Society makes it three-in-a-row with Independent Bottler of the Year award! The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has claimed its third consecutive title of Independent Bottler of the Year in Whisky Magazine’s Independent Bottlers’ Challenge (IBC) [...]
After reading a great article recently by our Cellarmaster on ‘whisky flippers’ and the ugly side of scalping whisky, I was inspired to look at the other side of the coin: whisky collecting. What does [...]
Old School: A whisky masterclass with Andrew Derbidge, the Society's Cellarmaster In the last few years, the Society has strived to present new and innovative whisky events. In fact, at the risk of blowing our [...]
If there’s something that we know a bit about, it’s how to run a whisky club. That might sound like a bit of hubris, but after 36 years it’s something we’re quite proud of… So [...]
I fondly recall my first SMWS experience... -- ...it was way back in 2010 and I along with some work colleagues attended our first SMWS tasting (held at the Dinosaur Room of the Australian National [...]
Giorgia De Biasi is a Society member who's had an epiphany through flavour and has sparked a journey through everything great in whisky... -- "2019 saw me rejoin the SMWS after a couple of years [...]
Just when I thought in 2018 that the Society couldn’t get any better, along came 2019... -- What a fantastic year it has been. There is always a bit of a lull over the new [...]
Rewind to May 2019 in the cask room at the Vaults in Edinburgh enjoying a great dinner and a few drams, and I was lucky enough to be sitting literally right next to the very [...]
An evening of rare Bruichladdich whiskies and fine cheeses.
5 things I wish I knew earlier in my whisky journey I’ve proudly been talking about single cask whisky, single malts, rums, Armagnacs, grains, Cognacs, and more for years and years now. I absolutely love [...]
