While the Cambus single grain distillery closed in 1993 already, the warehouses and the filling station are still in use. There are no official bottlings and even with the independent bottlers Cambus is…

Coleburn is only a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, so in the heart of Speyside not to far from the town of Elgin. It has been closed since 1985. There are no official bottlings (bar a Rare…

The Scottish Weekend in Alden-Biezen (Belgium) took place for the 30th time this year. That was celebrated with a festival bottling: a 16 Year Old Glenturret. One of the 750 bottles was open at the…

It was not even six months ago that I tried a botttle of Auchentoshan 1998 from Pearls of Scotland and lo and behold, today a sister cask is dropped on my desk. This one is bottled at 60,5% ABV, slightly…

It took a bit of research to find out that Signatory Vintage bottled this Auchentoshan 1981 only in miniature bottles. Strange choice, no? Anyway, this Auchentoshan was distilled on 19th March 1981 (I…

Cadenhead only just launched their new Auchentoshan, a great 23 Year Old from 1992, but we still have the previous release to taste, which was launched in January 2015. This 15 Year Old Auchentoshan from…

Distiller's Art is a new series by Langside Distillers (which is part of Hunter Laing), which releases single cask bottlings. So far there have been an Allt-a-Bhainne, Blair Athol, Braeval, Clynelish,…

The Old Particular range from Douglas Laing does not really need an introduction, does it? I have had quite a few gems already, including two Auchentoshan. Today I will try the latest release, a 14 Year…

This is already the fourth Auchentoshan that Douglas Laing releases in their celebrated Old Particular range. It is also the oldest in the series with its 17 years of maturation on a refill hogshead.Ha…

It has been almost two years since the Auchentoshan Virgin Oak was introduced. Not too long ago the second batch was released. You will understand that I have no other option than to try this one as well…