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[Lawrence]

Does the $250/$120 include the award winning Magazine as well ? It makes all the difference you know.....
And if you are really lucky they'll send you some Sulphured Whisky as well !

I was talking to someone about this and their conclusion was "great ,another place to narrow the number of bottles available from a cask down" . Not my opinion i hasten to add....

That's an odd response Gordon; the bottles that have been sent so far have been very well recieved, people are thrilled with their purchases, the quality has been very high. They have sold a lot of memberships and people are very pleased to have access to SMWS bottles finally, as am I.All is all it's been a very good experience/

As I understand the SMWS distribution system whole casks are kept for the UK and then other casks are split between the smaller markets which makes sense since only a few markets can sell a whole cask.

[Gordon_H]

As I understand the SMWS distribution system whole casks are kept for the UK and then other casks are split between the smaller markets which makes sense since only a few markets can sell a whole cask.

Not Necessarily Lawrence , Casks can be split anywhere , sometimes to several Branches/franchises , just scour the bottling lists to see where they land .

BTW I was being sarcastic about the first bit Lawrence .

[Lawrence]

OK, thanks Gordon. The Society has been very received here with the exception of some Ontarians adopting a victim posture because it's not come to Ontario yet.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I know we here in the US have been receiving some of the UK bottles, presumably those that haven't sold too well.

[Gordon_H]

Were they 700 or 750cl bottles TH ?
From time to time at tastings and in the Vaults we had 750cl SMWSA bottles for sale that the SMWSA couldn't sell .

[Mr Tattie Heid]

That's a good question...I haven't bought any, so I don't know. I'm thinking they have to be 750's, but that undermines my thought that they're leftover UK bottles. Maybe they actually split some casks. They list them as "US allocation: 87 bottles" or whatever.

[Gordon_H]

Usually means a cask split between the US and somewhere else TH with the US's share going into 75cl bottles .

[portwood]

Received an email announcing the 6 month anniversary of the Single Malt Whisky Society of Alberta, errrr I mean, Canada.

Takes time to convince the bureaucrats to give up control ...

[Lawrence]

I attended a Scotch Malt Whisky Society dinner & tasting last night with the Canadian branch; 50.46 Bladnoch 21yo, 38.21 Caperdonich 17yo, 35.62 Glen Moray 21yo, 10.72 Bunnahabhain 12yo and 29.108 Laphroaig 10yo. All were very good and a good night out.

[portwood]

All were very good and still available only in Alberta.

Fixed it for you.

[Lawrence]

Not for long....

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Ooh, ooh, Lawrence knows something.

[Drammed]

Anybody have any more updated info about bottle availability outside of Alberta?

Cheers

PS - I was pretty excited when I got to taste a few samples in January, so even though the member price is quite high the whisky was quite good.

[portwood]

Breaking news in the Sun .... The AGCO just announced that the smws will be available in Ontario the same day MLSE gives the go ahead for a second NHL team in Toronto.

[Pudge72]

Breaking news in the Sun .... The AGCO just announced that the smws will be available in Ontario the same day MLSE gives the go ahead for a second NHL team in Toronto.

I guess we should strap on the skates to be ready for our trip through hell!

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I've been to a hockey game in Sarnia. That should be close enough, I would think.

[portwood]

Just over a year after arriving in Alberta ... on to BC ... they're moving in the wrong direction
Maybe it won't take as long as a second NHL team in Toronto, maybe the smws.ca will arrive when the current NHL team gets back on the ice ...