The evocatively titled Pineapple Bananza is the latest addition to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s experimental Heresy range; it’s a small-batch Irish single malt whiskey created in collaboration with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey.
Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza stands out for both its origin and production style. Irish whiskey is an infrequent guest in the Society’s portfolio, and this latest release is likely to draw interest from members keen to explore beyond Scotch.
Pineapple Bananza is a triple-distilled Irish single malt, a process said to contribute to a smoother, fruit-forward spirit; here it underpins what the Society describes as a full-bodied, tropical profile.
Distilled April 30 2014 and aged for 10 years, the whiskey is bottled at 50% ABV.
Maturation has taken place in a combination of first-fill bourbon and oloroso sherry casks, a pairing that contributes a tropical, confectionery-led profile.
Pineapple Bananza is a triple-distilled Irish single malt, a process said to contribute to a smoother, fruit-forward spirit…
SMWS Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza tasting notes
This is a flavoursome dram, with crowd-pleasing layers.
On the nose Pineapple Bananza offers sherry sweetness, orange zest, hard toffee and titular pineapple. Flavours of chocolate liqueur, almond cream, and burnt banana bread crust follow, before the whisky exits with a wash of red wine tannins.
Founded in 1983, SMWS is a membership‑based whisky society specialising in exclusive single‑cask, single‑malt bottlings.
Pineapple Bananza is available exclusively to members of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, priced at £75 per bottle. For more about the SMWS visit smws.com.
Ad Gefrin, the Anglo-Saxon museum and distillery in Wooler, has released what it describes as the first legal Northumbrian single malt whisky of the modern era, ending a two-century absence of local single malt production. The debut bottling arrives as the Crǣft Series, a collection of three single cask whiskies that offer an early glimpse…
If you’re wondering what to give the dad on Father’s Day who claims he wants nothing, allow us to suggest something sincere, sophisticated, and soul-warming: whisky. Not socks, not a novelty mug, not a gadget that’ll sit untouched on a shelf, but a bottle of golden liquid crafted purely to delight the senses. In this…
Mystery Malt has returned for its sixth instalment, and according to its creators at Thompson Brothers, it is the biggest release yet. The concept remains delightfully simple: every whisky bottle looks identical, costs the same £65, and arrives concealed beneath a tamper-proof capsule. Buyers know the full list of whiskies that could be inside, but…
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The evocatively titled Pineapple Bananza is the latest addition to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s experimental Heresy range; it’s a small-batch Irish single malt whiskey created in collaboration with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey.
Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza stands out for both its origin and production style. Irish whiskey is an infrequent guest in the Society’s portfolio, and this latest release is likely to draw interest from members keen to explore beyond Scotch.
Pineapple Bananza is a triple-distilled Irish single malt, a process said to contribute to a smoother, fruit-forward spirit; here it underpins what the Society describes as a full-bodied, tropical profile.
Distilled April 30 2014 and aged for 10 years, the whiskey is bottled at 50% ABV.
Maturation has taken place in a combination of first-fill bourbon and oloroso sherry casks, a pairing that contributes a tropical, confectionery-led profile.
SMWS Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza tasting notes
This is a flavoursome dram, with crowd-pleasing layers.
On the nose Pineapple Bananza offers sherry sweetness, orange zest, hard toffee and titular pineapple. Flavours of chocolate liqueur, almond cream, and burnt banana bread crust follow, before the whisky exits with a wash of red wine tannins.
Founded in 1983, SMWS is a membership‑based whisky society specialising in exclusive single‑cask, single‑malt bottlings.
Pineapple Bananza is available exclusively to members of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, priced at £75 per bottle. For more about the SMWS visit smws.com.
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Ad Gefrin, the Anglo-Saxon museum and distillery in Wooler, has released what it describes as the first legal Northumbrian single malt whisky of the modern era, ending a two-century absence of local single malt production. The debut bottling arrives as the Crǣft Series, a collection of three single cask whiskies that offer an early glimpse…
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If you’re wondering what to give the dad on Father’s Day who claims he wants nothing, allow us to suggest something sincere, sophisticated, and soul-warming: whisky. Not socks, not a novelty mug, not a gadget that’ll sit untouched on a shelf, but a bottle of golden liquid crafted purely to delight the senses. In this…
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