SMWS Membership

In order to purchase this bottle, you must be a member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Any orders made by non-members will not be completed. However, if you have never been a member before now is a perfect time. You can join the SMWS with our special introductory offer – buy any bottle over $180 and it includes your first year of membership. If you would like to join by purchasing this bottle simply place an order and also send an email to whisky@strathliquor.com stating your intent to join. You will then be sent the necessary paperwork, and once you are a member the order will be fully processed.

SMWS Panel Notes

We imagined finishing the Camino de Santiago trail that leads to the shrine of the apostle St. James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain. As we sat on a pew, ‘tired but happy’, the giant incense-burner started to swing. On the palate we were going the extra mile(s) to the coast, to Finisterre, the end of the known world in the Middle Ages.

After a drop of water we had very old sweet wine extremely concentrated, sweet, sour and smoky – but all perfectly balanced! This we had with Idiazabal cheese, lightly smoked with a smooth and nutty flavour as we watched the sunset over the Atlantic. After 13 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead we transferred this whisky into a 1st fill Pedro Ximenez hogshead.