The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Founded in 1983, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is one of the world's most famous independent bottlers. Casks are identified by a unique system, with each distillery anonymised, represented only by a number, based on the order in which they were bottled. For example, whisky 1.1 is the first whisky from distillery 1 and so on. This system has allowed them to bottle from virtually every single distillery in Scotland.

Each whisky is chosen by the SMWS panel, resulting in a name and description designed to evoke a moment, memory or flavour that captures the character of each whisky.