“Whisky isn’t everyone’s favourite drink, but sharing it with friends is something special, especially the Society drams.” That’s not me saying that, but Jonathan Payne, one of the Society’s early members. But he speaks from my heart.
I feel the same way about our mini-column “Share your Story”. Markus Buchser’s contribution brings me to the end of the stories submitted. But this should serve as a call to action – if you feel like writing a contribution, you are welcome to do so at any time. Just send it to me and I will schedule it. As we all know, shared joy is double joy.
It is well known that the Society breaks with convention from time to time – the Heresy series is the best proof of this. The new Batch 34: Smouldering mojo takes us to Mexico – the whisky was partly matured in mezcal casks.
The latest Creators Collection is exciting: Diptych. Two whiskies from the same distillery, distilled on 18th November 1994 and matured for 28 years in Oloroso sherry butts. In a second step, both ended up in ex-Pedro Ximénez casks – one made from American oak and the other from Spanish oak. We received four bottles of each and, to start with, I will split one bottle each into 5cl bottles. If you want to compare both bottlings, you can do so on a manageable budget (2 x 5cl / CHF 95.–).
If this and the whisky selection in our outturn are not enough news for you, then I recommend a tour of our online shop. Firstly, it has over 100 additional bottlings (I’m pretty sure you don’t know them all yet) and secondly, a new bottling will be released every day from 2 December onwards until the 26 (the one that was in the whisky calendar the day before).
I hope you won’t get bored, and there’s plenty in store for 2026 too: Burns Suppers in January, tastings, the Whisky Ship Lucerne and, in July, another organised Society visit to the Tattoo in Basel. Stay tuned!
Wishing you all a wonderful Advent, a peaceful holiday season and a 2026 full of colourful drams.
Cheers!
Patric Lutz