Description

Whiskey: anCnoc 2009 SMWS 115.8 A Strawberry Chocolate Kiss Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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.

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 119.8 (59.9%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Knockdhu

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 Leiths Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

anCnoc 2009 SMWS 115.8 A Strawberry Chocolate Kiss Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: It has very pleasant and lovely aromas.

Palate: A very pleasant, rich and smooth taste in the mouth. Lovely texture.

Finish: Finish is very smooth and long.

Distillery Information

In 1892, John Morrison purchased the Knock Estate and farm. Shortly after, he uncovered a spring on Knock Hills southern slopes. He found the water to have a superb flavour and sent it to a Distillers Company Limited-owned Laboratory in Edinburgh for evaluation. They confirmed the water was indeed of outstanding quality and put up an offer for the site. Morrison gladly accepted. The Knockdhu distillery was built in May of 1893 and designed by the Elgin-based architects Gordon and Macbey. The distillery was the first to be built by Distillers Company Ltd. The water is piped from Knock Hill to the distillery and also to those living in the local village, though today five other water sources are used in supplement as well as that from the Ternemney Brook, which proffers the distillerys cooling water. The capacity is small; the distillerys pair of stills produce around 900,000 litres yearly. Today, none of the whisky is bottled as Knockdhu single malt. Rather as anCnoc. The name anCnoc was chosen as the current owners, Inver House, deemed Knockdhu too similar to Knockando and relabelled it to avoid confusion. Despite being small, the Knockdhu whisky distillery boasts large onsite storage facilities; its five warehouses have space for 7,600 casks.