Auchroisk 23 Year Old 1990 Single Cask Master of Malt

Auchroisk Duncan Taylor Auchroisk, 22 yo, 1988, bottled 2010

Nose: Starts a little bit sharp on the nose. lemony, then ,malty and sweeter notes of fruit. With time in the glass, those sharp notes become weaker. Some herbal notes as well. Water accentuates the wood, and citrus/spice. Palate: The palate is spicy,peppery and fruity, with the malty notes arriving later on. with water, the palate gets more...

Score 87/100

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 Singleton 1975 Vintage

Nowadays, depending on where you are on the globe, you can buy a bottle of Singleton from one of three Diageo distilleries: Glen Ord, Dufftown or Glendullan. Why they ever chose one brand to represent three different distilleries, I’ll never understand. But as singleton is basically Diageo’s answer to budget malts like Glenfiddich or Glenlivet, no...

Score 82/100

Auchroisk The Boutique-y Whisky Company - Batch 7

I know almost nothing about Auchroisk, other that it is in Banffshire and a lot of what the distillery produces goes into the J&B blends. So when the LCBO dropped its price on the 2019 advent calendar by about 50%, the fact that this untried (by me) distillery was a part of it helped to persuade me to buy it. This expression, tasted in a...

Score 80/100