Hardly seems any time at all since the last Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting at Queen St. but here we are again. Sadly Mike got sent off to London on business at the last minute - he missed at least two cracking malts.
Now before we go any further I’m going to talk about naming, because [...]
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SMWS February Tasting - Olaf excels himself with 5 fascinating single malts
February 12th, 2010 
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SMWS November tasting (part 2)
November 8th, 2009 Bill Continuing the tasting notes we come to the third (not counting the bonus one) of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s offerings.
Bottling 35.32
34 years old, 55.1%, 183 bottles
Colour
Light
Nose
Pear drops, liquorice, someone mentioned spangles - a real blast from the past. I immediately started to feel that this one would not match my preferences.
Taste
Initial taste
Complicated and confusing [...]
SMWS November tasting (part 1)
November 7th, 2009 Bill On Thursday Mike and I met up at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Edinburgh’s Queen St for their second tasting for whisky bloggers. This matched up with their quarterly release of new bottlings - always a major event for their members. Our fellow bloggers were a mix of familiar faces and new, and [...]
SMWS Cask no 25.47
May 4th, 2009 Bill This is the first tasting note from my recent visit to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Queen St in Edinburgh. The Society has a tradition of not referring to their bottlings by name, but only by cask number, but they do give hints that enable you to identify them with a little research. [...]
Tasting excellence in the Hallowed Halls
May 2nd, 2009 Bill In midweek I had the great pleasure of attending a tasting given by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society for invited whisky bloggers at their lovely premises in Queen Street in Edinburgh. While I had visited their original home in Leith on previous occasions this was my first sight of the interior of their New Town [...]