Raise a glass for the Society’s 35th anniversary with our special celebratory bottlings. September Outturn brings a colourful cask collection – 22 birthday bottlings including five hand-picked commemorative whiskies and two single cask spirits. We also have our 35th anniversary Discovery Pack for our first ever virtual tasting, being broadcast live from The Vaults on Monday, 24 September.

NEW OUTTURN        35TH CELEBRATIONS

Join us on 24 September as we unite members from all around the world, in our first ever global Virtual Tasting, streamed live from our home at The Vaults. Simply order an exclusive Discovery Pack, which includes five specially-selected whiskies, and join us on www. facebook.com/thesmwsuk at 7pm (UK time), where master brand ambassador John McCheyne will be hosting this once-in-a-lifetime tasting.

BUY NOW

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

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New Society Bottle – Available Monday 10th September

We are delighted to announce that the next Springbank Society Exclusive Bottling will be available from 9am (Campbeltown Time) this coming Monday.

This bottling was chosen by Society members at the Campbeltown Malts Festival who voted for their favourite cask sample during the Society tasting. These members also inspired the official tasting notes with their descriptions of the dram during the tasting.

Springbank 15yo 56.2% 

Cask type;    Fresh Port Hogsheads

Distilled;        May 2003

Bottled;         September 2018

Strength;       56.2%

Outturn;        1,020 bottles

Price;            £65.00 per bottle

Tasting Notes

Nose: Sweet and creamy; milk chocolate and mandarins closely followed by cinnamon and Scottish tablet.

Taste: Strawberries, plum jam; fruit cake. Cloves and a soft pepperiness emerge with rhubarb crumble and brambles.

Finish: The classic salty and misty coastal notes of Springbank sweep through the mouth. The finish is balanced and rounded with dry pepper, orange chocolates, ripe bananas and coconut shavings.

Available to order from Monday 10th September 2018 –  No pre-orders will be taken.  Please make sure you are familiar with the contents of this email before ordering.

2 bottles per member maximum (bottles shall be allocated on a first come, first serve basis)

Order by email – society@springbank.scot

Purchasing and delivery/collection

The bottles are available to purchase for £65.00 each.  This release is (as usual for Society releases) first come, first serve and a maximum of 2 bottles are available for each member.

When you place your order, please supply the following information;

• If you would like to collect it from one of our Cadenhead shops

• If you are based in Canada

• If you have any other delivery preferences (not covered by the points above) then it may be helpful if you include them in your email order.

Once you place your order you will receive an email back letting you know that your order has been received. This may take several days. Please do not be alarmed if you do not hear back immediately.

Once we have responded to all the initial orders, we will get back in touch with everyone who has successfully ordered a bottle (or two) to discuss payment and delivery/collection.
If you wish for your Society bottle to be sent to a Cadenhead shop for collection (Edinburgh, London, Baden, Cologne, Odense, Berlin and Vienna) payment is required before your order is despatched to the shop.  The shops are not obligated to send bottles on to another address within their country although if this arrangement has been agreed upon by a shop then there will be a delivery charge for this.

We will contact you when your bottle is available to pick up from your preferred Cadenhead shop. There is no delivery charge for sending your bottle to a Cadenhead shop.

As some of you will have noticed in bold above, we are able to send bottles to the 2 newest Cadenhead shops located in Berlin, Germany and Vienna, Austria.

The addresses and contact details of these shops are below.

Berlin  

Boxhagener Strasse 33

10245 Berlin

Germany

Tel: +49 30 2260 0610

E-mail: info@cadenheads-whisky-shop-berlin.de

Website: www.cadenheads-whisky-shop-berlin.de

Vienna  

Döblinger Hauptstraße 32

1190 Vienna

Austria

Tel: +43 677 622 476 40

E-mail: office@cadenhead-vienna.at

Website: www.cadenhead-vienna.at

Similarly, if you wish to pick your bottle(s) up from the Campbeltown shop then payment is required once you have been notified that your order has been reserved for you.

Society Merchandise

If you have recently ordered Society merchandise and would like this to be delivered to you with your bottle order then please state this before confirming payment as this will likely affect shipping costs and may delay shipment of your bottle.  However, if your bottles and merchandise are being sent to a Cadenhead shop for collection then shipping will remain free of charge.

To repeat, we will only process orders from 9am on Monday 10th September. No pre-orders will be taken.

Please make sure you are familiar with the contents of this email before ordering.

Send your orders to – society@springbank.scot

Slainte

The Springbank Society

Springbank Team

Springbank Distillers Ltd

To join the Society please contact them at society@springbank.scot

New & Rare

The Macallan Rare Cask has been a favourite among whisky aficionados since its introduction as part of the 1824 series. While the 1824 series has come to an end, Rare Cask is taking on a new lease of life as an annual series of batched releases and the very first batch is now available to pre-order at The Whisky Shop.

