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.
The Dark Magic of Matching Food to Whisky
March Outturn 2024: It's Unusual Pairings month at the SMWS; Franz Scheurer discusses his winning formula for pairing whisky with food — 1+1=3.
Maverick Women of Whisky: Trish Brew
March Outturn 2024: It's Unusual Pairings month at the SMWS; get to know Trish Brew from Fever Tree, a bit about her favourite unusual flavour pairings and her preferred whisky flavours as we celebrate International Women's Day.
Maverick Women of Whisky: Mel Hack
March Outturn 2024: It's Unusual Pairings month at the SMWS; get to know Mel Hack from Whisky & Alement and a bit about her favourite unusual whisky pairings and cocktail-making process as we celebrate International Women's Day.