Auchroisk 1974 28 Year Old

Auchroisk 20 Year Old Diageo Special Release 2010

This Auchroisk was part of the Special Releases from Diageo in 2010. A little less than 6.000 bottles were filled at a strength of 58.1%. It’s a combination of American and European oak. Last November I tried the 30 years old that was presented in 2012. I am very much looking forward to this one. Complex and very aromatic, that is the least you...

Score 88/100

Auchroisk 16 Year Old 2002 First Editions for Whisky Festival Gent

The International Malt Whisky Festival Gent offers visitors a unique festival bottling. This year it was a single cask of Auchroisk 2002, of which 246 bottles were released. It was bottled by Edition Spirits, a company that has been usurped by Hunter Laing (it was the company of the sons who tried to go it alone, but daddy stepped in). Sweet nose...

Score 84/100

Auchroisk 30 Year Old / Special Releases 2012

Auchroisk (pronounced ‘o-thrusjk’) is one of the lesser known distilleries, founded in 1974 to create bulk malt for the blenders with Justerini & Brooks as primary client. Luckily it is sometimes also bottled as single malt. This Auchroisk was presented in Diageo’s Special Release of 2012. It is one of the oldest – in terms of maturation –...

Score 88/100

Auchroisk 15 Year Old 2000 Old Malt Cask

Auchroisk (say ‘o-thrusjk’) is a very young distillery, only founded in 1974. It’s a workhorse for the blenders and hardly sees the light of day as a single malt. This is a single cask that appeared in the famous Old Malt Cask series by Hunter Laing. A bit young for Old Malt Cask, no? Anyway. The nose is very soft and reminds me of spring. I get...

Score 83/100