35.360 Mosey Along The Pathway

Glen Moray 9 Year Old 2013, Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 35.360 Mosey Along The Pathway, is a single cask single malt Scotch from the Glen Moray distillery in the Speyside region (SMWS distillery code 35). Distilled on 1 August 2013, it was matured for 9 years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel and bottled at a natural cask strength of 55.7% ABV, with an outturn of just 90 bottles. The Society places it in its Spicy & sweet flavour profile, and its Tasting Panel describes a quirky, spicy-sweet dram of custard, orange and fresh paint with a lemony lift from water. Like every SMWS bottling it is presented at cask strength without chill filtration, and the label carries the Society's cask code rather than the distillery name.

Nose: Fresh paint on new concrete, blotting paper, burlap and custard; water brings pear drops, bergamot and new leather

Palate: Orange fondant, damson jam, light anise, cold lager and corn on the cob; water turns it lemony with Irn-Bru, bubble gum, shochu and spiced orange

Serve: Neat first, then with a few drops of water to open it up; at full cask strength it rewards patience.