B.C. distillery first in Canada to join prestigious Scotch Malt Whisky Society
He said their members rely on the SMWS to find and verify the best whisky.
“We believe that we gave whisky to the world. We have a long, long history, long heritage, prominence of whisky, it’s part of our community, it’s part of our life. It’s not just a drink to us, it’s part of what we are and I think that’s gone on for hundreds and hundreds of years,” McCheyne explained.It’s a privilege for distillers to be invited to join the organization and only members can purchase SMWS whiskies.
“We have a collaboration with many distilleries in Scotland to start with, it was all single malt, single cask scotch to begin with, all of the distilleries when they found out what we were trying to do, were very, very keen to work with us,” he said. As whisky began to be distilled in other countries, McCheyne said their members wanted some guidance on some of the best products worldwide.
“We have to sample the whisky before we bottle it,” he added. “All of the whisky, even the scotch, has to pass a tasting panel before we will bottle it and over the years, many of our samples that we’ve had have been rejected because we didn’t think they were interesting enough for our members.”
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