International shipping available

The Macallan Rare Cask Batch No.1 2018 Release

The first edition in the new series of batched releases of The Macallan Rare Cask, this Speyside single malt is crafted from some of the rarest stocks in The Macallan Estate.

Showcasing the depth and complexity of The Macallan, less than 1% of the stock maturing in The Macallan Estate is deemed worthy to be used in the creation of Rare Cask Batch No.1. This 2018 release is presented at 43% abv in a sculpted, heavy glass decanter.

£249 Pre-Order Now
Orders will be dispatched w/c 10th September

SPRINGBANK HAS LANDED !

We are delighted to offer our new batch of fantastic whiskies coming out of Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries. Demand has soared for this fantastic range, stocks are extremely limited and are on allocation so grab them while you can !

To start with we can offer the following two new 2018 lines as below –

Buy this sensational whisky

Springbank 18 Year Old, 46%, 2018

Springbank 18 is a multi-award-winning Campbeltown single malt which this year has been matured in 100% ex-bourbon casks. A sensational dram & extremely limited.

Buy this sensational whisky

The Springbank Distillery is a family-owned single malt whisky distillery on the Kintyre Peninsula in western Scotland. The distillery has a cult following worldwide and is unique among Scotland’s Distilleries. Every part of the process from malting to bottling is carried out at the distillery. Unlike other whiskies Springbank Single Malt Whisky is free of artificial colouring and is non-chill filtered.

Patrick McCourt for Milroys of Soho, 2018

Canada Distils

a new book from

After what seems an eternity of planning, traveling from coast to coast, and writing, Blair Phillips and I are overjoyed that our forthcoming book, called Canada Distils, will be published on the Appetite by Random House imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you to everyone who has helped and hosted us in our travels so far. We’re not done yet, so don’t be surprised if we call or drop by looking for information.

The book profiles of all of Canada’s operating distilleries, large and small, along with little-known details for visitors and armchair visitors alike. There is so much more between the pages, but you’ll just have to be patient to find out what.

Shortlist announced

International Wine and Spirits Competition

Spirits Communicator of the Year 2018 

From IWSC media release:

“Four stars of the spirits industry have been chosen to go forward to the shortlist of the IWSC’s prestigious Spirit Communicator of the Year award.

“Amanda Victoria, Davin de Kergommeaux, Tom Sandham, and Eric Zandona were selected as the four finalists by a panel of judges which included Louisa Humm, head of brand communications at Pernod Ricard, drinks journalist Douglas Blyde, editor of just-drinks.com Olly Wehring, spirits consultant Veronika Karlova, IWSC general manager Adam Lechmere, and last year’s winner and editor/co-founder of Gin Foundry Olivier Ward.

“The Spirit Communicator of the Year award, sponsored by Chivas Brothers, recognises an individual or organisation whose communication skills have made an exceptional contribution towards promoting and increasing public awareness in spirits.

“The winner will be announced at the IWSC Awards Banquet on 14 November 2018 at the Guildhall in London.”

https://iwsc.net/news/iwsc/shortlist-announced-for-spirit-communicator-of-the-year-2018

The Strath / Shelter Point exclusives

Two new Shelter Point whiskies, both exclusive to The Strath liquor store in Victoria are well worth hunting down. Shelter Point is really coming into its own and The Strath has picked two of its honeyest honey barrels to release as single-cask whiskies. A Classic Single Malt distilled in 2011 and an Avant-Garde Barley from 2013 are both bottled at 57.3%.

Look for typical lush malty notes in the Classic, underscored by baking spices, citrus fruit and fresh bread. Avant-Garde Barley matured in a Vancouver Island blackberry wine barrel, bursts with jammy fruit, toasted grain and citrus hints.

Yukon’s Two Brewers

Meanwhile, in Whitehorse, Two Brewers continue to impress with their latest whiskies including Release 10, their first cask-strength whisky to date. Bottled at 58%, its grassy notes, sweet tobacco and cereals bask in a gentle bed of Werther’s caramel.

A Pedro Ximinez finish adds sweetness and ripe fruity tones to Release 9, which is bottled at 46%.

Canadian Rockies 17 Year Old

All the excitement about the recently released Canadian Rockies 21 may have overshadowed another real gem of a whisky. Sourced from Highwood Distillers in Alberta, Canadian Rockies 17 year old is one more example of the glories of slow maturation. Canadian Rockies 17, bottled at 50% abv, delivers all the spiciness, luscious corn and crisp clean woody notes we’ve come to expect in well-aged corn whisky.

Banff Whisky Experience

On September 28 & 29, the inaugural Banff Whisky Experience will offer 15 master classes for curious drammers who want to experience new whiskies. My two classes alone include whiskies very few people will have tasted before.

