SMWS Outturn March 2021

SMWS Outturn March 2021 is now live.

Up Your Whisky Game – The Scotch Malt Whisky Society release (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. Below is a full list of what the Up Your Whisky Game SMWS March 2021 outturn has to offer. The Up Your Whisky Game SMWS March 2021 outturn is being released on the Friday 5th March 2021.

The Up Your Whisky Game SMWS March 2021 outturn has 24 Scotch whiskies and 1 grain whisky to choose from. The whiskies includes a 29 year old Bruichladdich, a 26 year old Knockdhu and a 29 year old Laphroaig to name but a few. These unique monthly bottlings are only available to buy by members of the Society. (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 months SMWS Outturn: SMWS February 2021 outturn).

Up Your Whisky Game SMWS Outturn below:

SMWS 115.20

115.20 – The Upside-Down

45.5% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 26yo ~ Speyside

A surprisingly youthful and fresh nose, full of readily muddled green herbs, garden flowers, ginger beer, rosehip tea and chamomile. A nibbled of white pepper alongside golden syrup and lychee. A big dollop of pineapple jelly too. Reduction brought putty, horseradish and other spicy things. Some fresh cigarette papers, cornflour, chamois leather and lightly honeyed porridge….read more

£190.00

SMWS 10.207

10.207 – Wa-Wa-Woom!

55.9% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 12yo ~ Islay

We needed to call the fire brigade as a garden shed full of paint pots, newspapers, old chipboards and plywood had just gone up in smoke. Someone had the idea, as Shakespeare vaguely said, “fight fire with fire” while others foolishly poured fuel onto the fire. Finally water did the trick and we relaxed by the sea, where nearby someone was roofing…read more

£69.00

SMWS 72.96

72.96 – Honey Begins With A Flower

57.4% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 9yo ~ Speyside

A sweet and floral scent awakened us to raindrops falling on cherry blossom and cornfields, before kicking dust onto hidden wild strawberries as the drops splashed onto the ground. Sugary notes then appeared of sticky jam and honeycomb combined with creamy fresh milk. On the palate came apple strudel covered with maple syrup and drizzled with brown sugar, fresh ginger…read more

£48.40

SMWS 125.78

125.78 – Refined Rancio

57.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Pedro Ximenes Barrique ~ 15yo ~ Highland

This was almost sensory overkill, but we managed! Overripe pears and plums, musky and woody, tobacco, floral and nutty – we imagined being in a perfume laboratory in Grasse. The taste neat was silky and rich, gentle and refined as well as oaky and creamy, like a chilled glass of white Bordeaux wine, lemon, peach, apricot and herbaceous notes of bergamot….read more

£154.00

SMWS 53.371

53.371 – Hard Hat Dram

57.1% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 11yo ~ Islay

Sniffing this, you could be underground in an old salt mine, with abandoned machinery – definitely a hard hat dram. Pears poached in peated malt give way to candied lemon and lime, with distant eucalyptus. The palate hints at two-stroke fuel, iron filings and coal, followed by a carbolic mouthwash, but also has cotton candy, cloudy cider, seaweed, pine resin and peppery….read more

£65.00

SMWS 135.26

135.26 – A (No Partidge) Pear Tree Martini

57.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Sauternes Barrique ~ 11yo ~ Highland

We were making apricot jam, using a hot copper pan, while we enjoyed a glass of Pinot noir wine with the typical flavours of mushrooms, truffles, all slightly earthy and leathery as well as plenty of spice – cinnamon, caraway and rosemary. With water fruity aromas of cherries, strawberries and ripe tomatoes were entwined with the herbal scent of rhubarb, beetroot and black olives…read more

£55.40

SMWS 2.122

2.122 – Smith’s Quadrilogy: The Midnight Oil

56.7% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Butt ~ 13yo ~ Speyside

A clear and classic sherry accent! Bags of date loaf, pure butterscotch, salted caramel popcorn, Toffee Crisp, rosewater, orange marmalade and quince. Also, milk chocolate, figs in syrup, sweet, cured ham and toasted almonds. A tiny kiss of woodsmoke in the background. Water brings lighter and earthier tones of pollen, bitter chocolate, gingerbread, heather honey, Battenberg cake and…read more

