SMWS Outturn November 2025 goes live on Friday 7th November 2025
Whisky With Your Oldest Pals – The Scotch Malt Whisky Society releases (outturn) several single cask bottlings of Scotch, Whisk(e)y, Rum and Gin, to name a few, usually on the first Friday of every month.
See below the full list of bottles being released for the November 2025 outturn. If you are not a member, Don’t worry you can join the SMWS here but be quick several of the bottlings sell out as quickly as the day they are released.
(Here is a quick link to last month’s SMWS Outturn: SMWS October 2025 outturn).
Whisky With Your Oldest Pals November 2025 Outturn bottles:
1.296 Mistletoe and Whisky
58.7% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Spanish Oak Hogshead ~ 13yo ~ Speyside ~ £98.00
The Panellists sat on a wooden veranda in wicker rocking chairs, smoking very light-bodied cigars as we admired the sunset over a field of barley. On the small side table, we had a classic martini with gin, vermouth, an olive and a twist of lemon. After dilution the sun had set and we enjoyed a slice of fruit cake – either exotic from Madeira, a bolo de mel, or closer to home, from Dundee. To drink we now had a bourbon manhattan (sweet vermouth, bitters, maraschino cherry and orange peel) accompanied by a bowl of dry-roasted peanuts… read more
2.142 – Mr Smith Does Bake-Off
62.1% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Oloroso Butt ~ 17yo ~ Speyside ~ £120.00
Initial nosing revealed toffee, condensed milk, banoffee pie, tobacco leaf, kumquat and watermelon. Then, behind that, came a clump of richly fruity Dundee cake and some freshly baked white bread. Water revealed walnut whip, hazelnut liqueur, hessian and salted honey cashew nuts. The neat palate displayed a lovely dark fruit character, with fig rolls, brandy snaps, toasted hot cross buns and raspberry coulis all noted…read more
4.398 – Tugboat Tiramisu
63.4% ~ 1st Fill Shave, Toast, Re-Char PX Barrique ~ 19yo ~ Highland ~ £150.00
From the bridge of a coal-fired tugboat, we followed the perfume of freshly pressed apple juice to the shore, finding cider, fried doughnuts and a fruit salad. The palate was a tiramisu loaded with nutmeg, spiced plum preserve, pink peppercorns and ancho chilli jam. Water gave the nose a honey mustard dressing, with barbecued lobster tails and brioche buns filled with smoked beef, apricot chutney and dill… read more
4.400 – Savour the Sweetness
62.2% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 15yo ~ Highland ~ £95.00
Aromas of purple heather and lavender invited us in, followed by hints of melon, crushed beach shells and crisp green apples. Indulgent buttery oatcakes dipped in extra virgin olive oil led the way to our initial taste. Elderflower took centre stage, accompanied by juicy orange slices and melted brie atop a toasted panettone. A touch of water revealed orange ice cream, papaya, strawberries and champagne, and the welcomed return of lavender and heather… read more
6.84 – An Enticing Offering
54.2% ~ 1st Fill 50 litre Oloroso Cask ~ 13yo ~ Highland ~ £82.00
A gentle, sweet aroma with delicate hints of char and the faint glow of wood smoke made this an enticing offering. On the palate we found a spoonful of medlar jelly on buttered toast and a steaming mug of mulled wine made with orange and lemon juice, cloves, red wine, brandy and a gentle cinnamon spice. After dilution we baked muffins loaded with tart chunks of rhubarb and topped with raspberry-flavoured sugar, and then finished with a glass of blood orange martini cocktail…. read more
9.302 – Perfume of the Library’s Bookworms
57.7% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 21yo ~ Speyside ~ £125.00
A long-forgotten, dust-encrusted book emerged into the light of day to bake in the sun and to perfume the library’s bookworms. The palate delivered peanut butter folded gently into vanilla pudding, along with a generous spoon of icing sugar and crushed ginger cookies. Having offered water to the dram, the Panel nosed its way to our library book, now submerged in butterscotch with chocolate chips….read more