This is shaping up to be one of Canada’s premiere whisky events, and you certainly can’t complain about the location. The complete schedule is now available at https://www.banffwhiskyexperience.com.

Click “Buy Tickets” or go to: www.showpass.com/bwe/.

Space is limited, so book soon!

Canadian Whisky Awards 2019

Mark your calendars. The 2019 Canadian Whisky Awards have not yet been announced officially, but if you are planning to attend the gala presentation, reserve Thursday, January 17 at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria.  See you there. Invitations for producers to enter their whiskies in the awards will be forthcoming.

Blue Mountain Whisky Tasting 

On November 10, 2018, Grand Central Lodge at Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ontario, will treat whisky lovers to a grand tasting along with food, cocktails and a cigar pairing. Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.ca or thedampub.ca.

Canadian Whisky, the book 

Everything you ever wanted to know about Canadian whisky, but didn’t know where to look. Now in the second printing of its second edition. Available at bookstores across Canada and the US, and from online sellers.

This September Outturn we’re celebrating our 35th anniversary with a colourful collection of birthday bottlings – with all 12 of our flavour profiles joining us for the party, along with five hand-picked commemorative casks. Make sure you don’t miss the festivities this First Friday, click over to our website now and browse the full listing ahead of the release on Friday, 7 September at 9am.

READ OUTTURN

Join us on 24 September as we unite members from all around the world, in our first ever global Virtual Tasting, streamed live from our home at The Vaults. Simply order an exclusive Discovery Pack, which includes five specially-selected whiskies, and join us on www. facebook.com/thesmwsuk at 7pm (UK time), where master brand ambassador John McCheyne will be hosting this once-in-a-lifetime tasting.

BUY NOW

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

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SPECIAL RELEASE

Hi everyone this is a rather special release we have put together with the team in Campbeltown, so this is more like an intermediate newsletter ahead of the main one later this month. You will notice a few look the same but dig deeper you will see they are all very different in ABV (%volume) for more information head to the web shop including images of each bottle in more detail.

Each Cadenhead’s bottling is a first time release from a selection of whiskies chosen for international release. Some of you might be aware we often have small releases of small batch single cask bottling’s appear on the web shop under the Vault section or one of the new release tabs, so keep an eye on the web shop from time to time or email us on info@whiskytastingroom.com to see if we have anything not listed on the web shop or due in soon. The only time we can’t give you info is when its a main release as even we don’t have all the info so as to keep each release a surprise until Club members get advance notice that is.

We could not do this special release Newsletter with-out a quick mention of the new Campbeltown core range release. Because Springbank does not over produce, from time to time we can sell out leaving us without any stock until the next batch reaches age. Thankfully we rarely have long to wait for the next batch to come into the shop so it is with great pleasure we can inform you that we are once again fully stocked!

OK so on to the list for our special late summer release from Cadenhead’s…

BENRIACH 10 YEARS OLD 55.2% -70CL – INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 2018.

BALMENACH – GLENLIVET 13 YEARS OLD 54.7% 2005 – 70CL – SMALL BATCH INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

DEANSTON 10 YEARS OLD 56.7% VOL – 70CL – HIGHLANDS INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

LINKWOOD 11 YEARS OLD 58.7% – 70CL – INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 2018.

FETTERCAIRN 2008 9 YEARS OLD 57.2% VOL – 70CL – SMALL BATCH INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

MILTONDUFF 2009 9 YEARS OLD 61.2% VOL – 70CL – LIMITED EDITION INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 1 – SMALL BATCH.

MILTONDUFF 2009 9 YEARS OLD 62.1% VOL – 70CL – LIMITED EDITION INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 2 – SMALL BATCH.

GLENTAUCHERS 9 YEARS OLD 59.8% VOL -70CL – SMALL BATCH INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

GLENTAUCHERS 9 YEARS OLD 57.8% VOL -70CL – SMALL BATCH INTERNATIONAL RELEASE

GLENROTHES 21 YEARS OLD 50.8% VOL – 70C – SMALL BATCH INTERNATIONAL RELEASE

MORTLACH 15 YEARS OLD 54.3% VOL – 70CL – SPEYSIDE INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

ORD 13 YEARS OLD 54.9% VOL 70CL HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT – INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

ORD 13 YEARS OLD 55.1%VOL 70CL HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT – INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

ORD 13 YEARS OLD 52.4% VOL – 70CL – HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

IRISH SINGLE MALT 12 Years Old 45.5% VOL – 70CL – INTERNATIONAL RELEASE.

This seasons range from Campbeltown:

SPRINGBANK Distillery 10 Years Old 46% VOL – 70CL – New Season 2018/19.

SPRINGBANK Distillery 15 Years Old 46% VOL – 70CL – New Season 2018/19 Sherry Cask Matured.

