The Malt Whisky Society of Australia, Inc. is a group of malt whisky enthusiasts, dedicated to the proposition that Australia needs more malts, and more appreciators of malt. To that end, we formed the not-for-profit Malt Whisky Society of Australia Inc in 2002. The 2003 National Malt Whisky Convention (Canberra, 2003) was the MWSoA's inaugural effort to provide a nationwide forum for malt whisky fans. The success of the inaugural convention led to Australia's 2nd Malt Whisky Convention which was held in Sydney in 2005, with the 3rd Convention in Melbourne in 2007.
We also conduct the Malt Whisky Awards where we seek entries of commercially available malt whiskies and they are judged by an expert panel and the results published in our newsletter. Our list of medal winners throws up some excellent value for money malts and you might want to take our medal list (available under the Feints & Foreshots tab) when you go malt hunting.
We also occasionally arrange vanity bottlings from our favourite distilleries to be bottled for members.
The management committee elected in December 2009 consists of Craig Daniels (Chairperson), Ian Schmidt (Vice-Chairperson), Grant Pigot (Secretary), Matthew Rosenberg (Treasurer), Peter Johnston (Membership Officer), Roger Gillard (Marketing Officer), Nicole Lowrey (Editor, Feints & Foreshots), Ben Calcraft (Public Officer), Malcolm O'Farrell and Shona McRobert.