10.289 – Savoury, Salty and Smoky
57.1% ~ 2nd Fill US Oak Ex-PX Hogshead ~ 11yo ~ Islay ~ £88.00
Nothing could prepare us for the explosion of smoke which awaited us nosing this dram neat. It felt like opening the lid of a cast iron cauldron filled with seething seafood goodness cooking over a peat fire. The taste surprised us all with a wave of sweetness such as candyfloss, marshmallows and sizzling barbecued candied bacon before we went back to kippers, Arbroath smokies and smoky brown crab stew. Water added the scent of miso soup with wakame seaweed, tofu and mushrooms, while on the palate we found grilled lemons and pineapples alongside raw langoustines with olive oil and smoky salt… read more
18.81 – Fortune Favours the Bold
55.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 14yo ~ Speyside ~ £75.00
A variety of images came to the fore nosing neat. One Panellist prepared a Japanese fish cake stew, simmering in a soy sauce-based dashi broth called oden; another opened an antique wooden chest previously used by an officer in the navy and a third enjoyed a lavender sea bass fillet with couscous. The dram was spicy and oily on the palate, with that umami flavour found in tuna sashimi with a ginger and lime dressing… read more
19.105 – Custard on Marmalade on Rye
52.6% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Oloroso Hogshead ~ 22yo ~ Highland ~ £169.00
The nose was a new car tyre dipped in bramble jelly and orange marmalade. A light barley and banana bread followed. In continuation, the palate added amber ale, rye bread and cinnamon-dusted custard, with poached rhubarb on the side. Water acted to burst open tinned fruits, with coconut shavings and apricot jam on the nose. The palate was now custard on marmalade on rye, with peach syrup, strawberry cordial and ginger… read more
28.104 – Crowned with Aril
61.4% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 10yo ~ Highland ~ £65.00
Having filled a warm leather satchel with vanilla pods and banana candy, we walked past an oak tree wrapped in filo pastry and drizzled with runny honey. To taste, this was gingerbread dusted with allspice and dunked in a banana and pear milkshake, with a hint of shaved fennel. Water promoted citrus notes on the nose, a sharp lemon being squeezed over cold pancetta and freshly milled pine… read more
29.301 – To Your Heart’s Content
50.3% ~ 1st Fill STR,Oloroso Seasoned Barrique ~ 27yo ~ Islay ~ £495.00
The aroma ticked all the boxes to make your heart content with smoked kabanos sausages, smoky sweet pickles with strawberries, balsamic-brown butter sauce, shoe polish, cigar boxes and an old coal scuttle in a remote bothy. On the palate we found a rich, aromatic, smooth yet smoky, moreish damson porter beer with a great balance of chocolate, roasted malt and sweet yet tangy damsons. After reduction we enjoyed a sticky pork cha siu bao bun in a dunnage warehouse as a starter before we dug into a Cumberland-glazed roast lamb shoulder… read more
30.128 – A Whizz Around the World
50.3% ~ 2nd Fill American Oak Oloroso Hogshead ~ 33yo ~ Speyside ~ £395.00
This had an enticing medley of aromas ranging from Indian sandalwood, Chinese five spice over a rhubarb crumble, toasted French brioche and Italian panettone to stovetop cinnamon apples. On the palate we found plum jam on rye bread and New Zealand manuka honey on a toasted crumpet as well as Dundee cake with a marmalade maple glaze. When we added a drop of water the scent became a spoonful of wildflower summer blossom honey next to Persian dried black limes and Mexican tamarind candy… read more
35.403 – All Kinds of Treats
55.2% ~ 1st Fill Ex-bourbon Barrel ~ 12yo ~ Speyside ~ £65.00
