Aged 13 years
This is a single malt Scotch whisky bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, an independent bottler known for releasing single-cask whiskies under code numbers rather than distillery names. At 13 years old, it is likely to show a balance between distillery character and cask influence.
SMWS 78.98 The wooden mountain of dubious disguise is best approached as an individual cask bottling, so its flavour profile may differ noticeably from a standard distillery release. For a novice drinker, that usually means a whisky with a more distinctive and sometimes more intense personality than an entry-level bottling.