Scotch Malt Whisky Society Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), founded in Edinburgh in 1983, is a membership organisation which bottles and sells single cask, single malt whisky. It purchases individual casks from more than 125 malt whisky distilleries in Scotland and throughout the world, bottles them and retails directly to its members. It also runs three private members' rooms in the UK and in several international locations. The origins of the Society lie in Phillip "Pip" Hills' travels around the Scottish Highlands in the late 1970s, during which he sampled several whiskies drawn straight from the cask. Hills was
Glenora Distillers American oak casks. It was featured in the book, "101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die". In November 2000, an 8-year-old version of the Glen Breton Rare was released. By 2018, it offered a wide range of whiskys up to 25 years old. Glenora Distillery produces a single malt whisky aged in oak barrels used for Jost Vineyard's Ortega Ice Wine. The Glen Breton Rare Ice is available in 10, 15 and 17-year-old versions. The "Glen Breton" name was put into question before it had ever sold a bottle. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), an organization representing 57 different Scotch