David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company has three ranges. In their portfolio, there is currently only one Auchentoshan, an 11 Year Old from 1999, bottled in their Exclusive Range. The cask sample that I…

Under impulse of the sympathetic Mark Watt, Cadenhead (famous independent bottler with HQ in Campbeltown) launched a new series with quite a retro look. Dumpy bottles with black labels. One of those…

The newest Auchentoshan from Douglas Laing was bottled in their brand new Old Particular range, of which I already tried ad fantastic Auchroisk, a superb Glen Garioch, but also a soapy Bowmore. I was…

Another cask from the Auchentoshan visitor center is this Auchentoshan 1999, bottled in 213. It is, like his predecessor, bourbon cask matured, cask 2052. I try it from a bottle of 20cl that my buddy…

From time to time, I get truly spoiled by friends who send me a sample of a great Auchentoshan. In this case, I got a sample (with empty bottle and box as well) from Germany. The label on the sample…

The old Select from the early 90s of last century come in two different packaging. One with the word Select on it and one without. The bottle without was destined for the Italian market, but the whisky…

I remember the Belgian club Tongerse Whiskyvrienden from their great Caol Ila that was bottled by The Whiskyman. They shared that particular cask with Vinothek Massen from Luxemburg. They did the same…

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers. For this bottling, they vatted two casks and cut it to a drinking strength. It is 13 years old. The nose starts off closed and needs quite a bit of…

Rosebank closed already in 1993, but the whisky still appears on the market regularly (although less and less for obvious reasons). This bottling already dates back to 2001, from the Max Righi stables…

Virgin Oak is in. Recently a Glen Garioch Virgin was released and now Auchentoshan follows. Who knows, maybe a Bowmore Virgin Oak is next (the three distilleries, as you know, are part of the same group…