88%

33.136 Halcyon tarfest

88%

Ardmore


66.188 The magic lamp

83%

66.164 I like big butts

87%

66.231 Honey in the grill tray

85%

66.150 Smoke, soot and tarry ropes

87%

66.117 Teasing spicy smoke

88%

66.175 From Arbroath to Bogota

81%

66.141 Roofing felt on a beach hut

88%

66.140 Hickory smoked lobster

85%

66.139 Deerstalkers and hillwalkers

87%

66.129 Barbeque on a banana boat

86%

66.177 Gummidge vs Pugwash

87%

66.157 Eternal bliss

87%

66.143 Steam trains and puffers

86%

66.199 Cricket in the Caribbean

85%

Arran


121.101 Honey and Vanilla Roasted Rhubarb

83%

Auchentoshan


5.64 Happy Hour

85%

5.65 Cocktail hour

86%

5.60 Sweet surrender

85%

5.69 Tripple whammy

85%

5.72 Scaramango

87%

Auchroisk


95.35 Herbal titillation

83%

95.50 Oddball funk

72%

95.41 Blackbeard’s barbeque

84%

95.22 Revenge of the shuttlecocks

78%

95.23 A psychedelic landscape

78%

95.48 Starless sky with a big full moon

87%

Aultmore


73.145 A Curious Wee Sort

86%

73.95 Captivating, demulcent sweetness

84%

73.111 A fruity perfumery

75%

73.108 PX+CTRL+ALT

86%

73.104 Happy hobnobbing moments

84%

73.114 Total eclipse of oloroso

87%

73.110 Warm as a welcoming hug

87%

Balblair


70.32 Wasabi highball

83%

70.34 Dornoch Castle bar juice

85%

70.36 A conspicuous cornucopia of fruit

83%

70.35 What happens in Vegas

85%

70.27 Fire and earth

84%

70.30 Goose juice

86%

70.29 Monkey blood on ice-cream

83%

70.28 A seashore sunrise

85%

Balmenach


48.118 Trekking in the jungle

80%

48.108 Tasteful eroticism

58%

48.99 Utterly uplifting

82%

48.95 Tongue Twerking

76%

48.133 Worm tub gunk

87%

48.107 Brandy implementation matrix

87%

Ben Nevis


78.61 Smoky Plumes and Salted Prunes

88%

78.47 Citric firecracker

87%

78.41 A real sherry monster

87%

Benriach


12.23 Afternoon destruction

86%

12.17 Punk’s not dead

83%

12.12 Oatcake enthusiasts unite!

82%

12.9 Colourful character

83%

12.31 Flight of the tooth fairy

83%

12.27 Seductive sweetness – gentle spice

83%

12.57 That night in Rio

81%

Benrinnes


36.179 Perfectly plump

84%

36.152 A well-perfumed wee brute

86%

36.146 Pomelo segments and pineapple slices

83%

36.191 Deli delights

84%

36.161 Honey and herbs on ham

87%

36.139 Caramel, coconut and cinnamon popcorn

86%

36.162 A powerful enticement

77%

36.168 Fruity, earthy and exciting

88%

36.155 Marmalade in a nutshell

85%

36.167 Nuts in velvet

89%

Bladnoch


50.96 A day trip to heaven

87%

50.103 Funky nuts and a glass of wine

89%

Blair Athol


68.11 Honey cake with elderflower icing

83%

68.30 Charry charry bang bang

83%

68.15 Black Magic in the Black Forest

84%

68.21 Pass the nutcracker

83%

68.74 Oddball, funky and eccentric

67%

68.26 Do androids dream of eclectic sheep

88%

Blend


SMWS Exotic Cargo

80%

SMWS Old Fashioned

85%

Bowmore


3.309 Peat smoke, pipe ash and pata negra

87%

3.304 Pine-Smoked Fruit Tea

87%

Braeval


113.33 Tropical popping candy

80%

113.29 Margherita jagerbomb

85%

113.17 Fruit cream delight

83%

113.20 A choc ice melting on rhubarb crumble

85%

113.15 An apricot jamboree

82%

113.38 Welcomed with open arms

82%

Bruichladdich


23.74 Punchy, wacky, ashy

87%

Bunnahabhain


10.196 Smoky harbour fish supper

88%

10.224 Sizzling sausages

86%

10.173 Selkie caviar

84%

10.162 Big wave sofa

83%

10.148 Pretty in pink

87%

10.146 Sweet smoky succulent sensation

83%

10.125 Charred sticks in a honey pot

88%

10.128 Sea Salt and Smoked Peppered Almonds

80%

10.181 Feast of St. Columba

89%

10.163 Treacle on a bonfire

88%

10.158 Seaside adventures

86%

10.118 Enthralling Pink and Peat Intensity

87%

10.178 The sleeping giant awoken

84%

10.172 A silurian’s seasoning cupboard

