Auchentoshan 9 Year Old 2001 The Coopers Choice

Auchentoshan 1988 15 Year Old cask #4441

On 30 December 1988 Auchentoshan filled a number of casks, including this bourbon hogshead 4441. At the age of 15, it was bottled at an ABV of 59,2%. Cask 4445 was bottled at the age of 16 as a single cask at an ABV of 58,9%. Two years after that, another sister cask, bourbon hogshead 4446, would be bottled - exclusively for Belgium - at the age...

Score 83/100

Auchentoshan 13 Year Old Vom Fass

Vom Fass (German for ‘from the cask’) is a chain of stores in more than 10 countries, including Belgium. They sell all kinds of oils and vinegars, but also distillates, liqueurs and wines. And, of course, whisky. In the shop in Ghent, my neck of the woods, I found this 13 Year Old Auchentoshan. The friendly staff informed me that they use little...

Score 69/100

Auchentoshan 18 Year Old

So I have had a bottle of the 12 year old for a while, so it's interesting to see how Auchentoshan ages with another 6 years. The light bright fruitiness of the 12 year old is gone, but there's the familiar now dominant toasty wood, stone fruits, stem ginger, barley malt and hints of sherry, now stronger. Nose is beeswax, plain wood, stone...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan Classic Bourbon Oak Cask

I have a soft spot for Auchentoshan after falling in love with the 12 Year Old. I tried some of the other bottles as well, as my cabinet will show. But when trying the Classic today, I came away with mixed feelings. It's no instant classic, although it does not suffer from being a young whisky, but it's not a tremendously great dram either. It's...

Score 75/100