A fresh, fruity note of sweet green grapes, apple slices and lime sorbet was met by deeper aromas of a madeira loaf, pecan ice cream, marshmallows covered in powdered sugar and wood shavings. We noted the tangy flavour of soor plooms, those green boiled sweets originally associated with Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, alongside a creamy mouthfeel from a gooseberry fool. Following the addition of water we opened a tin of pear halves in fruit juice, bit into a ripe Victoria plum and chewed on foam shrimps… read more
44.193 – Deep, Rumbling Intensity
58.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Hogshead ~ 20yo ~ Speyside ~ £149.00
This classic worm tub distillate out of Spanish oak, although generously giving, had a strong character that for some could be intimidating. But we loved nosing its thick atmosphere of venison salami, pumpernickel bread, apricot jam, ground ginger, cocoa powder and old leather. The palate had chewy textures and deep, rumbling flavours of nutmeg on barbecued pork and cigars straight from the box. The reduced nose gave us pears, pastrami, pink peppercorns and polished cedar, coal sacks and tea tree oil… read more
46.162 – Hardwood Hedgehog
61.8% ~ 1st Fill HTMC Barrel ~ 12yo ~ Speyside ~ £65.00
The neat nose bristled with resinous hardwoods, pine cones and spiky notes of caramelised oatmeal, camphor and varnished hardwood furniture. Reduction brought similarly prickly aromas of heather honey, fruity red chilli, exotic hardwood resins and clove oil. The palate was alive with warming wood spices, lots of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and warm ginger, but also the nibble of cayenne pepper and some spiced orange marmalade.. read more
48.181 – The Huckleberry Suite
63.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 10yo ~ Speyside ~ £60.00
Giving time for our old leather jackets to soak up conditioner, we inhaled the scents of linen dunked in custard, chamomile tea and grilled pineapple sauce. The palate was spiced vanilla tarts, sweet and sour sauce, poppy seeds and redcurrant jam. On the nose, water served sliced peaches soaking in lemon juice, green apple slices dunked in blueberry pie filling, and pears poached in apricot liqueur.. read more
53.499 – Peat and Meat
55.4% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Hogshead ~ 13yo ~ Islay ~ £99.00
The neat nose veritably bristled with sweet, natural tar extracts, then pure creosote, salted Dutch liquorice and the sweetest, richest of peat smokes. We also noted meaty impressions of smoked duck breast and barbecued glazed pork. Reduction brought many aromas of umami and anchovy pastes, game meats, anthracite embers, camphor, pickled ginger and charred seaweed on a beach bonfire. The palate conjured ideas of fishermen’s wellies, wet bonfire smoke and pickled walnuts. It was also hugely tarry and peppery, with iodine, cigar smoke and squid ink… read more
58.59 – Raisins to be Cheerful
55.3% ~ 1st Fill Ex-PX Barrique ~ 15yo ~ Speyside ~ £98.00
Waves of sticky yeast extract, raisins and spicy rye whiskey washed over orange-scented tobacco, almond skins and dates stuffed with nuts like a tsunami of lusciousness. As the tide subsided it left a silky mouthfeel that embraced cocoa, cherry liqueur, and soft praline rolled in allspice, nutmeg and pink peppercorns. Walnuts arrived with a dash of water, closely followed by butterscotch, strawberry marshmallows and mango chutney. The heavenly textures remained in the mouth, now supported by dried papaya, banana chips and stem ginger dipped in milk chocolate… read more
59.100 – Cornflakes in the Treetops
57.5% ~ 1st Fill Toasted American Oak Barrique ~ 14yo ~ Highland ~ £80.00
Cornflakes swam in milky iced chai, sweetened with pine resin and birch sap. The palate was warming cardamom, toasted oats and peach syrup plus a spoonful of cranachan studded with red berries and vanilla. Water offered a sweet black tea on the nose, with slapped mint leaves and cedar bark sprinkled with crushed blackberry juice. The finish was mellow, with sweet clove in warm orange juice, raspberry, coconut and melon… read more
