{"product_id":"strathmill-13-year-old-1990-smws-single-cask-100-7-artificial-lemons-and-hard-pears-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2003-70cl","title":"Strathmill 13 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask 100.7 Artificial Lemons and Hard Pears Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2003) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eStrathmill 13 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Cask 100.7 Artificial Lemons and Hard Pears Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2003) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 285 bottles from a single ex-bourbon hogshead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Strathmill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight in character, Strathmill uses a long fermentation regime to help create fruitiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distillery’s main production quirk comes in the form of a purifier pipe running from the lyne arm into the body of the spirit stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Glenlossie and Glen Spey, this adds a lightly oily character to the new make, here picked up almost as olive oil which mixes well with the lightly fruity\/grassy notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to the River Isla, Keith has a long history of milling, both for meal and weaving (the town still has a kilt museum). Two of those old mill sites have since been converted to distilleries, Glen Keith and Strathmill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in 1892, it was originally called Glenisla (with -Glenlivet suffixed). Its original owners sold it in 1895 to W\u0026amp;A Gilbey which was by then building its holdings in Scotch [see Glen Spey, Knockando]. As Gilbey moved through various incarnations so Strathmill became an integral part of the J\u0026amp;B family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts only official release is as part of the Flora \u0026amp; Fauna range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56.5% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strathmill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57132932301125,"sku":"STRT13SMWS100.7","price":499.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/Strathmill10YearOld1985SMWSSingleCask100.7SpongeCakeAndFurniturePolishSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_1995_70cl1.jpg?v=1749644091","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/strathmill-13-year-old-1990-smws-single-cask-100-7-artificial-lemons-and-hard-pears-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2003-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}