Auchroisk 1974 27 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Auchroisk 24 Year Old 1989 Cadenhead’s

The lion’s share of what is produced at Auchroisk goes to the blenders. Justerini & Brooks is their biggest customer. If you want to try it as a single malt, you have to look for an independent release. Take Cadenhead’s for example, one of Scotland’s oldest bottlers. A few years ago they released this sherry butt matured Auchroisk in their...

Score 85/100

Auchroisk The Singleton of Auchroisk (distilled 1976)

When the Dories Well was discovered in the Speyside region, some genius said, "Hey, we should build a distillery here." Good idea. IDV bought the site in 1970 and built the distillery here in 1974. Starting in 1978, pretty much all of it went into J&B. Their first bottled single malt to go on sale is the one we're tasting today, The...

Score 91/100

Auchroisk 20 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

The Raw Cask series from Blackadder is known for three things. First, there is always a bit of cask residue in the bottle that should make you believe it came straight from the cask. Second, it’s always a single cask release and third, at cask strength. Only the first is a bit of a marketing trick, because the whisky is of course filtered before...

Score 87/100

Auchroisk 26 Year Old 1979 Signatory Vintage

The independent bottler Signatory has quite a few Auchroisk in its portfolio, primarily from 1979. This is one of those from that well known Cask Strength Collection. It is a sherry butt that was filled on 17th October 1979 and bottled on 22nd March 2006. The sherry cask is immediately prominent on the nose. The malty and very flowery character...

Score 87/100