Saturday August 1st, 5:30PM:  The Macallan

Established in Speyside in 1824, Macallan has produced some of the most highly-sought after whiskies in the world. Discover scotch history, behind-the-scenes distillery knowledge, and learn about new and rare releases at this virtual tasting, with distillery representatives and whisky experts present for all your whisky questions.

Tasting Pourlist:

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak Cask

Macallan 12 Year Old Double Cask

Macallan 15 Year Old Double Cask

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10% Off all Macallan with coupon code ‘VIRTUAL‘ at checkout

This has certainly been a colourful year, one we hope you will remember for all good reasons. For us it has been a time of great togetherness, bringing our members around the world closer with a huge shift in activity onto our ‘virtual’ Members’ Rooms. We have done everything we can to keep the Society spirit alive and well online and we are grateful to have you as part of our whisky family.

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BIG THANKS FROM US

There are no words to express just how much we appreciate you staying with us through these difficult few months, without your support the Society would cease to exist, it is as simple as that. With this in mind, we would like to offer some Society gifts that say a BIG THANKS from us.

SAVE £10 ON TASTING TICKETS

We are looking forward to physically enjoying a dram (or five) with our members in the coming weeks. We expect our tasting programme to be fully up and running again from August. So you don’t miss out, we would like to offer you a £10 saving on a local tasting ticket for you and a guest. Alternatively, use our online promo code now to enjoy a £10 saving on a Virtual Tasting pack.

To enjoy the online offer, use the promo code ALLTOGETHERTASTINGTWO when booking your tasting tickets OR Virtual Tasting pack. The discount can be applied to two tickets or packs in your basket. Both offers are valid until Wednesday 30, September.

SAMPLE OUR HAND-PICKED BOTTLINGS

We have selected two bottles to mark the times, whiskies we know will be much-loved among members. Cask 35.265: Meditation and medication and 7.246: Conversations and ruminations have been hand-picked in recognition of our members coming together through lockdown.

From now until Wednesday 30, September, visit us at a local tasting and enjoy a free take away dram from one of these special bottlings to enjoy at home. Get in touch soon to arrange your tasting tickets and avoid any disappointment, bottles are limited in availability.

SAVE £15 ON YOUR FAVOURITE

If you fall in love these hand-picked bottlings, you will be able to enjoy a £15 saving on each. Just ask us when you visit or click over to our website. Bottles will be available to buy from Monday, 20 July.

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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN VISITING US

We’ve had to make a few changes to meet Government guidance surrounding re-opening our Members’ Room, as you can imagine the health and safety of our members is our top priority. Click over to our blog for more details on what to expect when visiting, along with opening hours.

MORE DETAILS

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Today we’re delighted to be welcoming back some familiar faces to our Inveraray store. Oh, how we’ve missed you!

We’ll be open from Thursday to Monday (10-4pm) with all staff keeping local customers safe in store while they search for the perfect summer-in-the-garden dram, or a top-up of their usual tipple! 🥃

Don’t forget, you can Click & Collect your orders on our website and pick up your bottle when it’s ready in store. We’ve recently added even more incredible drams to our whisky sale online, just to tempt you a little bit… 👀

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Relaxed Break

Hi Maltstockees,

After 11 years of Maltstock, we guess we deserve a relaxed break… 😉 We’ve decided we have to cancel Maltstock 2020.

Social distancing is the very opposite of what Maltstock is all about. But, the safety of our guests and crew is always our number one priority. Covid-19 has made it impossible to safely host a relaxed Maltstock weekend. So, sadly, there will be no Maltstock weekend this year.

Annette, Bob, Klaas, Stan, Teun

But relax! We’ll be back in 2021!

Dates for next year are

10-12 September 2021

We hope to see you all next year. That would be very relaxed!

Tickets

Tickets for the 12^th edition will be available mid-September. First everyone who had already bought a ticket will get a chance to use it for the 2021 edition.

The past months we’ve tried to bring you a little bit off relaxed entertainment. We hope you enjoyed our virtual flyer hunt, the Black Sheep Red Sheep virtual morning walk, the Milk & Honey online tasting and of course the Whisky Shop Dufftown Relaxed Whisky Quiz!

Now we will get busy getting everything ready for 2021. In a very relaxed way of course.

PS

We do realize it’s our fabulous crew you will miss the most. So here they are:

Price Drops on Premium Drams

WHISKY SALE

Our Price Drop is more than just an end of season sale, in fact it lasts all year long and has some of the most popular single malt and blended Scotch, world whisky from America to Australia! So what are you waiting for? Grab yourself a delicious dram at a tasty discount now!

