{"title":"Fog City Social 2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"copy-of-smws-membership","title":"Membership","description":"","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39357175857223,"sku":"SMWS Membership","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/products\/SMWS_Monogram_46891306-c182-4e08-b59b-6ab69ec4fe05.png?v=1620848509"},{"product_id":"the-winter-series-2024-collection","title":"The Winter Series 2024 Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOur \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinter Series 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a toast to the spirit of the ceilidh (pronounced kay·lee), a tradition that once incorporated not only dancing but also storytelling, poetry and music. We’ve selected four bottlings to be enjoyed in convivial settings over the coming months. Whisky is for sharing – and that’s what the spirit of this series is all about. We’ve released just \u003cb\u003e84 sets\u003c\/b\u003e featuring all four bottles, complete with specially designed labels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eavailable in bundle form only\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e•    For Halloween 2024 – Cask No. 53.486\u003cstrong\u003e S\u003c\/strong\u003eupernaturally sweet smoke\u003cbr\u003e•    For Christmas 2024 – Cask No. 115.31 \u003cstrong\u003eM\u003c\/strong\u003eerry Christmas\u003cbr\u003e•    For New Year’s 2025 – Cask No. 39.306\u003cstrong\u003e W\u003c\/strong\u003eelcome in, 2025\u003cbr\u003e•    For Burns Night 2025 – Cask No. 88.29 \u003cstrong\u003eS\u003c\/strong\u003eupper sipper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bottling features a QR code which gives you access to whisky tales from \u003cstrong\u003eTasting Panel chair and ‘Whisky Bard’ Robin Laing\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Robin has captured the essence of each of these four whiskies with a series of fireside tales. Expect songs, poems and stories to bring the bottles to life – each one comes with a QR code on the back which will take you straight to his whisky tales. Join us in raising a glass and embracing the spirit of the ceilidh!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlàinte Mhath!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Peated_Updated_Strip.png?1956\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 53.486 - Supernaturally sweet smoke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate distilled: April 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCask: Refill Pedro Ximenez hogshead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge: 13 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlcohol: 58.5%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Islay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Panel Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Atop a bed of crushed smoked pears, we found salted cashews. This was juicy, sweet, nutty and sooty. The palate wrapped the aroma in parma ham and dusted the sweet-savoury appetiser with a light wood spice. Water served our noses with charred root vegetables, honey-and-smoke-cured ham, and tarred rope dipped in grist. The palate was now candied nuts drizzled with rosewater and a serving of peat-smoked rhubarb on rough oatcakes. After nine years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a refill PX sherry hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Spicy_and_Sweet_Updated_Strip.png?1955\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 115.31 - Merry Christmas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate distilled: October 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCask: First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge: 9 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlcohol: 61.0%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Speyside Spey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Panel Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: The neat nose suggested a nicely funky and slightly old-school sherry profile, with lots of drying earthy notes, tobaccos, pickled walnuts, balsamic and game meats. There was also a hint of animalistic aged pinot noir. Water brought an acetic edge, along with unlit cigars in a humidor, sharp red and dark pickled fruits, aniseed, camphor and tomato vines. The neat palate was well in sync with the nose, showing lots of aged balsamic, walnut wine, pickled tarragon, beef stock, camphor and black pepper. Water maintained this sense of funkiness, while adding another leathery aspect and some medicinal impressions of tar extracts and herbal cough syrup. This was matured in a bourbon hogshead for six years before being transferred to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Spicy_and_Sweet_Updated_Strip.png?1955\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 39.306 - Welcome in, 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate distilled: December 2011\u003cbr\u003eCask: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst-fill barrel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAge: 12 years\u003cbr\u003eAlcohol: 61.5%\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Speyside Lossie\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Panel Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: On the nose neat we found green cooking apples, stewed rhubarb, muddled mint, glacé cherries, and melted butter in couscous or on a warm croissant next to camphor and a lemon bundt cake. On the palate at first we found a creamy coconut chicken curry before a spicy pineapple margarita infused with jalapeno syrup kicked in. Following reduction, the sweetness was that of ripe, sweet strawberries macerated in sugar, creamy vanilla panna cotta and Greek tea made from Crete lemon verbena. To taste, we sipped a tiramisu martini, coconut rum, noisette and herb-flavoured liqueur, amaretto, chocolate syrup, rum-coffee liqueur, and peach and butterscotch schnapps before, in the finish, finding a sweet chilli heat. