Profile: Brendan McCarron
Brendan McCarron is relishing a new chapter in his whisky journey as an independent …
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Member profile: Japan whisky quest
A passion for the Society took this couple on a whisky-related quest to Japan
IWSC awards
SMWS toasts success at IWSC awards
Distillery profile: Yuza
Attention to detail and craftsmanship are at the heart of production at Yuza distille…
Whisky With a taste for adventure
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DRAM1 awards
Society picks up Indie Bottler award at DRAM1 Indie Award 2026
The magic of maturation
Gavin D Smith wraps up his two-parter on maturation
A tale of two Japanese distilleries
This Japanese whisky maker which was instrumental in the country’s development of a S…
Matured to perfection
Celebrate the joy of whisky and fatherhood, a shared passion across generations
Distillery profile: Journeyman
Michigan is home to Bill Welter and Journeyman distillery
Fruit bomb
The Society’s latest small-batch ‘Heresy’ bottling lets an overflowing fruit basket o…
Flavour focus: maturation (part one)
Maturation tames and transforms the raw spirit, playing a key role in defining a whis…
Distillery profile: Copperworks
Copperworks is at the heart of Seattle’s growing distilling scene
Member story: Anchor drams
For Brian and Helen Russell, sharing a Society whisky after crossing the Atlantic, on…
Flavour focus: distillation (part two)
The character of the spirit still – and how it is operated – can play a key role in …
Father’s Day
Father's Day sorted by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Distillery profile: Westland
What Westland is bringing to the whiskey scene in Washington State
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50TH ANNIVERSARY CASK CLUB
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is offering you an unmissable opportunity to create your very own personalised bottling.
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Flavour focus: distillation (part one)
The stillhouse is the beating heart of every distillery
My first sip
Society member member Andrew Allan recounts his initiation into the ‘the good stuff’
The five regions
The Society’s latest small-batch ‘Heresy’ bottling is ready to bring a taste of Scotl…
Rethinking the regions
Is it time to scrap or re-evaluate the notion of Scotland’s whisky regions?