Tag Archives: SMWS
Ardnamurchan 6, 2016-2023, 1st Fill American Oak PX Sherry Butt, 60.6% – SMWS 149.3 (A Walk in the Woods)
Even though I think Ardnamurchan is a distillery that is doing very, very well, they don’t often find their way to my shelf. It maybe has to do with me not paying attention, or simply that there’s so much out … Continue reading
Bowmore 17, 2004-2021, 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 56.7% – SMWS (3.333 ‘Slowly Forgetting the 1980s)
Going back to a Bowmore I had quite a while ago during a wee online tasting that I’ve been doing regularly with JPH. We dubbed it our ‘quarterly advent’ since we found out we like doing those semi-blind things, but … Continue reading
Clynelish 12, 2010-2023, 1st Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel, 58.7% – SMWS 26.126 (Madeleine a la Plage)
It’s been ages since I bought a bottle from SMWS. I tried some over the years but, and I think I’ve stated this before, it feels a bit silly to pay for a membership to a club to be allowed … Continue reading
Bowmore 17, 2004-2021, Refill Ex-Guyanese Rum Barrel, 56% – SMWS 3.326 (En Garde!)
Right. A French name on a Scottish whisky with a Guyanese rum finish, with that name coming from a sport that is said to originate from Egypt. Is SMWS trying to be more inclusive, because if that’s the case they’re … Continue reading
Glen Moray 11, 2008-2020, Refill Oloroso Puncheon, 64.9% – SMWS (‘Stirs your soul’)
Whether it stirs your soul or puts a blowtorch to it is to be seen. A whisky at 65% alcohol is not something to take lightly, and especially not as a first dram of the day. Of course, I didn’t, … Continue reading
Glen Elgin 12, 1985-1997, 56.4% – SMWS (85.9)
I double checked the label to see whether or not I missed something. There’s no weird nonsensical name on it, which, I thought, was the SMWS’s schtick from the start. Apparently that’s something from later iterations of rebranding. Anyway, a … Continue reading
Clynelish 18, Refill Bourbon Barrel 26.70, 54.7% – SMWS (Gobstoppers in the Headmaster’s Office)
Yes, one of those names that doesn’t mean anything to me unless I Google it. And even then relevance is highly limited. But in the end, it’s what in the bottle that counts. Interestingly, this whisky is a bottle I … Continue reading
Dailuaine 14, 2004, 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead, 57.9% – SMWS (41.124, Weighty but Welcoming)
Yup, another one of those weirdly named SMWS bottlings. I got this one in auction little over a year ago, in the last throes of lockdown after lockdown. Based on the ratings on Whiskybase I think I used this one … Continue reading
Dailuaine 12, 2007, Bourbon Barrel 41.128, 58.4% – SMWS (Perverse Pineapples)
So, I got a sample of this one based on the positive reviews it was getting on Whiskybase, by some of the people who were offering samples in my wee bottle-share group. Something-something pineapples also helped, since that’s something I … Continue reading