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.