LONGROW CLASSIC 46% VOL – 70CL – 48 Hour Peat dried barley. New Season 2018/19.

LONGROW 18 YEARS OLD 46% VOL – 70CL – PEATED CAMPBELTOWN SINGLE MALT – 2017 EDITION.

HAZELBURN 10 Years Old 46% Vol – 70CL – Triple Distilled.

Until the next time have a great month from all at Cadenhead’s London Shop

Cadenheads Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
26 Chiltern Street, London, W1U 7QF

Good Morning Ladies & Gents.

A quick update on a few stock items that may be of interest. We have listed below a selection of new whiskies for your perusal. Please note that the stock that we carry of these products is very limited. This is only a tiny representation of our Single Malt Whisky Range, for more details on the full selection visit our New Arrivals, Old & Rare, Collectible, Luxury and our Non-Auction sections online.

Click on the red seal to take you to New Arrivals.

Kind Regards
Robbie

3 Sandgate, Ayr, South Ayrshire, KA7 1BG

Back in Stock

The fantastic Glenfiddich 30 Year Old will be back on our shelves very soon and we wanted you to be first to know! Pre-order your bottle now and we’ll send it straight out when it arrives next week. We’ve also just received the latest edition of the prestigious Balvenie Fifty, the sixth release in the series, combining four casks all aged over half a century – now available to order.

Only available while stocks last
International shipping

Glenfiddich 30 Year Old

Every cask used in this incomparable single malt Scotch whisky is personally nosed and tasted by Malt Master, Brian Kinsman, ensuring the whisky achieves its rich character and seductive complexity. Only casks that pass his exacting standards are handpicked and married together to achieve the final sublime harmony.

This process ensures the unique character and richness of taste that sets Glenfiddich 30 Year Old apart. The rarity of this single malt is unquestionable – there are only ever a handful of vattings of 30 Year Old a year.

£500 Pre-Order Now
Orders will be dispatched w/c 10th September

The Balvenie
50 Year Old: Marriage 0962

This single malt from The Balvenie is a marriage of four American oak casks, each matured for at least half a century. Marriage 0962 is the sixth edition of The Balvenie Fifty, with just 110 bottles produced at a strength of 41.6% abv.

Malt Master, David Stewart has described this release as ‘deep and mature’ with rich oak, maple syrup, citrus and ‘delicate spice’. Presented in a wooden display tube, crafted from 48 layers of walnut and 2 layers of brass, the Balvenie Fifty comes complete with an etched brass certificate and bottle stopper.

£29,950 Buy Now

Amrut plays with Portuguese Madeira Casks for the first time:

Releases India’s first Madeira Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky 

Amrut Distilleries, India, known for their popular range of Single Malt Whiskies in India and overseas have done something new yet again! The distillery is very pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Madeira Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky’ – the first time ever for an Indian distillery to produce a Madeira finish Single Malt propelling Amrut to a whole new level.

To create this masterpiece, the team at Amrut Distilleries travelled to the Portuguese Madeira Islands, off the coast of Africa, to handpick Barrels that had aged the right type of Madeira that would complement Amrut’s signature characters. The barrels were then shipped to our distillery in Bangalore, India and filled with aged spirits from our stable. The robust flavours of the Madeira left behind in the staves pairs exceptionally well with Amrut’s nectars, creating a whisky unlike ever before, waiting for you to see the depths a whisky can embody and delight all your senses. The Master Distiller at Amrut Distilleries, Mr.Surrinder Kumar, has crafted this very meticulously, ensuring the Madeira makes its presence felt without stealing the show on its own.

“Amrut had really worked their way around to make this bottling with a near perfect balance of aromas.”, says Ashok Chokalingam, Amrut Distilleries. “We are very delighted with this bottling and the flavours emanating out of this whisky is truly mind boggling. It is a fantastic addition to Amrut stable and yet it is distinctive. We have pretty much produced every style of whisky and pushed the boundaries on maturation techniques that are possible. A few more are now in the pipeline to complete the course” he observes.

4800 bottles have been bottled and are now heading to the North American, European & Asia Pacific markets to be picked up by lucky customers who can lay their hands on them! “The angels of India have done it again”, concludes Ashok, “this land can make whiskies that will amaze and stun you every single time.”

Tasting Notes: (prepared by Ashok Chokalingam)

Style: A fruity affair with signature Amrut characters enveloped around it.

Nose: Almond (perhaps Marzipan) wrapped up in Toffee, Coconut shavings and complemented by Vanilla pods and Golden syrup.

Palate: Almond cake, sweet Orange, Toffee with a fruity tease, velvety. You hesitate to swallow the whisky as the middle ground is so palatable.

Finish: Citrus finish with a hint of Toffee and a refreshing end.