This is one of the 4-bottle Winter Series set; we kicked the season off with 53.485 SUPERNATURALLY SWEET SMOKE. This one and 39.307 WELCOME IN, 2025 are the next two releases. The last one will appear in January for Burns Night. Buy all 4 and spell out 'SMWS' on your whisky shelf!

Black molasses, mulling spices, roasted chestnuts and a strong cup of java with a liberal shot of dark coffee and rum liqueur made us all feel warm and fuzzy. On the palate, fancy orange-flavoured brandy liqueur and dark chocolate truffles joined a traditional chewy Highland toffee bar ‘Oor Wullie’, named after the iconic wee laddie who first sat on his bucket more than 80 years ago in a newspaper and is now part of Scottish heritage.

Water added bread and butter pudding, warm croissants, gingerbread and sun-dried tomatoes. To taste, we dined on blackberry pie with cardamom custard and fresh lemon zest in the finish. Following 6 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a 1st fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.