JANUARY OUTTURN PREVIEWS
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’re celebrating by offering an early release from January’s Outturn. Early birds can grab the first few preview bottles before the main release on Fri 8 Jan. Only a small number are available online now, or at our three Members’ Room (ask at the bar for more details).
January Previews: Limited release
77.40 New carpet in a sweetie shop
Our first impressions of the nose were floral, grassy, fresh, bright and perfumed (including lemongrass and hessian) – quickly followed by fruit (pineapple chunks, lemon), sweet vanilla, custard creams, Turkish Delight and rainbow drops.
Age: 12 years
Flavour: Young & spritely
Cask: Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Price: £50.20
48.69 Folly from France
The nose neat had an enticing combination of lemon sweetness; syrup and lemon sponge pudding, lemon icing, lemon sorbet, lemon sherbet. One Panel member was also reminded of his childhood favourite French boiled sweets called ‘Bêtises de Cambrai’.
Age: 13 years
Flavour: Juicy, oak & vanilla
Cask: First-fill ex-bourbon barrel
Price: £51.60
3.255Genie in a bottle
This was like a genie in a glass, from clean perfumed smoke and a well-used wooden pipe rack to sun scorched hay and heather, moving on to stem and crystallised ginger and finishing with seared scallops.
Age: 21 years
Flavour: Peated
Cask: Refill ex-sherry butt
Price: £107.20
Only 15 preview bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
Contact:mailto:sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm).
Visit the Society here for membership information
This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!
Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video