£79.00

SMWS 24.147

24.147 – Red Wine and Cola Sangria Spritzer

63.3% ~ 1st Fill American Oak Ex-Pedro Ximenes Hogshead ~ 12yo ~ Speyside

The smell was initially like opening a jar of candied pitted olives and cherries in sweet sherry. The cherry theme continued with cherry Bakewell tarts, cherry lips and fizzy cherry cola bottle sweets. The taste was something special; raisin concentrate, fig syrup and prunes in a sweet dark bitter chocolate sauce. Water added sticky toffee pudding…read more

£75.00

SMWS 28.52

28.52 – A Sauce Of Fascination

59.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 8yo ~ Highland

Chardonnay and tarragon reduced down in a cream heavy sauce with a touch of salt as fennel merged with dried coconut, custard cream biscuits and soy sauce. Liquorice and brown sugar emerged on the palate with a spicy tingle of wasabi and pickled ginger before sweeter notes embraced chocolate, fruit jelly sweets…read more

£49.00

SMWS 29.277

29.277 – Holy Smoke!

56.3% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Oloroso Sherry Butt ~ 19yo ~ Islay

Wow! Smoked honey-glazed ocean trout barbequed on cedar planks next to crispy bacon waffles as we reminisced of a perfect day on the beach when we explored rockpools and caves. As the sun set over the sea, we lit the tiki torches and the atmosphere turned electric. On the palate neat it felt like a sweet, warm embrace – flavours of bergamot, lavender…read more

£170.00

SMWS 35.285

35.285 – The Viscometrist’s Secret Cream Fridge

59.6% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 8yo ~ Speyside

Surprisingly mature for its age we all agreed. An initial flood of Juicy Fruit chewing gum, exotic bubble gums, vanilla custard slices, custard cream biscuits, pollen-heavy lilies, rosewater and sweet young Gewürztraminer. Reduction gave us the beery richness of heather ales and old-school schilling beers, alongside linens, sweet cough medicines and cardamom custard…read more

£49.00

SMWS 4.265

4.265 – Sea Breeze And Lime Trees

57.4% ~ 1st fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 11yo ~ Highland

We were working with a traditional hand-operated cider press in a dunnage warehouse when we got served steaming hot freshly brewed coffee. A gentle sweetness after the initial heat; honey glazed ham and sticky hoisin pork ribs came to mind. Water added a salty sea breeze blending with the intoxicating scent of nearby lime trees…read more

£64.00

SMWS 48.121

48.121 – Worm Tub Hug

60.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 7yo ~ Speyside

A nose that brimmed with breads and spices to begin. Rye bread, dark roasted grains, chocolate malt, warm brioche, new leather shoes, pinecones, hawthorn and pickled ginger. Warming and welcoming in equal measure. Reduction brings the fruit! Pineapple, honeysuckle, bubble-gum, fruit salad gunk, runny honey and pineapple cubes with a dollop of lychee syrup…read more

£45.60

SMWS 48.119

48.119 – Kissing A Scarecrow

57.2% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 13yo ~ Speyside

A lean and almost brittle nose full of crisp, dry cereals, turmeric, soda bread, cigarette rolling papers, beeswax and lamp oil. Elegant, refined and complex. Water brought out cooking oils, scented candles, hessian, pot pourri and bouquet garni of dried herbs. Some incense drifting in the background. The neat palate was initially rich and oily. A satisfyingly full-bodied melt of waxes…read more

£59.20

SMWS 42.55

42.55 – For To Mull And Meander

61.8% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 15yo ~ Highland

A charismatic aroma of coal scuttles, wood embers, vapour rubs, lactic beers and wild flowers. Unusual and deeply entertaining. Lots of grassiness, light waxes, putty, crushed sea shells, carbon paper and olive oil. Reduction evolved it towards salinity with preserved lemons, rock pools, vivid minerality and a light petrolic…read more

£72.50

SMWS 23.77

23.77 – You’re A Wonderful One

53.9% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 29yo ~ Islay

“Gorse, beautiful – the yellow flowers of gorse in full bloom, the epitome of gorse!” It reminded us of a Rod Stewart song he performed with the Temptations in the year that sample was distilled – “bring over some of your old Motown records”. Very mellow, melodic and sweet, mouth-wateringly tropical with exotic wood spice performing…read more

