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Naw, I don't have Altzheimers and seein' how I didnae take any photies to gie yous a clue, I might as well tell yous...
I was at the Scottish Malt Whisky Society premises in Leith. Santa brought me a membership so I thought I'd better use it this time. I had a membership for about three years around the turn of the millenium but let it lapse due to never taking advantage of the club.
If you're a whisky drinker, the idea is fairly simple: the SMWS buys single casks of single malt whisky from various distilleries and bottles them in limited numbers at cask strength. These are then sold to members.
The society bottlings are numbered, as opposed to naming the disillery and only give a clue (usually a fairly big one) to say where the whisky originates from. That said, if you go to their clubrooms and ask for a specific dram (eg The Glenlivet), the barmen will identify them no problem.
The bottles for drinking in the bar range in price from £3.20 for The Malt Of The Moment to twenty odd quid
eek) a dram and are colour coded to let you see the prices.
The premises are really plush wi' big leather sofas, antique tables and chairs and a roaring fire and have the feel of an exclusive gentlemen's club withoot bein' snobby. The also ha'e a Tasting Room.
Me and Christine (my glamourous driver) had a bar lunch (delicious it was too) and I had a dram of 16 year old Glenlivet and then an 11 year old Cragganmore, both at cask strength. We also had 3 coffees. The bill was less than £25 for everything.
I was sightly disappointed at the only Islay whisky available being Bowmore but their stock changes rapidly as old bottlings sell out new casks are bought.
I also bought the very last bottle of 42.61 which is the Cragganmore. I'm guid to masel' occasionally
If you enjoy yer whisky, then a membership to the SMWS is maybe no' sic a bad idea
I was at the Scottish Malt Whisky Society premises in Leith. Santa brought me a membership so I thought I'd better use it this time. I had a membership for about three years around the turn of the millenium but let it lapse due to never taking advantage of the club.
If you're a whisky drinker, the idea is fairly simple: the SMWS buys single casks of single malt whisky from various distilleries and bottles them in limited numbers at cask strength. These are then sold to members.
The society bottlings are numbered, as opposed to naming the disillery and only give a clue (usually a fairly big one) to say where the whisky originates from. That said, if you go to their clubrooms and ask for a specific dram (eg The Glenlivet), the barmen will identify them no problem.
The bottles for drinking in the bar range in price from £3.20 for The Malt Of The Moment to twenty odd quid
eek) a dram and are colour coded to let you see the prices.The premises are really plush wi' big leather sofas, antique tables and chairs and a roaring fire and have the feel of an exclusive gentlemen's club withoot bein' snobby. The also ha'e a Tasting Room.
Me and Christine (my glamourous driver) had a bar lunch (delicious it was too) and I had a dram of 16 year old Glenlivet and then an 11 year old Cragganmore, both at cask strength. We also had 3 coffees. The bill was less than £25 for everything.
I was sightly disappointed at the only Islay whisky available being Bowmore but their stock changes rapidly as old bottlings sell out new casks are bought.
I also bought the very last bottle of 42.61 which is the Cragganmore. I'm guid to masel' occasionally
If you enjoy yer whisky, then a membership to the SMWS is maybe no' sic a bad idea
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