86%

10.179 Flamingos smoking pipe tobacco

88%

10.217 Munich beer radish

86%

10.168 Cuquillo black olives

84%

10.183 Velociraptor Vs Xenomorph

85%

Bushmills


51.9 Sinful indulgence

88%

51.7 Come in from the cold

85%

51.13 Fifty shades of lemon

87%

Cambus


G8.17 Candles, kumquats and polished oak

83%

Caol Ila


53.280 Morning glory

84%

53.277 Yeast feast

89%

53.247 True grit

87%

53.243 A Fisherman’s Nightcap

85%

53.294 Drampaigne extra brut

85%

53.292 A whiff of maritime joy

86%

53.267 Island harbour car garage

86%

53.421 Smoked Cloudy Mulled Cider

86%

53.301 Tentacles around a wine glass

85%

53.291 Sweet puff of smoke

86%

53.263 Charcoal in a jam jar

86%

53.339 Hebridean ceviche

84%

53.271 Smoky martini in a dirty glass

88%

53.261 Sweet smoky juggernaut

89%

53.258 Seared sweet briny scallops

90%

53.249 Robust, brisk with a lovely sweetness

85%

53.434 Tarred and pickled

84%

Caperdonich


38.22 Love letters on linen paper

90%

38.24 Princes Street gardens in summer

86%

38.23 Kissing a pear

88%

Clynelish


26.122 Waxy for shore

85%

26.145 Mood-lifting sanctuary

87%

26.137 Chasing chameleons

85%

26.206 Tropical Toothpaste

87%

26.160 Fruit market candy store

86%

26.120 Oil be drammed

84%

Cragganmore


37.116 Intense as a passionate kiss

86%

37.103 Fruit welders assemble

83%

37.113 Biscuit bisque

84%

37.114 Enticing and beguiling

85%

37.91 Big Boozy Trifle

82%

37.121 A bramble bush to prune

86%

37.112 Cream tea with a difference

87%

37.134 Pheasant banana

85%

37.126 Madeira, manuka and macerated plums

85%

37.104 Admiring art from an old leather armchair

84%

Craigellachie


44.91 A natural remedy

82%

44.94 Kissing among the gorse

86%

44.115 Cabinet of curiosities

85%

44.108 Positive energy

74%

44.102 Nose healing for hippies

80%

44.129 Muscle Sprouts

82%

44.112 Spellbinding shortbread

86%

44.107 Cinnamon scented syrup

87%

44.103 Blown away

84%

44.100 Big bang dram

87%

Dailuaine


41.115 Scottish lemon preservation society

87%

41.107 Tangy tea

82%

41.110 Fruits and spices

86%

41.125 Jammed with jaffa

85%

41.124 Weighty but welcoming

85%

41.117 Bananas, brazils and spicy thrills

84%

41.101 Hard to put down

89%

41.118 Memory lane

89%

Dalmore


13.49 Apple Olive Oil Cake

72%

13.71 Full on flavoured fun

86%

13.58 Remains of the Earl Grey

85%

13.69 An antique cocktail book

86%

13.61 Gardener takes a break

82%

13.78 Stimulating seduction

86%

Dufftown


91.25 Raindrops on rhubarb

80%

91.27 Fugitive Sweetshop

84%

Edenmill


136.1 Effervescence and enlightenment

84%

English Whisky Company


137.1 An English Country Mordor

88%

137.3 Smouldering Englishness

87%

Fettercairn


94.5 Vineyard mud guard

86%

Glen Elgin


85.49 Aloha

87%

85.61 Lemon angel pie

86%

Glen Garioch


19.50 A special treat

87%

Glen Grant


9.161 Cream tea at the patisserie

82%

9.165 Mulled wine and gentian root liqueur

84%

9.163 Cinnamon dusted custard

84%

9.162 Nectareous rapture

83%

9.255 Tropical Trail Mix

85%

9.147 Cocktails in a coalmine

84%

9.143 Graceful Gravitas

88%

9.157 I drambled lonely as a cloud

86%

9.146 Sweet, slightly spiced mead

76%

9.178 A leather cyberman

84%

9.170 Australian outback

84%

9.151 An old crooners last encore

86%

9.171 A double buttered old crumpet

89%

9.159 Pedro packs a punch

88%

9.135 Timeless Allure

85%

Glen Moray


35.324 Tangerine Collings

82%

35.232 The St Bernard’s barrel

79%

35.218 Sweet apples with a marzipan core

85%

35.209 Dram Fatale

77%

35.247 In a tabanco in Jerez

83%

35.237 A novel experiment

75%

35.197 Big mountain adventure

74%

35.245 A conversation piece

86%

35.234 Hopping mad

