SMWS Outturn September 2021 goes live on Friday 3rd September 2021
Your Whisky Love-In – 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 SMWS Your Whisky Love-In September 2021 outturn has to offer. The SMWS September 2021 outturn is released on Friday 3rd September 2021.
See below the full list of bottles being released for the SMWS September 2021 outturn. (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 July 2021 outturn).
Your Whisky Love-In SMWS Outturn September 2021 bottles below:
3.326 – En Garde!
56% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Guyanese Rum Barrel ~ 17yo ~ Islay
A deafening waft of rum greeted us from the top of the nosing glass! Pickled exotic fruits wrapped in seawater-soaked bandages and Elastoplast. Sardines bobbing in antiseptic, olive bine, anchovy butter and tarry beach wood. A bonkers nose we all agreed. With water, we noted smoked green tea, myrtle, wintergreen….read more
£122.00
76.148 – Grilled Lemon-Garlic Elk Steak
51.6% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Sherry Hogshead ~ 32yo ~ Speyside
A subtle, sweet perfumed aroma with soft nutty sherry notes and a moist, rum-soaked Caribbean black cake made this a wonderful nosing dram when neat. On the palate deep, dark and spicy with flavours of chestnuts roasted on an open fire, burnt oranges with charred, sugary rosemary and green figs in armagnac syrup. With a tiny drop of water, we seared an elk steak in a cast iron skillet…read more
£650.00
39.222 – Delicate Latticework
60.9% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 11yo ~ Speyside
We noted a mellow floral aroma of cherry blossom and magnolia before fruits like peaches, mangoes and lychees appeared. A lovely neat fresh taste; a lemon bee pollen sorbet, with honeycomb meringue mango, papaya and Chantilly cream followed by a hint of rose petals and in the long finish candied ginger and Turkish delight. Following a drop of water, a fruity, floral and delicate perfumed scent…read more
£54.80
28.71 – Baklava On A Balkan Balcony
61.1% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 7yo ~ Highland
Delightful, perfumed sweetness pervaded the nose – Turkish Delight, sherbet straws, orange blossom, lemon curd, marshmallows and nougat; we also found balsa matchboxes and sandalwood and patchouli incense. The initial palate was juicy, tart and spritzy – pomegranate seeds, green melon, peaches and feta; eventually discovering nutshells, spiced cakes and licking the porridge spurtle….read more
£49.00
93.168 – Defies Belief!
57.4% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 18yo ~ Campbeltown
A surprising amber colour from a refill hogshead was followed by an equally surprising set of aromas. We imagined being in a traditional blackhouse and throwing onto the glowing peat slabs white paraffin fire starters as we crushed raspberries under muddy wellies. On the palate again very surprising as we described the taste like a lamb surf and turf with prawns and asparagus in a mushroom and red wine sauce….read more
£92.00
3.332 – Best Barbeque Dram Ever
56.9% ~ 1st Fill Toasted and Re-Charred Barrique ~ 17yo ~ Islay
Fourteen years in ex-bourbon wood was the pre-amble to further enhancement in a first-fill re-char barrique. The nose was a seaside barbeque – seared scallops and bacon, toasted buns, treacle, tar, tobacco and peat embers. The delights of the neat palate seemed never ending – blood orange, cognac, golden syrup, pork crackling, burnt heather and wood smoke….read more
£124.00
41.142 – Jam-Packed With Dark Fruits
57.5% ~ 1st Fill Spanish Oak Ex-Pedro Ximenes Butt ~ 13yo ~ Speyside
We were cooking sherry-braised pork cheeks, from black Iberian pigs known as Cerdo Ibérico, with roasted garlic mashed potatoes. Rich, nutty and intense on the palate – like venison steak in a full-bodied red wine and bitter chocolate sauce and for good measure, a few Reese’s Pieces peanut butter candy in a crunchy shell. Water added mince pies and brandy butter….read more
£65.10
112.92 – Sunshine And Shadow
58.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 19yo ~ Highland
The nose has teasing suggestions of pebble beach bonfire ash and sun-cream, definite sweetness (barley sugars, Turkish delight, Victoria sponge, walnut fudge) and then cigar box and spiced apple introduce themselves at the last minute. The palate offers rum and raisin chocolate, peanut brittle, nougatine and honey, while the finish produces ginger, mace….read more
£82.70
10.228 – “Do Try This AT Home”
60.2% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Oloroso Sherry Hogshead ~ 7yo ~ Islay
The sky was on fire as we barbequed marshmallows and kippers on the beach over smouldering peat slabs. We then added some petrol to the barbeque (“don’t try this at home”) and one of the marshmallows fell into the ashes so we picked it up, cleaned it and ate it – definitely, different and unique! We used salt water to douse the barbeque but before it finally burnt out….read more
£68.20
36.183 – A Melange Of Flavours
56.7% ~ 1st Fill Ex-PX American Oak Hogshead~ 11yo ~ Speyside