60.49 – Crisp Surprise
57.1% ~ 2nd Fill French Oak Jamaican Rum Barrique ~ 11yo ~ Highland ~ £70.00
The initial impression was of a highly fragrant and aromatically complex dram. It had lots of green fruit sherbet notes, with ripe orchard fruits, chocolate limes, candied citrus rinds and red cola bottle sweeties. We also registered some firmer hints of starched linens and putty. With water we agreed it was still highly expressive. Various notes of heather flowers, sandalwood, cut grass, barley water and mossy tree bark were all noted. The neat palate was richly malty at first, with clear spiciness, hessian and more putty, before displaying intriguing notes of salt and vinegar crisps… read more
63.119 – Contrapuntal as a Bach Fugue
59.6% ~ 1st Fill STR, Oloroso Seasoned Barrique ~ 17yo ~ Speyside ~ £125.00
This first fill STR oloroso-seasoned barrique (after 12 years in ex-bourbon wood) has produced a nose as contrapuntal as a Bach fugue. We found prunes, figs and dates wrapped in bacon, spun sugar and toasted coconut playing deftly alongside fresh laundry, apple slices, rosewater and mint; a total enigma. The bold and intense palate had marmalade, custard tarts and golden syrup sweetness against the dryness of clove-studded orange… read more
64.168 – Apricot Jam Session
55.7% ~ 1st Fill Ruby Port Barrique ~ 13yo ~ Speyside ~ £75.00
A vibrant and playful whisky, the nose struck a fiery first chord with habanero spice, underripe mango and dried apricots. Fresh coriander then harmonised with blackcurrant leaf, and a melodic swirl of strawberryade and red cola. Marzipan soaked in grenache wine added depth before the palate busked on a jam roly-poly. Brown ale serenaded grape-must syrup, layered with baking spices, ginger, and passion fruit liqueur, before mellowing into marshmallow fluff… read more
68.133 – Scrambled Sweet Pancakes
57.0% ~ 2nd Fill STR Barrique ~ 13yo ~ Highland ~ £75.00
We sat on a hardwood table laden with plenty of goodies – rum and raisin truffles, lava cake, crème brûlée and molasses cookies. On the neat palate were strawberries soaked in madeira, cherry liqueur chocolates and dark chocolate coconut tart, all with a hugo spritz cocktail of elderflower syrup, prosecco, mint and sparkling water. Talking of water, we now strolled through a fruit market in the Austrian Alps before we headed into a gasthaus and ordered a kaiserschmarrn… read more
70.60 – Homer’s Delight
58.5% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 16yo ~ Highland ~ £110.00
This packed plenty of bourbon goodness – vanilla ice cream, caramel tart, apple strudel with raisins, crunchy toffee popcorn and a Homer Simpson “d’ohnut”. And it was a doughnut filled, however, with a spicy strawberry jam that we bit into before enjoying a rhubarb crumble. In the finish, we found a sweet and savoury combination like a spinach and ricotta omelette… read more
76.159 – Catalan, If You Can
60.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Butt ~ 17yo ~ Speyside ~ £139.00
Opening a chest of drawers, we found monkey nuts soaking in sweet red wine, bran flakes swimming in treacle-infused buttermilk and chocolate-coated fig jelly. The palate was an opulent steak and chewing tobacco pairing, with rosemary on French polished oak, fruit salad and liquorice. Water gave the nose a vintage oloroso, with luxury nuts from a festive hamper and Turkish delight drizzled with orange oil… read more
82.54 – Everything Everywhere all at Once
59.5% ~ 1st Fill American Oak Oloroso Hogshead & 2nd Fill Spanish Oak PX Hogshead ~ 13yo ~ Highland ~ £88.00
The starting point for this small batch was two bourbon barrels of single malt Scotch whisky. We transferred one into a first-fill American oak oloroso hogshead and the other into a second-fill Spanish oak PX hogshead. The casks were then married together before bottling. The nose turned out fresh and fruity – fruit chewing gum, honeydew melon, orange and pear drops, with complicating elements of beeswax, lemongrass and chamomile, plus the promise of sweetness: crème brûlée… read more