86%

35.203 Feria de Jerez

85%

35.207 Pine nuts on baked apple pie

88%

35.250 Bathing in brandy

86%

35.239 Sweet Seduction

86%

35.224 Fata Morgana

84%

35.259 Rumtopf, birnenbrot and stollen

87%

35.288 Caribbean cruise

86%

35.223 A theta state of mind

91%

Glen Ord


77.55 Sharp and tart

84%

77.54 Zesty, zingy, zippy and zappy

85%

77.65 Pure dead brilliant

88%

Glen Scotia


93.107 Flexing the mussels

81%

93.145 Sweet filth

88%

93.185 Grubby Sweetness and extreme funk

87%

93.187 Baldricks Aquatic Dress Turnip

87%

93.108 Earthy and masculine

85%

93.97 Full metal hospital

88%

93.96 Sweet memories

87%

93.125 Sugary espresso in a mechanic’s cup

86%

93.106 Red diesel

90%

93.94 The final trawl

87%

Glen Spey


80.16 An attack of the vapours

87%

80.35 Ankler biter

81%

80.41 Volcanic Marmalade

78%

80.15 Spring meadow picnic

74%

80.12 Muesli mosh pit

82%

Glenallachie


107.16 Truly a fairy tale

86%

107.25 Powdered fruits

87%

107.15 Strawberry feels

78%

107.13 Andalusian gazpacho

87%

107.11 Electrifies the tongue

83%

Glenburgie


71.54 Cake dough reminiscence

83%

71.52 Make hay while the sun shines

82%

71.60 A menthol asylum

82%

Glencadam


82.38 Sugar hit

83%

82.21 Shed soup

86%

82.31 Give free rein to the imagination

84%

82.43 You Might Start Yodelling

84%

Glendronach


96.29 Warm, fuzzy, effulgent feelings

83%

96.36 Night-time nurse

87%

Glendullan


84.32 Sweet surprise

82%

84.28 Sumptuously simple but far from dull

80%

84.25 Distinctive and delectable

81%

84.31 The garden of edam

83%

Glenfarclas


1.211 Ironing a lemon

84%

1.263 Soft or stiff peaks

84%

1.218 Dessert triptych hessian meringue

84%

1.213 Seduces and invites fantasies

87%

1.212 Beeswax on barrels

88%

Glengoyne


123.29 Pinocchio’s dream

78%

123.27 Banana milkshake in an alpine meadow

84%

123.24 Primroses and candyfloss

85%

123.19 Jack-in-the-box

85%

123.33 Spicy as hell – tasty as well!

84%

Glenlivet


2.108 The king o’malts

86%

2.115 Riverbank reverie

85%

2.107 Rose tinted glasses

83%

2.117 Cheerful enjoyment

86%

Glenlossie


46.69 Ruby boozeday

87%

46.79 Chocolate, cream and malted Bali

87%

46.57 Relaxing in a sauna

85%

46.54 Pas De Deux

87%

46.71 Ginger and jelly sweets

88%

46.72 Jungle slippers

88%

46.82 A journey from light to dark

88%

46.97 In the shadow of a cocoa eclipse

85%

Glenrothes


30.109 Strangely soothing

87%

30.106 Succulent, scintillating, substantial

86%

30.102 Not easy - but worth it

81%

30.119 Molten armchairs

88%

Glentauchers


63.43 Sorrel punch

77%

63.57 Fields of pleasure

81%

Glenturret


16.37 Polarising perceptions

84%

16.35 Dante’s Mondeo

86%

16.41 Cosy contentment

88%

16.54 Frightfully good

88%

16.39 Sweetness and spice laced with mystery

88%

Highland Park


4.252 An Orkney beekeeper’s dram

86%

4.298 I see sushi

86%

4.249 The mermaid’s marmalade

88%

4.244 Welcoming an old sea dog

87%

4.256 A dark palette palate

86%

4.250 Celebrity yurt indulgence

84%

4.239 High sea rebellion

90%

Knockdhu


115.9 Midnight drambler

84%

115.15 A solitary sausage

84%

115.16 Turned into a nutty corner

71%

Laphroaig


29.266 Converting vegetarians

78%

29.264 Thermonuclear pasta water

84%

29.238 Firemen stomp out haystack fire

87%

29.260 A visceral, elemental experience

87%

29.246 Transcendental bliss

88%

29.241 A prefect moment

87%

Linkwood


39.163 Flaming hot bananas

85%

39.159 A whale of a time

84%

39.182 Herbal maltbarn phantasmagoria

84%

39.184 Showered with petals

86%

39.170 Barbeque bourbon bananas

77%

39.172 Starry starry night

69%

39.160 Will brighten your day!

86%

39.175 The chocolate and wine diet

87%

Loch Lomond


