Strathclyde 15 Year Old SMWS Single Cask G10.35 The Oak Has Spoke Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2015) 70cl

Strathclyde 15 Year Old SMWS Single Cask G10.35 The Oak Has Spoke Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2015) 70cl

1 of 222 bottles in the out turn.

Tasting Notes 

We found the nose slightly closed at first, but pleasingly tart and crisp with lots of aromas of bruised apples emerging over time. Then pecan pie, carbon paper and some subtle sooty notes. Hints of glossy magazines and clotted cream. With water we got thicker notes of shoe polish, red cola, rainbow sherbet, liquorice and rice wine. The mouth was immediately more classically grainy and sweet. Notes of Madeira sponge cake, young Calvados, green acidity, cinnamon sugar and a wee tingle of chilli warmth. With water the wood goes up a few notches, more tannic, spicy, strong teas, flambeed banana, garibaldi biscuit, gingerbread and finishing with soft notes of fudge and sunflower oil. Matured for 11 years in a bourbon barrel before being transfered to a second fill heavy toast medium char hogshead.

Strathclyde is a grain whisky distillery in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1927, and is the only distillery in the city still producing grain whisky today. While known for its grain spirit, used in blends like Ballantine's, Strathclyde also produces single malt Scotch whisky, most famously Kincaith, under its own distillery label. The distillery primarily uses wheat and employs a distillation system of interconnected sieve tray columns to produce its spirit. 

About SMWS 

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

62.1% ABV

70cl