Irish Delights: Introducing Batch 38 Pineapple bananza
St Patrick’s Day may have come and gone, but we’re always willing to raise a glass of the good stuff from across the water, whatever the exc…
From the Journal
Whisky news, distillery stories and tasting notes from the Society.
Unsung Heroes: Balmenach Distillery
Originally published in Unfiltered September 2024 Words: Gavin D Smith The Speyside region is home to some of the most famous names in Sco…
Mezcal Cask Whisky?! Introducing Batch 34: Smouldering Mojo
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s ‘Heresy’ label lives up to its name with this first release of an Islay whisky matured in casks previously …
101 Years of Peat: Peat Plants II Creators Collection
Words: Duncan Gorman Our latest Creators Collection, Peat Plants II, is a prized selection of elemental whiskies from Scotland’s Western I…
Introducing Batch 33 Scrumptious! — Calvados-Seasoned Scotch
There are few more exciting times to be a Society member than the release of a bottling matured in an entirely new cask type. Join Julien Wi…
Press Release: Nirmal Menon joins as South Australian SMWS Ambassador
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our newest SMWS Ambassador to South Australia — Nirmal Menon, an Adelaide-based member who is …
Society Flavour Refined: Introducing the New Profiles
Flavour Profiles Redefined! Discover the new eight Flavour Profiles and the reasoning behind this flavour evolution from 12 to 8.
Introducing Diptych: A Work of Liquid Beauty in Two Parts
The Society’s latest Creators Collection tells a 30-year-old tale of two sherry cask-matured whiskies from distillery 96, as Mads Schmoll fr…
The Society Tasting Panel — More than Just Words
The Society’s Tasting Panel is fundamentally unchanged since it first formed in founder Pip Hills’s kitchen in Edinburgh in the early 1980s,…
Skooshy stroopwafel: Heresy Small Batch Delights
We’re kicking off February with a new release from our ‘Heresy’ small-batch series: Batch 30 Skooshy Stroopwaffel. As Julien Willems states,…
Dive into Sherry…
Sherried whisky. It evokes a sense of taste, time, and style of whisky that is hugely desirable to whisky lovers, so let’s dig a bit deeper …
Introducing Distillery 163: Here’s to Harris!
The huge success of its gin gave Isle of Harris distillery more time, and resources, before it released its inaugural whisky. Now, members o…
Introducing Batch 27: Gastronomic Fusion
Words: Julien Willems Sometimes, you don’t see things coming and they hit you square in the tasting glass in the most surprising way. The la…
Character Over Convenience: Unraveling the Worm Tub Condenser
Join Lee “Connas” Connor from SMWS UK as he unravels the magic behind the ancient worm tub condenser and reveals its role in modern-day whis…
Distillery 161 Lands in Australia!
We’re thrilled this November to welcome a few new codes to Aussie members, one of which is Distillery 161, a “new-world” distillery which we…
Introducing Batch 32: Fife Peaty potion
Words: Julien Willems The Scotch whisky regions have long been used as a benchmark for referencing a dram’s flavour. Although these can st…
Introducing Batch 26: Spanish splendour
Words: Julien Willems Spanish splendour is the latest addition to the Society’s non-standard ‘Heresy’ series of small-batch bottlings, and…
Introducing Batch 28: Spruce on the loose
Words: Julien Willems The Society’s latest small-batch creation is the result of a collaboration with a Perthshire-based brewer and its ex…
Gather Around the Carpenter’s Kitchen!
The Society’s Global Gathering — a coming together of members and friends to celebrate flavour. You might be asking “but Adam, don’t we do t…
Introducing: the Two to One Range
Words: Richard Goslan Yin and yang. Light and dark. A jigsaw puzzle that comes together to create something more than the sum of its parts…
Meet Lily Arnott – Our Adelaide State Ambassador
Introducing Lily Arnott — our next Ambassador for South Australia. We’re proud to announce that Lily Arnott, Bar Manager at NOLA Adelaide …
Introducing Caramel Cascade — Small Batch Irish Single Malt
Originally published in Unfiltered Magazine Our latest release from the Society’s ‘Heresy’ series of small-batch bottlings comes from Irel…
Kimi Kim’s step-by-step guide to the Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship
August Outturn 2025 Feature Article Words: Kimi Kim To begin, everyone’s got their own superpower when it comes to tasting whisky. Some ar…
Press Release: The team expands! Meet Zac Stanley, Member Experience Manager.
As you’ve seen over the last few months, the Australia branch has undergone some changes, our incredible Membership Services superstar Suzy …