135.7 Yoghurt and fruit candies

82%

112.21 Mulled Tokaji and Belgian waffles

86%

112.20 Sweet, sassy and playful

87%

112.44 Talking point whisky

78%

112.42 A highland BBQ

87%

135.12 Juicy yet mouth-drying

81%

112.40 The spring collection

68%

112.43 Starfruit the next distillation

88%

112.29 A little glass of fascination

86%

122.21 What’s cooking

88%

135.1 Sensual sensory sensation

82%

112.62 Beguiling Enthrallment

84%

135.30 Big fruit and short bread

85%

Longmorn


7.275 Allspice sponge cake

84%

7.247 Minty Seahorse bandage

85%

7.215 Succulent and satisfying

83%

7.221 Hop Scotch

82%

7.265 In a garden centre café

86%

7.210 Fruit matrix

84%

7.193 Cherry fudge with dark chocolate

88%

7.185 Sweet, smooth s’more

87%

Macallan


24.161 Sensuous susurration of Spain

83%

24.132 Engaging warmth

84%

24.129 Meeting an Old Master

87%

24.137 The French polisher’s delight

92%

Macduff


6.56 Tea tree tobacco leaves

86%

6.32 Knickerbocker at wedding

84%

6.35 Cherry cream cheese cupcakes

84%

Mannochmore


64.111 Pleasing sweetness, playful heat

87%

64.104 Oat cuisine

87%

64.98 Champagne Sherbet

82%

64.107 Nuts on a workbench

81%

64.113 Forget-me-not flower bouquet

84%

64.123 Red alert

85%

Miltonduff


72.90 Umami Salami

87%

72.60 Full of shy promise

85%

72.80 Swallowing a cashmere scarf

85%

72.71 Drumnadrochit’s drinking society

84%

72.62 Full-throttle sophistication

88%

Mortlach


76.138 Sweet memories of autumn

86%

76.141 Toasted vanilla beans

74%

76.135 Moment of serenity

80%

76.143 Wherefore art thou rancio

85%

Nantou


SMWS 138.1 All in the game

84%

North British


G1.16 Chardonnay flavoured white wine gums

84%

Old Pulteney


52.41 Seahorse ramen

82%

52.25 A morning at the beach

87%

52.31 I dream of creamy

80%

52.21 Tropical Breezes Fill the Sails

84%

52.29 The wicker dram

75%

52.24 Tin foil hats at Dornoch Castle

87%

Penderyn


128.7 Down the old fruit mines

87%

Royal Brackla


55.50 Biscuit bites

76%

55.54 Gingerbread in the flowerbed

85%

55.52 Sicilian citrus liqueur

83%

Speyburn


88.10 Complete sweet treat

81%

88.9 Salmon incognito

84%

88.21 Cute and delightful

85%

88.16 Deliciously decadent dessert

84%

88.15 Sea salted caramel sauce

77%

88.22 Banana split with sprinkles

85%

Strathclyde


G10.40 A beguiling syrupy sweet spiced baba

83%

G10.13 Warm butter on banana bread

85%

G10.12 Chocolate-covered macadamia nuts

89%

Strathisla


58.35 Sunshine from Leith

84%

58.24 Melts in your mouth

84%

58.29 Soul o plays and pranks

84%

58.44 For campers and hampers

87%

58.26 21st Century Speyside pizzazz

83%

Strathmill


100.21 Caramel, currants, coconut and carpentry

86%

100.15 Danish pastries and pickled ginger

84%

Teaninich


59.55 Highland riesling

87%

Tobermory


42.44 Winter warmer

86%

42.43 Smoky spicy red rye ale

84%

42.42 Waiter…there’s ash in my coffee

89%

42.47 Oblivious to genius

87%

42.46 Seahorse to air missile

87%

42.39 Whisky to mull over

86%

42.31 Sandy Toes Sundowner

86%

42.52 Wood smoke through a porthole

87%

42.38 As pleased as punch

73%

42.82 The Thing

87%

42.65 Grubby delight

85%

Tomatin


11.37 Cake or death!

87%

11.40 Old school virtuosity

88%

Tomintoul


89.9 Lemon and Italian meringue cheesecake

83%

Tormore


105.25 Emperor’s mess

85%

105.20 Fluffy banana pancakes

84%

105.21 Sweet sunny summer soiree

85%

Tullibardine


28.67 Cricket bat wrapped in hessian

82%

28.65 The porridge oats man

79%

28.38 Cherries in summer

87%

28.40 Lady marmalade

85%

28.39 Vanilla poached peaches

83%

28.37 Custard on ginger cake

87%

West Cork Distillers


150.1 Lets go west

82%

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