{"product_id":"glen-elgin-13-year-old-2010-smws-single-2nd-fill-ex-px-hogshead-finish-85-95-chocolate-pigs-and-sticky-figs-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"Glen Elgin 13 Year Old 2010 SMWS Single 2nd Fill Ex-PX Hogshead Finish 85.95 Chocolate Pigs And Sticky Figs Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Elgin 13 Year Old 2010 SMWS Single 2nd Fill Ex-PX Hogshead Finish 85.95 Chocolate Pigs And Sticky Figs Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 285 bottles produced from an ex-bourbon hogshead then finished in a 2nd fill ex-px hogshead giving it that nice balance and strong character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productView bottle js_itemPageProfile flavour-default\" data-categories='[\"No Menu Link\/Bottle Archive\"]'\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"productView-description\" id=\"productView-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productView-descriptionWrap\"\u003eIt was heaven in a glass for any serious fan of raisins, dates and dried figs, wrapped in cured ham and served with toffee apples and Christmas pudding. Cinnamon and liquorice ticked all the right boxes while sticky treacle engulfed orange zest and dried cherries. A little water unveiled brazil nuts and almonds, lavishly coated in dark chocolate. Crispy pancetta mingled with crystallised ginger, marzipan and prunes, providing delightfully oily textures. The spice from cinnamon, camphor and black pepper tingled until the end, meeting a finish of dried orange and salted nuts. After spending 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead this was transferred to a Pedro Ximénez second fill hogshead for the remainder of its maturation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productView-descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Glen Elgin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFruitiness is the key to Glen Elgin’s character – a lush fruitiness at that – which is achieved through clear wort, long fermentation and slow distillation in its six stills to clean out sulphur, but then condensing takes place in worm tubs which adds weight and complexity. Complicated stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle surprise perhaps that Glen Elgin has been a major contributor to blends, White Horse in particular (there was a legendary 12-year-old exclusive for Japan which heavily promoted the White Horse link on the label). It was a member of Diageo’s ‘Hidden Malts’ range which appeared, briefly, at the start of the Millennium before being dropped in favour of the higher-volume Singleton family. As a result, it remains a minor cult among malt aficionados and is revered by blenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocated in the strangely-named hamlet of Fogwatt, Glen Elgin’s early years were somewhat precarious. It started production in 1900 just as whisky was entering one of its periodic slumps and promptly was mothballed twice before being sold in 1906. It joined DCL in 1929 and was licensed to White Horse Distillers. Electricity only arrived at the distillery in 1950. Up until then it was operated by paraffin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glen Elgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52791359766866,"sku":"GLELG13SMWS85.95","price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/GlenElgin13YearOld2010SMWSSingle2ndFillEx-PXHogsheadFinish85.95ChocolatePigsAndStickyFigsSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2024_70cl.jpg?v=1771957534","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glen-elgin-13-year-old-2010-smws-single-2nd-fill-ex-px-hogshead-finish-85-95-chocolate-pigs-and-sticky-figs-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2024-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}