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Decoding Society Bottlings
Distillery Code
Each cask is given a unique code signifying the distillery of origin and the sequential number of bottlings from that distillery.
Title & Tasting Notes
Our Tasting Panel assigns a unique title and tasting note to every cask bottled.
Specifications
We’ve included all the details about each whisky including age, origin and cask type.
Outturn
The total number of bottles filled from that one-of-a-kind cask is listed on each label.
Flavour Profile
Each cask is assigned a flavour profile to help guide you through the wide range of flavours the Society has to offer.
Cask Strength
All Society whisky is bottled at cask strength, allowing you to dilute the spirit to your own personal taste.
Cask Strength
All Society whisky is bottled at cask strength, allowing you to dilute the spirit to your own personal taste.
Distillery Code
Each cask is given a unique code signifying the distillery of origin and the sequential number of bottlings from that distillery.
Title & Tasting Notes
Our Tasting Panel assigns a unique title and tasting note to every cask bottled.
Specifications
We’ve included all the details about each whisky including age, origin and cask type.
Outturn
The total number of bottles filled from that one-of-a-kind cask is listed on each label.
Flavour Profile
Each cask is assigned a flavour profile to help guide you through the wide range of flavours the Society has to offer.
Cask Strength
All Society whisky is bottled at cask strength, allowing you to dilute the spirit to your own personal taste.
Distillery Code
Each cask is given a unique code signifying the distillery of origin and the sequential number of bottlings from that distillery.

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Unfiltered
Every month, member-exclusive digital magazine, Unfiltered, brings its insightful and thought-provoking perspective, showcasing the best in whisky writing. Members can pour a dram and enjoy the latest news and whisky education from around the world.
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A Conversation with Kim Michael
Welcome, my friends, to Society Life! We launched this series in January and each edition features an interview that I've conducted with a fellow Society member. This month, it is my pleasure to introduce a fellow New Yorker and whisky lover in Kim Michael!
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SMWS Featured in New York Times
"For a more intimate tasting, opt for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society on nearby Queen Street, where one-off bottlings of whisky from a single cask carry eccentric titles inspired by their tasting notes. At its ground-floor Kaleidoscope Bar, a Georgian drawing room refashioned into an elegant saloon, savor the rotating Malt of the Moment, or order a flight selected by knowledgeable bar staff in tweed waistcoats."
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SMWS takes home 4 new medals from SFWSC!
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has just won four (4) medals at the 2024 SF World Spirits Competition, the most prestigious spirits competition in America! Each year, more than four thousand unique spirits are submitted to a panel of judges from around the world. Each spirit undergoes a thorough blind tasting process and is judged according to very strict criteria. This year we received three (3) Double Gold Medals and one (1) Gold Medal!
See what got their attention
A trip to Scotland with Neil Patrick Harris
Fellow Society member Neil Patrick Harris takes a bucket-list trip to our spiritual home in Scotland. Read more about his unforgettable travels and an experience all Society members can look forward to.
Read more about it
Upcoming events
Explore our calendar of upcoming tasting events held each month across the United States.
Have a Dram with Us
Unfiltered
Every month, member-exclusive digital magazine, Unfiltered, brings its insightful and thought-provoking perspective, showcasing the best in whisky writing. Members can pour a dram and enjoy the latest news and whisky education from around the world.
Learn More
A Conversation with Kim Michael
Welcome, my friends, to Society Life! We launched this series in January and each edition features an interview that I've conducted with a fellow Society member. This month, it is my pleasure to introduce a fellow New Yorker and whisky lover in Kim Michael!
Read more
SMWS Featured in New York Times
"For a more intimate tasting, opt for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society on nearby Queen Street, where one-off bottlings of whisky from a single cask carry eccentric titles inspired by their tasting notes. At its ground-floor Kaleidoscope Bar, a Georgian drawing room refashioned into an elegant saloon, savor the rotating Malt of the Moment, or order a flight selected by knowledgeable bar staff in tweed waistcoats."
Read the full article here