Welcome to our very first edition of Society Sips! Your SMWSA Team members have each chosen a cask we’d love to share with you. Learn a little about our palates and perhaps a wee bit more about your own!

Scott Brunow's Pick - Cask No. 53.468 Step forward, inhabitant

I love sherry and I love peat. What I really love is when the two are combined into an exquisite combination of rich sweetness and savory peat. Welcome to 53.468, a 13-year-old peated Islay with a secondary maturation in a first fill Oloroso hogshead. This is truly a mouthwatering beast of both decadent dessert and savory meatiness. I feel like I’m sitting under a blanket, on a beach, at dusk, next to a fire every time I take a sip.

Ben Diedrich's Pick - Cask No. 16.94 Tanker fuego

An absolute must-try for any peat lover: 'Tanker fuego' showcases the very best of the peated Highland style. Unlike peat cut from Islay, mainland peat offers a drier and softer variety of smoke. But don't mistake its approachability for weakness - this is one big and explosive dram! I can't recall a time I've had this much fun with a single ounce of whisky in my glass.

Linh Do's Pick - Distillery 39 Rare Release Cross-Atlantic Destinations

A friend once said, “You gotta give this distillery a chance. It’s really good.” I looked at him, unconvinced. Much to my surprise, when I took a sip of this expression, it blew my mind. The flavor reminded me of the band Sparks—versatile, nuanced and ever-changing. This is the first bottle that literally changed my mind about this distillery.

Tom Smith's Pick - Cask No. 48.136 Two aspects of the same

Many whisky drinkers have never seen Distillery 48 outside Society bottlings.... that's because official bottlings don't exist! Just about all of this single malt goes into blended whiskies. Here, you have a full-bodied whisky of character and distinction available not just as a single malt, but a single cask. It's a mouthful of flavour you'll be pleasantly surprised with.

Slàinte!