Linkwood 13 Year Old 2012 SMWS Single 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel 39.313 Sing Thy Name Winter Collection Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl

1 of 198 bottles drawn from a single 1st fill bourbon barrel

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!

TASTING NOTES

As we cranked the old wooden handle on the mangle, the heavy rollers began to turn, firstly crushing apple blossom and fresh peaches into a fragrant pulp. Next in went hazelnuts and cinnamon sticks, ready to make an apple crumble base with lavish amounts of creamy butter. After a few drops of water we oiled the cogs with thick ghee before commencing the next round of fruit crushing. Now in went some brambles, melon and whole mangos, closely followed by pineapples and papaya. The resulting pulverised punch was then married with chai spices, salted almonds and crunchy granola, to be served on soft pancakes with a drizzle of green olive oil.

60.5% ABV

70cl