SMWS Outturn September 2020 is now live.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society release (outturn) several single cask bottlings of Scotch, Whisk(e)y, Rum and Gin, to name a few, on the first Friday of every month. Below is a full list of what the SMWS Global Gathering Outturn released on the 4th September 2020 has to offer.
This month there are 22 Scotch whiskies and 1. These whiskies include an 18-year-old Macallan and much, much more… 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.
Unsure what all the numbers mean, visit this page for a full explanation of the SMWS Distillery Codes.
(here is a quick link to last months SMWS Outturn: SMWS August 2020 outturn).
September’s SMWS Outturn below:
R8.8 – Limbo Dancing in a Kilt
57.2% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Sauternes Barrique~ 21yo ~ Nicaragua
The nose brimmed with fruit (mango syrup, melon, papaya, pomegranate, pineapple, banana) and hints of bicycle tyre. The palate also picked up nuances of muscovado, clove, blackcurrant, eucalyptus oils and calvados. The reduced nose found rosewater, star fruit, yellow plums, kumquats and….read more
£89.00
1.229 – Frisky, Fiesty and Full of PEP
63.3% ~ New Oak Hogshead ~ 8yo ~ Speyside
The nose, bold as a ballsy brigadier, had sherry, toasted oak and cinnamon; Christmas cake, molasses, dates and cherries in syrup. The palate tingled with chilli, ginger, clove rock, charred oak and leather – while its brown sugar, syrup and dried fruits kept us smiling….read more
£58.80
4.256 – A Dark Palette Palate
56.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Pedro Ximenez Hogshead ~ 15yo ~ Highland
After 13 years in ex-bourbon wood we transferred this into a first-fill PX hogshead. The panel didn’t catch the smoke right away, but it soon become evident – smoked pork, kippers, smouldering peats and beach bonfires. Otherwise, the nose gave us the sweetness of toffee, marzipan, raisins and manuka honey….read more
£90.00
5.73 – A Midsummer Night’s Dram
61.1% ~ Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 28yo ~ Lowland
The nose evokes old wood – grandparents’ dresser, roast chestnuts, creosoted sheds or the mischief-filled forest of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There’s also lots of dried fruits – Dundee cake, sticky dates, dried figs, golden sultanas – the sweetness of agave syrup and moist Madeira cake, pipe tobacco….read more
£240.00
7.243 – Twinning
59.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Pedro Ximenez Butt ~ 16yo ~ Speyside
Fresh tangerines and apricots were hot on the trail after a spicy start with ginger, cardamom and cloves. On the palate neat soft and velvety but at the same time the sweet dryness of an Oloroso Sherry. The flavours of oranges, plums and cranberries as well as candied lemon peel….read more
£82.50
9.180 – Fruitius Maximus
54.8% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 16yo ~ Speyside
A gentle nose brought ripe orchard fruits, honey and a burst of pineapple, melon and redcurrants as peaches and pears laid the way for carnations, lavender and rose water. A silky streak of vanilla then introduced coconut chocolate and butter on crumpets while ginger and nutmeg joined fresh figs and walnuts…read more
£75.00
10.198 – Peat Fire in a Storm
61.0% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Moscatel Hogshead ~ 6yo ~ Islay
Imagine lighting a peat fire on the beach in glorious sunshine then out of nowhere dark stormy clouds, that indicate an arriving thunderstorm, fill the sky. On the palate the first flash of lightning – powerful and menacing, “like coal dressed with vinegar and Dijon mustard…read more
£62.00
11.40 – Old School Virtuosity
50.2% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 31yo ~ Highland
With a resounding “wow!” from the word go, it was apparent that what we discovered something special. Sophisticated fruits moved beyond simple terms to encapsulate oloroso sherry with waves of bruised apples, ripe papaya and pecans. A chasmic pool of grated dark chocolate and perfumed tobacco swirled around moscovado sugar, flambeed bananas and…read more
£295.00
16.47 – The Steeplejack’s Delight
63.9% ~ Re-Charred Hogshead ~ 6yo ~ Highland
Chimney soot fell in black clouds onto charcoal and ash as meaty notes of burnt lamb chops and smoked brisket joined smoked trout and thick engine oil. The palate was chewy and sweet like burnt twigs in a honey pot with ginger snap biscuits, burnt toffee apples and volcanic ash on treacle…read more
£48.00
24.144 – The Humble Crumble
56.4% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 18yo ~ Speyside
Light cinnamon spice announced a free-for-all on apple crumble with custard, vanilla slices and apricot Danish pastries as pine nuts joined cashew nut butter. Nutmeg and roasted chestnuts appeared on the palate with sticky treats like toffee apples, butterscotch and apricot jam…read more