The impressive colour was followed by an intriguing set of aromas, blackcurrant jam, candied fennel seeds, honeyed cashew nuts, black pepper, hints of leather and prune infused shisha tobacco. Zingy and dark on the palate as it seemed to smoulder on the tongue with a sweeter note in the background of sun-dried raisins, maple syrup and Belgian waffles….read more
£58.75
5.82 – Breakfast In The Sun
55.7% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 18yo ~ Lowland
A bright, open and superbly fresh nose greeted the Panel. Lots of crisp cereals, lemon peel, sugar puffs, citrus curds, fruit jellies and orange travel sweets. Behind that some barley sugars, melon cordial and sunflower seeds. Reduction brought further, rich cereal tones, buttered toast, crumpets, pistachio nuts and pumpkinseed oil….read more
£90.00
19.51 – Comfy And Cosy
58.7% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 18yo ~ Highland
We made caramelised fried apples and served them on top of buttermilk biscuits topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and lightly salted caramel sauce. On the palate we had a drink of Batida de Coco, a popular Brazilian cocktail using cachaça, coconut milk, passion fruit and fresh lime juice all garnished with grated nutmeg….read more
£90.00
63.77 – Echoes
52.0% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 18yo ~ Speyside
A wonderful aroma that brought to mind longer aged, older style Speysiders with aromatic notes of undergrowth and hedgerows. Also soft, supple waxy tones, apple rings, muesli, dried apricot and honeysuckle. Touches of camphor and spearmint were also noted. Reduction brought out more honeyed qualities, also medical aspects like wintergreen and orange cough sweets….read more
£79.20
1.247 – Enigmatic And Disputatious
64.3% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 8yo ~ Speyside
The palate was an enigmatic mix of biscuit wafers, pear belle Helene and a cream soda float, with marshmallows toasted on green sticks, burnt paper and tobacco – a 1950’s cafe perhaps. The palate delivered chocolate fondants, toffee, burnt caramel and blackcurrant jam on toast, then surprising wasabi heat and a lick of peat smoke, aniseed and charred wood; a disputatious dram….read more
£55.00
GN5.4 – Flower Philosophy
49.8% ~ 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ Scotland
A rather robust aroma of tiger balm and water chestnut at first. Then eucalyptus, lemon and grapefruit peels, pollens and wee hints of star anise and heather flowers. The juniper is quite tame at first. With water we found lemon and honey lozenges, aromatic cupboard spices, cloves, cinnamon, white pepper and then crushed greenery like nettles and peppery watercress….read more
£44.00
35.300 – Having Afters Under The Rafters
58.9% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 7yo ~ Speyside
A wonderfully complex nose displaying playful oak (lying in a hayloft with sunbeams lasering through the rafters), Charentais and papaya, Turkish Delight, nut and honey Baklava, sweet tobacco and Camp coffee with chicory – pure joy! The palate finds cinnamon, pipe tobacco, sherbet lemons, raspberry pop-tarts, apricot Danish and cherry frangipane tart….read more
£49.00
2.130 – My First Scotch
55.3% ~ 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel ~ 15yo ~ Speyside
Icing sugar on lemon sponge cake joined vanilla, cinnamon and pineapple cordial with a green freshness that said “Do you come here often”. This easy-going and inviting demeanour continued on the palate with bags of apricots, peaches and banana wrapped in orange chocolate and rum and raisin ice cream. With water we relaxed with apple pie served with cinnamon and custard while lemon meringue….read more
£79.25
4.284 – Orcadian Nights
55.2% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 20yo ~ Highland
We found this one simple, direct, pure and totally beautiful. A vividly expressive example of this great Orcadian distillate. Full of crisp sea air, crushed chalk, brittle minerals, herbal peat smoke, heather ales, white pepper, beach pebbles, waxed jackets and dried wildflowers. With water we got shy notes of sandalwood emerging, then lightly smoked herbs, old oily rags, seaweed flakes in ramen broth….read more
£150.00
42.69 – Pub Grub
57.5% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead ~ 14yo ~ Highland
A richly peaty nose tinged with fermentary aspects. We found initial notes of cider apples, bonfire smoke, natural tar, hospital corridors, mussels pickled in brine and fish sauce. Water brought sharp green acidity, nettles, charred beach wood, seashells, grilled langoustine and bandages soaked in mercurochrome. The neat palate was deeply sooty and fat with bacon lardons….read more
£72.00
G15.11 – Worlds Collide
58.1% ~ Re-Fill Ex-Trinidad Rum Barrel ~ 13yo ~ Highland
Some distinctly kitcheny aromas were recorded initially by the panel. Including floor cleaner, bakelite, fresh jay cloths and lime air freshener. A fun and unusual profile that evolved to include jasmine flower, break fluid and citrus juices. Reduction brought out the rum influence more clearly with sappy pine needles, eucalyptus resins, ginger in syrup and pear cordial….read more