Auchentoshan 13 Year Old 1998 Dimensions Duncan Taylor

Auchentoshan 14 Year Old 1999 Hart Brothers

Hart Brothers clearly has quite some casks of Auchentoshan 1999 in their warehouses. I previously tasted an 11 Year Old, 13 Year Old and 16 Year Old, all bottled at a drinking strength of 46%. This 14 Year Old from their Finest Collection was bottled at cask strength. It matured on bourbon casks. The nose is typically Auchentoshan with loads of...

Score 84/100

Auchentoshan Three Wood

This being the first lowland scotch I've tried, I was honestly expecting something far simpler than this! I had heard some talk about the few lowland malts being less full and interesting than some others- and I know this is a "special" bottling, but that couldn't be further from the truth. It really reminded me of the wonderful Balvenie...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan 8 Year Old Battlehill

On the outskirts of Huntly (about halfway between Aberdeen and Inverness, several kilometers south of Keith and thus smack in the middle of the Dufftown region), quite a few skirmishes took place between the different Highland clans in the 16th Century. To commemorate these battles on the hills, Duncan Taylor bottled several whiskies under the...

Score 78/100

Auchentoshan 18 Year Old 1988 Cask #4446 for Belgium

During the last edition of my by now infamous Toshan Man Birthday Tastings, I opened this official oldie. This 18 Year Old from 1988 is a single cask that was bottled exclusively for Belgium. It is a gem, trust me. The nose is surprisingly delicate and sweet on grain cookies sprinkled with light brown sugar, lots of nuts, vanilla, chocolate with...

Score 88/100