Bruichladdich 1968 SMWS 23 Year Old 23.8

Distilled at Bruichladdich in February 1968 and bottled at 23 years old by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

Bottled from society cask 23.8, a hogshead, in August 1991.

One of 220 bottles.