£335.00

SMWS 13.86

13.86 – A Magical Mystery Tour

58.7% ~ 1stFill Ex-Cosecha Wine Barrique ~ 7yo ~ Highland

A wonderfully sweet, aromatic nose – mashed banana, moscatel wine, crème brûlée, café latte and butterscotch all came to mind. The palate had terrific, viscous textures, with ultra-sweet flavours of caramel, maple candies, walnut fudge and custard donuts, then a dry woody finish…read more

£56.00

SMWS 68.57

68.57 – A Newly-Built Acoustic Guitar

58.4% ~ New Oak Barrique (American/European hybrid) ~ 12yo ~ Highland

An immediately bonkers dram we all agreed. Mature demerara rum colliding with freshly varnished hardwood furniture. Upturned sods of damp earth garnished with ground black pepper and pencil shavings. Pinecones, graphite oil, freshly sawn plywood and the inside of a newly-built acoustic guitar. Add to that pumpernickel bread, bonfire embers and red liquorice…read more

£59.10

SMWS 7.260

7.260 – Elegant Calligraphy Dram

57.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 12yo ~ Speyside

The nose is elegant calligraphy embellished with fruity flourishes (stone fruits, orchard fruits, rhubarb, banana) and candy-coated curlicues (honey, golden syrup, chocolate ice-cream) – but the content is a story of oak, spinning tales of coconut, camphor, hemp sacks and mahogany wood…read more

£62.00

SMWS 1.240

1.240 – Darwins Beard Oil

61.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Spanish Oak Hogshead ~ 7yo ~ Speyside

The initial nose bristled with toasted wood, BBQ embers, aged calvados and dried apple rings. Some toffee apples, anthracite and tamarind chutney. Slowly but surely time teased out the complexity with espresso, caramel fudge and walnut cake all emerging. Water added fig rolls, chopped dates, lemon cough drops…read more

£55.00

SMWS 9.204

9.204 – Heavinly Summer Sweetness

57.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 17yo ~ Speyside

A bottle of this with friends in the garden would be heaven – elegant, refined and beautifully balanced, worthy of a Renoir painting. The nose promises luscious sweetness (golden syrup, flambéed bananas, sugared almonds, toffee) yellow fruits and floral frivolity. The palate ‘singest of summer in full-throated ease’ – buttercups, crème brûlée…read more

£84.20

SMWS 26.159

26.159 – Chilled Chilli Coriander Cocktail

59.0% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 9yo ~ Highland

Smiling faces all around as it was the first day of the new season, a return to the golf course after a long and dreadful hibernation over the winter period. On the palate the spicy chilled heat of a chilli and coriander cocktail – gin, tonic, chopped slices of green chilli and fresh coriander leaves. Inevitably rain arrived by the 4th hole and we had to unfold our premium fibreglass…read more

£56.00

SMWS 38.28

38.28 – Warms The Cockles Of Your Heart

53.6% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 25yo ~ Speyside

Imagine chopped mixed fresh fruits, like apples, pears, bananas and pineapple all stewed in orange-flavoured sugar syrup and then set on fire with a brandy flame creating a fresh fruit flambé served with a topping of whipped cream. On the palate still plenty of fire ‘warming the cockles of our hearts’ with tropical fruits, spicy seasoned oak and a hint of ash…read more

£275.00

SMWS 46.105

46.105 – Feel The Peel

64.1% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 8yo ~ Speyside

A soft sweetness evoked memories of frosted cupcakes and pears dusted with demerara sugar before a tart fruitiness delivered bananas with blood orange marmalade and red apple peel. On the palate, we discovered candied apples and lemon cream with the fragrant spice of cinnamon before creamy vanilla led us to soft watermelon and a zing of grapefruit pith…read more

£45.60

SMWS G7.20

G7.20 – The Grain Drain

54.6% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 20yo ~ Lowland

The Panel was taken aback by the richness and assertiveness of this unusually mature-for-its-age grain. A newly ribboned typewriter clattered along with freshly made rum cocktails bobbing with pineapple chunks. Exotic fruit sherbets, lemon curd, WD40 mixed with fruit salad juices and pine resin-flavoured bubble-gum. Water gave us varnished pine wood, mirabelle eau de vie…read more

£78.00