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Deep_Rich_and_Dried_Fruits_Updated_Strip.png?1963\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 88.29 - Supper sipper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate distilled: February 2009\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCask: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFirst-fill hogshead, heavy toast\/medium char\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge: 15 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlcohol: 55.9%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Speyside Spey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Panel Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: We were reminded of a Danish open-faced sandwich called smørrebrød, with roast beef, pickle and horseradish next to roasted parsley potatoes. The taste was somewhat dramatic, conjuring a Caribbean rum banana flambé, a spectacular flaming dessert made with caramelised bananas and rum served over ice cream and drizzled with an almondy Italian liqueur. After reduction we were closer to home and the scent of a Victoria sponge cake and cinnamon-baked apples. On the palate, a bacon butty was served alongside a bowl of spiced porridge with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and runny honey. Following 12 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill heavy toast medium char hogshead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41212335063111,"sku":"Winter Series 2024 x4","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/TWCBundle.png?v=1729524726"},{"product_id":"cask-no-9-250","title":"Cask No. 9.250","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweet and fruity aromas suggested apple crumble with custard and strawberry sweets plus vanilla, tropical fruits, and ginger biscuits. Earthy notes then emerged of crunchy leaves and fresh peas with dry straw. Abundant sweetness of coconut, rich tea biscuits and fudge on the palate made way for peppery spices, cinnamon and ginger before apricots, peaches and bananas merged on the finish. Water enticed an oiliness from the spirit alongside banoffee pie, Turkish delight, and meringue on a bed of toasted coconut. The palate still tingled but now with crystalised ginger and wasabi before caramel, chocolate and rum and raison fudge combined with citrus and marshmallows.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41216263553095,"sku":"009.250","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/9.250-US-wide.png?v=1732026396"},{"product_id":"cask-no-122-66","title":"Cask No. 122.66","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalking into the kitchen we were handed toasted bagels laden with grilled sausages smothered with baconnaise and drizzled with rapeseed oil. The palate concurred, joined too by a twist of oregano landing atop tutti frutti ice cream. Water gifted us dark chocolate, spun sugar and dried pineapple chunks on the nose, while the palate remained served in a tutti frutti ice cream bowl, joined by peach frosting on vanilla cupcakes, and white and milk chocolates. After seven years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this to a heavily toasted medium charred refill hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41579680596039,"sku":"122.66","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/122.66-US-wide.png?v=1743453551"},{"product_id":"drop-dram-pack","title":"Drop \u0026 Dram Tasting Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Juicy_Oak_and_Vanilla_Updated_Strip.png?1961\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 35.349 - Hunky and chunky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCask: First-fill ex-bourbon barrel\u003cbr\u003eAge: 10 years\u003cbr\u003eAlcohol: 60.3%\u003cbr\u003eRegion: Speyside \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e50mL bottle format\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Deep_Rich_and_Dried_Fruits_Updated_Strip.png?1963\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 68.115 - Let’s head for the lobby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCask: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1st fill ex-Oloroso sherry hogshead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge: 14 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlcohol: 57.8%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion: Highland\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e50mL bottle\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e format\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/Peated_Updated_Strip.png?1956\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask No. 53.469 - The ultimate nuance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCask: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRefill ex-bourbon hogshead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge: 10 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlcohol: 57.0%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion: Islay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e50mL bottle\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e format\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41802218930247,"sku":"BCK101408","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1507\/7302\/files\/TASTEPACK-US1LA_SEATTLE_04_2.jpg?v=1742414715"}],"url":"https:\/\/orders.smwsa.com\/collections\/fog-city-social-2026.oembed","provider":"The Scotch Malt Whisky Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}