88.34 – Sweet Cherry Crumble
53.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-PX Hogshead ~ 16yo ~ Speyside ~ £110.00
The nose reminded us of ginger snaps with stewed brambles and apples, sweet cherry crumble with vanilla ice cream and old-fashioned treacle scones. On the palate, sticky pork fillets cooked in a garlic, mustard and maple syrup sauce with sliced apples were served on saffron rice. After reduction, we tucked into a Mediterranean pomegranate tomato salad made with extra virgin olive oil and fresh garlic, plus a pinch of allspice and sumac. The taste delivered toasted tea loaf with an olive oil spread and, in the finish, tropical fruits in abundance… read more
94.53 – Big-Top Entertainment
59.3% ~ 1st Fill HTMC Chinkapin Barrel ~ 14yo ~ Highland ~ £85.00
On the nose, the oak barged in like a ringmaster, cracking their whip and introducing a troop of fruity acrobats, jugglers juggling loaves of bread and a couple of clowns called Olive Oil and Serrano. On the palate, the sweetness dominated anything else – we experienced deep, dark syrupy pleasures, including manuka honey, dried figs, preserved cherries and madeira molasses cake. Adding water brought chocolate, cinnamon, maple and crunchy nut cornflakes to the nose… read more
95.107 – Ham Bomb
56.9% ~ 1st Fill 50 litre PX Cask ~ 13yo ~ Speyside ~ £80.00
The neat nose suggested beeswax candles, hessian, pork goulash with paprika and Iberico ham. We also detected toffee popcorn, chocolate honeycomb bars and the funk of earthy forest mulch. Water brought aromas of triple sec, cola syrup, dried heather, sweet moscatel and oak spice. When neat, the palate was full of playful notes of red cola cubes, eucalyptus, candied fennel seed, chilli dipping sauce, stem ginger and wisps of wood smoke… read more
100.47 – Marmalade and Mint
55.9% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 14yo ~ Speyside ~ £75.00
Lathering up the shaving soap, we enjoyed the aromas of a spoonful of sticky marmalade and a chunk of honeycomb. The nose was sweet, woody and rich. Emulating the nose, the palate was thick in texture, like a robust toffee sauce drizzled with mango lassi and decorated with cinnamon and tangerine shavings. Water introduced herbaceous tones of bay, mint and soy to the nose, while the palate majored on sweet mint, candied nuts… read more
112.140 – Berliner Beer with a Shot of Woodruff Syrup
58.5% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 9yo ~ Highland ~ £60.00
We found ourselves in a walled garden with a perennial meadow, rose garden, potager full of fruit and vegetables, and an apple orchard. On the palate there were plenty of fruits including mango, melon and banana next to the chilli heat of white pepper, all washed down with a creamy bourbon, vanilla and chocolate milkshake. Following reduction, we moved to the top of a cliff where we hung freshly washed linen on the line to dry as the wind blew salty sea air in our faces… read more
113.75 – Cheeky Peachey Piney
60.8% ~ 2nd Fill Marsala Barrique ~ 16yo ~ Speyside ~ £92.00
Juicy peaches and nectarines jigged on a sticky dancefloor of bramble jam, pirouetting around pine needles and pears before tumbling into clove and cinnamon honey. The tempo heated up with ginger, chillies and dark chocolate while marmalade and marzipan boogied away with cardamom and star anise. Care should be taken with water as the Panel preferred it without. However, a few drops of water scattered caramel and chocolate-coated coffee beans among the revellers, as rooibos tea now tap-danced with candied orange and mint leaves in hot chocolate… read more
115.39 – Massaged with Birch Sap
62.8% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-PX Hogshead ~ 10yo ~ Speyside ~ £72.00
