Supernaturally Sweet Smoke

Limited to one bottle per member.

The Winter Series is a toast to the spirit of the traditional Scottish ceilidh, a tradition that once incorporated not only dancing but also storytelling, poetry and music. Released late last year, featuring four distinctive single malts, each adorned with a bold letter—S, M, W, and S—celebrating the various seasons. Due to the delays in shipping to SA, we now have three of these whiskies available, with the fourth and final release arriving in our next Outturn.

SPIRIT NOTES

After 10 years in ex-bourbon wood, this was transferred into a first fill American oak oloroso hogshead. The nose combined muirburn, burnt straw and pipe racks (smoke, ash, old wood) with black tea, dark chocolate and sticky honey glaze on roast pork. The smoke intensified on the palate, swirling around with roasting coffee, toasted pistachios and pumpkin seeds, golden syrup on burnt toast and a tingling finish of chilli, cardamom and smoked paprika. The reduced nose found old ship’s timbers and hints of plastic on beach bonfires. The palate now had roasted chestnuts, burnt coconut and apple sauce on five-spice belly pork.