Description
A 9-year-old Balmenach single malt distilled on 17 April 2008, matured in a single first-fill barrel/ex-bourbon cask and bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society as SMWS 48.101 “Mad Wax,” yielding 242 bottles at 57.5% ABV.
Balmenach
Balmenach Mad Wax 9 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, Cask #48.101, 2008, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 57.5%
Catalog product detail, market evidence, tasting notes, reviews, and collection actions.
TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
Average Score
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- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 9 Years
- Vintage
- 2008
- Bottled
- N.A
- ABV
- 57.5%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Balmenach
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Bourbon
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
- Peated
- N.A
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 48.101
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- No
- Bottle count
- 242
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Driven cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- Scotch Malt Whisky Society single-cask release, SMWS code 48.101, with the flavour name “Mad Wax.”
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Wax, oiliness and fruit.
- Palate
- Classical and typical, waxy, fun and entertainingly complex.
- Finish
- A conversation-stimulating continuation of the waxy, fruity character.