Partner Bar Spotlight: Bar 26
January Outturn 2025: Adam explores Bar 26 — one of our Sydney Partner Bars and the cellar door of Otter Craft Distilling — highlighting its features, atmosphere, and chatting with co-owners Eduard and Julie Otter.
Pioneering the ‘Dealer’s Choice Whisky Flight’
November Outturn 2024: Mel Hack from Whisky & Alement discusses the Dealer's Choice Whisky Flight concept pioneered by the Melbourne Partner Bar, and how members can create their own whisky flights at home for themselves or guests.
Mighty Oaken Cask #6: Seasoning and Treating Casks
November Outturn 2024: Chris Middleton's Mighty Oaken Cask #6 explores wood treatment and seasoning in the latest chapter of his in-depth series.
Coffee & Whisky
October Outturn 2024: Adam has a chat with Matt Naturani from No Vacancy Cafe & Gallery, and Alex Wang from St Ali for International Coffee Day to discuss coffee and whisky pairings.
The Art of the Tasting Note
October Outturn 2024: Adam dives into the whimsicality and sometimes ridiculousness of a tasting note and explains why tasting notes need to go beyond simple flavour descriptors to truly showcase the full scope of a whisky.
The Poetry of Whisky
October Outturn 2024: Matt discusses the duality of poetry, the spoken word, and whisky, and the emotions and storytelling they both evoke and convey.
The Wild Scientist of Chocolate Returns
August Outturn 2024: Adam chats with Krsna about what to expect from the upcoming SMWS x BASIK Chocolates collaboration for 2024 — our 5th year of flavour collaboration.
Five Years of Flavour with BASIK
August Outturn 2024: Matt reflects on five glorious years of flavour collaboration with Krsna from BASIK Chocolates.
Right Time, Right Place, Right Sounds
April Outturn 2024: Adam talks about the role that music plays in venues, and chats with various bars and cafes to understand the different approaches taken. Originally published in Unfiltered #80.
The Perfectly Unlikely Pairing
April Outturn 2024: Music & Malts is back at the SMWS; Matt discusses the unlikely pairings that music and whisky can produce and how much mood factors into things when selecting Music & Malts pairings.