Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada April 2023 Outturn – Scotch Whisky News
We’re on the hunt for new flavour experiences, so follow your nose and explore our latest releases! The April Outturn is now available at all five of our retail partner stores.
With SMWS Canada’s first appearance from a successful artisanal distillery in Texas (Cask No. 140.12) and a super-cool addition to the Society’s ‘heresy’ range of experimental blended malts (Frazzle Dazzle), this Outturn is sure to have something for everyone.
Happy hunting and Happy Easter!
OH BEHAVE!
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
AGE: 19 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Sweet, fruity & mellow
BOTTLE NOTE: “Luscious, direct and unashamedly delicious malt whisky captured at a perfect age. One for large measures, fun times and gay abandon.”
FRAZZLE DAZZLE
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPE: 1st fill smoked barley wine hogsheads
AGE: 13 years
For this experimental batch, we teamed up with Tempest Brewery in the Scottish Borders. We commissioned Speyside Cooperage to create some new American oak hogsheads with a heavy toast and a medium char. These hogsheads were then sent to Tempest, where they were filled with an off-the-wall smoked barley wine (think 12.5% ABV smoked stout!). After five months, the beer was bottled and the casks were filled with selected un-peated Speyside malts. These whiskies underwent a period of additional maturation for just under 3 years, before being blended together to create this unique whisky.
A REWARD FOR PATIENCE
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPES: 1st fill oloroso quarter casks & 2nd fill bourbon barrels
AGE: 10 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Deep, rich & dried fruits
From Euan Campbell, SMWS spirits manager: There’s a beautiful balance to this, which was first matured in bourbon hogsheads before we transferred it to 125-litre Oloroso quarter casks that were supplied to us by our partners in Jerez, José y Miguel Martin. After that, we put it back into 2nd fill bourbon barrels that we’d recently emptied, giving it time to relax and marry before bottling. The result is a superb dram with the big, dark and intense flavours you would associate with Oloroso sherry maturation, but with the lush tropical notes from the bourbon casks as well.
SPEYSIDE BALSAMIC*
REGION: Speyside
CASK TYPE: 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & sweet
BOTTLE NOTE: “Playfully sweet, but with enough nourishing earthy spices to provide backbone. This is a wonderfully balanced and eminently sippable dram.”
*GIVING SPIRIT BOTTLE: 100% of SMWS Canada’s profits from the sales of this bottle will be donated to charity
LITTLE DRAM ON THE PRAIRIE
REGION: Texas
INITIAL CASK: French oak barrique
FINAL CASK: 2nd fill port barrique
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Spicy & sweet
BOTTLE NOTE: “The nose – port, plum jam, toffee apples, and rum and raisin. The palate combines cinnamon and chili with toffee, vanilla and sweet bourbon.”
BEWARE OF THE REAPER CHILLI
REGION: Highland
CASK TYPE: Refill re-charred hogshead
AGE: 8 years
FLAVOUR PROFILE: Heavily peated
BOTTLE NOTE: “Aromas of malt extract, oily mechanic’s rag and peat singed pineapple pieces all could not prepare us for the taste, Carolina reaper chili pepper.”
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