Auchentoshan 12 Year Old 1997 Un-Chillfiltered Signatory

Auchentoshan 21 Year Old 1997 Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Barrel

This Auchentoshan was distilled on 22nd October 1997 and bottled by Signatory on 22nd October 2018, 21 years later to the day. It was selected by online whisky retailer The Whisky Barrel as an exclusive. Obviously I had to have it for the collection, but it looked so good that I ordered two bottles. One of those was presented during my birthday...

Score 86/100

Auchentoshan Select

With the arrival of het new duty free releases of Auchentoshan last March, my contact at Auchentoshan told me the Select, which moved to duty free in favor of the Classic, will slowly but surely be phased out. So I went out of my way to secure a few more bottles. Having said that, we are trying a bottling from 2004 at this time. This one, despite...

Score 75/100

Auchentoshan American Oak

This newer expression is fully matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. Of course, like all Auchenstoshan, this is triple distilled. The bottle has been open for some months now. The colour is a medium gold. A little spirity on the nose, but pleasant, with grainy malt, honey, toffee, vanilla, mint and green apple. Extremely fruity, actually - throw...

Score 79/100

Auchentoshan 1988 16 Year Old Cask 4445

Auchentoshan bottled several sister cask on 30/12/1988. We already tried cask 4441 (bottled at the age of 15) and have 4446 (bottled at the age of 18) in our collection as well. Today I'm trying cask 4445, bottled exclusively for Belgium after 16 years in a boubon cask. It is very similar to cask 4441 (I haven't tried 4446 at this time), with...

Score 81/100