Massaged with birch sap, the treacle sponge could hardly smell sweeter, until it was served to our noses in a sauna with lashings of apricot jam. The palate offered banana bread, sweet beef jerky wrapped in a ribbon of marzipan and blobs of cookie dough laced with cinnamon and fiery ginger. Water added more woody depth – with biodynamic syrah, trail mix, figs, dates and caramel – to the nose. The finish was a mug of warm milk with crushed malt barley, pain au raisin, rice pudding dusted with nutmeg and rhubarb… read more
122.80 – Better with Smoked Bacon
59.2% ~ HTMC Re-Fill Hogshead ~ 9yo ~ Highland ~ £60.00
We all loved the nose neat. The scent of parma violets, serrano ham, melon, pine trees, a bed of moss with lavender, sea salt and honey-glazed bacon-flavour corn snacks put smiles on our faces. The smiles grew even bigger when we tried it. The smoked bacon was now infused within an old fashioned cocktail, as we enjoyed smoked mackerel salad with lemon, red onion, olive oil and fresh mint. Water added a grilled Dover sole (with lemon again) and a caper dressing served with roasted parsnip potatoes… read more
138.29 – Sea, Sand and Sausages
58.3% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 5yo ~ Taiwan ~ £69.00
A light sea breeze fanned the charcoals to a bright orange glow, while apple and pork sausages merrily sizzled in the rising heat. Adding more wood to the fire, we blackened the skins of padron peppers, and roasted aubergines and courgettes that were bathed in a balsamic glaze. We then sprinkled dried herbs and Chinese five spice for a delightful twist. Adding water was like dousing the hot coals in a steam room, engulfing us with wood-scented vapour… read more
146.4 – Perfumer’s Jelly Doughnut
60.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 9yo ~ England ~ £99.00
The olfactory sat nav had us meander towards a Japanese plum orchard via oud wood, French ‘numéro 5’ perfume and the shoe shiner’s stand. The palate was plummy, while chocolate malt and orange blossom mingled with black cherry treacle scones, marzipan and wintergreen mint. Water introduced lemon bitters to the nose, along with biscuit crumbs, butter and key lime pie. The palate finished with tinned custard, carnauba wax, a touch of cinnamon and a green apple jelly doughnut… read more
149.17 – To Sup by Starlight
61.7% ~ 1st Fill Spanish Oak PX Butt ~ 9yo ~ Highland ~ £85.00
A superb initial aroma of Iberico ham, flambéed banana with dark chocolate, glazed pecans and boiled ham greeted us. We also noted pork scratchings with paprika, date molasses and botrytis raisiny sweetness. Water brought cloves, orange oils, cocktail bitters and dark ‘n’ stormy cocktails with the richness of spicy pumpernickel bread. The neat palate opened with chilli-spiked hot chocolate, maraschino juices, manhattan cocktail vibes, coffee and walnut cake and pomegranate syrup… read more
164.1 – An Embarassment of Riches
61.8% ~ 1st Fill Shave, Toast, Re-Char Barrique ~ 10yo ~ Wales ~ £80.00
At first, the Panel noted fruity red ales, spiced brown bread, shilling beers, camphor, putty, resinous hardwoods, pine cones and herbal liqueurs. We also found gentle exotic fruits in the background. Water brought hibiscus tea, wildflowers, toasted fennel seeds and hints of fruity red chilli and madeira cake. The palate opened with an excellent flush of bright, ripe fruits, backed up by woody spices, treacle, frangipane and camphor… read more
Smouldering Mojo
50.0% ~ Mezcal, Bourbon & Oloroso ~ 10yo ~ Blended Malt ~ £60.00
This experimental small-batch blended malt explores what happens when Scotland meets Mexico; peated Scotch whisky additionally matured in mezcal-seasoned casks. There is a wonderful interplay found in the smoky realm, delivering salty, rugged, coastal elements and delightfully earthy and herbal tones. We immediately braced for impact, finding stormy weather on the nose at first sniff, as savoury sea spray set up a coastal theme. A gigantic, smoky, herbal influence followed, as if thyme, rosemary, savory and marjoram had been thrown on hot coals, with burnt lime and Cumberland sausages… read more