The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (Scotland)

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87 St Giles Street
Leith
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH6 6EZ
Scotland

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Whiskies from 'The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (Scotland)'

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society 1972 Birthday Bottle

Lovely chestnut colour. Soothing. After dinner and in front of a log fire. A touch woody, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society 9 Years Old Millennium Malt

Frighteningly good. Godzilla is alive and well and living in Campbeltown.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society 9 Years Old, Brimstone & Treacle

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Arran 121.20 10 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Aultmore 13 Years Old, 73.21

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Bowmore 8 Years Old, 3.117

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Bunnahabhain, 10.56

I admired its feistiness, but I might be more comfortable with a greater degree of maturity.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Caol Ila 25 Years Old, 53.96

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Caol Ila 7 Years Old, 53.50

Young and hot. If that sounds flirtatiously sexy, you have the right idea.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Caol Ila 53.113 10 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Clynelish 22 Years Old, 26.44

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Clynelish 26.48 22 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Dalmore 17 Years Old, 13.35

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glen Keith 81.12 12 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glen Scotia 93.22 14 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glenfarclas 1.135 36 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glenkinchie 22.26 19 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glenlivet 24 Years Old, 2.35

A heavily sherried whisky that is nonetheless surprisingly lively for its age.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glenmorangie 125.1 13 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Glenmorangie 125.9 11 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Hakushu 1981, 21 Years Old, 120.1

A very enigmatic malt. Lighter in body but drier and more assertive in flavour than Yamazaki. A digestif.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Highland Park 4.117 20 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Highland Park 1970, 4.73

Not as sophisticated as the distillery bottlings, but robustly salty, earthy and peaty. Good characteristics, but in this bottling they mask the maltiness and sherry character. I wonder whether all island whiskies once tasted like this?

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Highland Park 23 Years Old, 4.110

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Inchgower 24 Years Old, 18.24

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Isle of Arran 10 Years Old, 121.14

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Laphroaig 13 Years Old, 29.46

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Laphroaig 29.59 17 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Littlemill 16 Years Old, 97.6

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Old Fettercairn, 37 Years Old, 94.3

An elegant, elderly chatelaine.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Rosebank 25.37 15 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Springbank 15 Years Old, 27.60

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Macallan 11 Years Old, 24.48

It is always interesting to taste a Macallan that is less sherried than usual. This one could have been rounder.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Macallan 24.97 16 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yamazaki 1979, Japanese Oak Cask, 119.2

A breakfast malt? Splendidly complex, with Japanese oak adding that extra touch of distinctiveness.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yamazaki 1980, White Oak Cask, 119.1

Elegant, and more flavoursome than Suntory bottlings I think.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yamazaki 1991, 11 Years Old, 119.5

Saves all the action for the finish. Very appetising.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yamazaki, 10 Years Old, 119.3

A surprising amount of peat in this usually very delicate malt.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yoichi 116.10 18 Years Old

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yoichi 18 Years Old, 116.9

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yoichi, 116.1

A whole sequence of flavours emerges in this vintage. These are flavours I have found before in Nikka whiskies, but they have not been especially evident elsewhere in this flight.

• Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yoichi, 116.4

Lots happening. Nice interplay of elements.