With this Outturn, we warmly welcome you to the year 2023! May the year be full of magic, thoughts, opportunities, dreams, adventures, bright spots, hopes, paths, chances, health and great drams! In this Outturn, we celebrate the return of two Armagnacs to our range with the A5.5: Pitch dark fruit and the A8.1: “Just what …
In the current outturn, we close the bracket of “green” flavour profiles with, how could it be otherwise, the profile “Heavily peated”. Not a profile for the faint-hearted! And although many people think so, the ppm (parts per million) don’t say too much about the final taste. But read the article by Julien Willems for …
Various ‘Gathering’ events took place across the globe in September. In addition to our tastings, we are celebrating this with the latest single cask exclusively for Switzerland. As was the case a year ago, the tasting note was written by our members: 70.47: Nana’s squeaking toy chest. The name of this bottling comes from our …
You can find everything you need to know about the “Young & Spritely” aroma profile in the “Where flavour comes alive” series in our August edition of Outturn. A profile made for balmy summer nights. You can also discover a Society bottling from Canada, 152.3: A fistful of bananas, and one from Sweden, 144.4: … and …
Read the continuation of the series “Where flavour comes alive”, with the profile “Sweet, Fruity & Mellow“. From now on you will find all already published descriptions on our website – available for your reading at any time. In addition, you will also find some exciting new bottlings: 1.264: Spicy cherry Danish, a sweet and …
This issue of Outturn centres around the flavour profile ‘Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits’. There are six different bottlings ranging from 9 to 31 years for you to discover. Much of this category is made up of sherry casks, as is usual for this profile. All of them have spent some time in a second …
Each year on 5 December, Americans celebrate National Repeal Day. That date marks the day in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended an experiment with his signature. The 13-year nationwide alcohol ban in the 1920s led to a halving of consumption; however, it also fuelled the cult of the speakeasies and brought bootleggers millions …
Our Outturn is hot off the press and once again sprinkled with delicacies from across all regions of Scotland and beyond, including a few bottlings from extremely rare – and in some cases closed – distilleries. You can also find out what dishes SMWS head chef James Freeman recommends to go with what whisky. Inspiration …
How many times have you tasted the same whisky, and each time it seemed different? A dram can taste completely different on a quiet winter evening in front of the fire than on a sunny summer afternoon. SENSPLORATION – Professor Charles Spence examines how atmospheric and sensory impressions influence the enjoyment of whisky. It’s an …
Have you always wanted to bring whisky and music into harmony? Admittedly, just like whisky, music will always be a matter of your own particular tastes. In the latest edition of Outturn, you’ll be able to get a bit of inspiration from BBC Radio DJ and SMWS member Vic Galloway. He has assigned a style …
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