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Our new episode of Japanese Whisky World is just minutes away. Tune in now.

Discover the famous whisky from one of Japan’s most renowned distilleries.

All of the Japanese Whisky fun continues this week with our next installment of Japanese Whisky World, hosted by Kilara Sen. Join us for an outstanding evening filled with news, commentary, world-class performances and witty comedy. This week we’re joined by an exceptional lineup of guests from around the globe to share firsthand insights from the world of Japanese Spirits. Watch as Isamu Yoneda shares what he has learned as the head distiller at a new Japanese Whisky distillery, learn more about bento from Shirley Wong and listen to an exclusive performance of Nothingness by instrumental world music band Ten.

Dekanta
2-49-7 Minamiikebukuro Toshima-ku, Tokyo,

We’re delighted to announce that as of Monday 3rd August, we will be welcoming visitors to the distillery once again for our Tour & Tastings!

We’re now taking bookings from this date onwards and will continue to run our tours three times a day, seven days a week, at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.

Please note: our café remains closed until further notice.

If you are going to be joining us on one of our tours, please read the following information before visiting:

HELP KEEP OTHERS SAFE

Please do not visit us if you have COVID-19 symptoms. These include: a high temperature, a new continuous cough and loss of or change to sense of smell or taste.

Please bring your own face covering which should cover your mouth and nose and will need to be worn during tours.

We will also be asking people to use hand sanitiser which will be available at the distillery.

SOCIAL DISTANCING

We have decided to limit the number of people on each tour to a maximum of 8 people.

Social distancing between bubbles at 1 metre + must be adhered to at all times.

AMENDED LAYOUT

We have adapted our tours and the layout at the distillery to ensure the safety of our staff and visitors.

TOILET FACILITIES

Toilets will be open for those joining us on a tour, including disabled access.

Pre-booking is required, so if you’d like to visit us and learn more about how we craft our range of Outstanding Natural Spirits, please head to our website by clicking on the button below to check availability and book your place.

We hope to see you soon!

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Cotswolds Distillery
Phillip’s Field, Whichford Road
Stourton
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 5EX
United Kingdom

Saturday, July 18th, 5:30PM:

Virtual Japanese Whiskey Tasting: 

 Fukano & Ohishi with Chris Udhe

Whether you’re a curious newcomer or Japanese whiskey fanatic, this virtual tasting is not one to be missed! Presented by ‘Whisky Evangelist’ and SoCal Whisky Society founder Chris Udhe, this zoom tasting features Ohishi and Fukano distilleries. You’ll get in-depth knowledge about the Japanese whiskey making process & history, plus a chance to ask all your whiskey related questions.

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Get 10% off all related whiskies

with coupon code ‘VIRTUAL’ at Checkout

Click Here to Purchase Fukano Whiskey

Click Here to Purchase Ohishi Whiskey

Saturday, July 11th, 5:30PM:

 Port Askaig & Single Malts of Scotland

Delve into the world of Scotch whisky at our our expert presented virtual tasting! This free tasting features ‘Single Malts of Scotland,’ an independently bottled collection of single casks & small batch scotch, plus peaty bottlings from award-winning Islay distillery ‘Port Askaig’.  Guests will learn about the different scotch whisky producing regions and get a behind-the-scenes look at independent bottling & single cask processes.

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Get 10% off all related whiskies

with coupon code ‘VIRTUAL’ at Checkout

Click here to purchase Port Askaig

To all our wonderful customers,

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we will be resuming our St George’s distillery tours again from Monday 20th July, with booking available from today. Our team have been working really hard to ensure that we’re doing things as safely as possible for your arrival.

TOURS

We will run three St George’s Tours per day, at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm, seven days a week, limited to 10 people per tour.

We will not be running our World Whisky or Ultimate Whisky tours yet. More information will follow on this.

With reduced capacity, pre-booking is advisable on our website, however you can book on arrival on our new booking screens.  If you have a postponed tour or gift voucher please call the distillery on 01953 717939 to book.

Due to the ongoing risk of of Covid-19, we have carefully adapted our tours and the distillery layout to allow for social distancing and safety measures.  Social distancing of at least 1 metre between bubbles to be adhered to on site at all times.

THE KITCHEN AT ST GEORGES 

We are afraid that the Kitchen at St George’s remains closed.  We will keep you updated on this soon.

We hope to see you soon.

Kind Regards

The English Whisky Co Team

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