£195.00
26.145 – Mood-Lifting Sanctuary
58.0% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel~ 8yo ~ Highland
The nose was floral and waxy, attractive and mood-lifting – vanilla candles, marshmallows, perfumed pear, crystallized orange and lemon slices and someone smoking a cigar outside a florist. The taste was sweet and zesty – fruit sweets in waxed paper, prosecco Bellini, cream soda, blackcurrant chews and some light pickled ginger…read more
£56.00
107.20 – Jelly Baby Massage Oil
65.3% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 7yo ~ Speyside
We found a rather spicy hit at first nosing, lots of Chinese duck glaze, five spice, cola syrup, black pepper, sweet malt extract, aniseed and pears in syrup. A little water brought rosehip tea, strawberry fudge, whipped ice cream, Battenberg cake, marjoram and chopped peanuts roasting in cooking oils. The mouth was initially very lively, hot and prickly. A texture like melting jelly babies, green apple…read more
£48.00
35.259 – Rumtopf, Birnebrot and Stollen
53.5% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 24yo ~ Speyside
The nose is so exotic it’s – well, sexy – perfumed fruits, coconut, Moffat toffees, Trail Mix, honey, maple syrup and an orangerie. The taste delivers an immediate Yee-haw bourbon kick, then perfumed coconut, oranges in syrup, dark chocolate, wine gums, mango and papaya – waves of pleasure gently lapping on the pristine beach…read more
£138.00
113.38 – Welcomed with Open Arms
57.0% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 22yo ~ Speyside
The scent of a perfumed begonia bouquet, fresh-cut cedar and a Persian sweet lemon with a highly fragrant hint of roses welcomed us with open arms. When invited in we had a cup of Genghis Khan Tea, which is Lapsang souchong (the leaves are smoke-dried over pinewood fire) blended with jasmine…read more
£94.40
51.19 – As Fresh as a Mountain Stream
55.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 17yo ~ N. Ireland
We were making hay while the sun shone, with fat bumble bees tootling around a nearby flower meadow. We had a break and enjoyed hazelnut cream on rye bread and fruity cinnamon oatcakes with chai tea, lemon barley water and ginger beer. With the addition of water, a sweeter aroma was released like marzipan, Peach Melba, Turkish delight…read more
£120.00
52.34 – Decidedly Delectatious
49.8% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel~ 26yo ~ Highland
The nose offered honey on oak staves, dunnage – in a good way, old art classrooms, linoleum floors, old books and cinnamon toast; then vanilla, patchouli and sandalwood essential oils. The palate delighted with toasted nuts on a Knickerbocker glory, pineapple upside-down cake, toffee apple…read more
£195.00
66.175 – From Arbroath to Bogota
60.6% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 12yo ~ Highland
The nose neat was all over the place; sweet cured smoked bacon, medicinal mouth wash, burning a frankincense and myrrh scented candle as well as damp hay and a whiff of a nearby byer – take your pick. On the palate a glowing heat, like coming in from the cold into a room with a blazing peat fire…read more
£59.00
77.66 – Fluttering Fan-Waft of Fruit
59.2% ~ Re-Charred Hogshead ~ 12yo ~ Highland
A complex nose of jasmine, hibiscus flowers, refreshers, delicate waxiness and a fluttering fan-waft of fruity aromas – dried mango, peaches, raspberry and Kir Royale. It had a fruity palate too – strawberry, cherry, redcurrants, pomegranate, lemon and young calvados – plus wild flowers and gorse, wood and tobacco…read more
£59.00
80.15 – Spring Meadow Picnic
57.9% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 12yo ~ Speyside
A fresh, youthful nose – we imagined children scampering around a springtime meadow with a picnic – daisy chains, sherbet lemons, Refreshers, mint crumbles, green apples, Madeira cake, rhubarb crumble and custard – all nicely anchored by hints of almonds, dunnage, pine and white pepper…read more
£54.20
93.144 – Sea Salt on Chestnuts
56.3% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 17yo ~ Campbeltown
A rich profusion of delights embraced smoky bacon and honey with roasted chestnuts and toasted pine nuts on a bed of warm cereals and roasted sweet potato. Medicinal notes danced around a central mound of ash and charcoal as treacle drizzled down from above…read more
£89.25
105.28 – Child of Nature
63.6% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 8yo ~ Speyside
This one displayed a lovely elegance at first nosing. Clean fabrics and linens with pontefract cakes, sorrel, sandalwood, parsley, icing sugar, cake mix and underripe melon. With reduction the floral aspects were elevated – carnations and geraniums – and there were notes of white chocolate, pistachios…read more