Glen Keith has recently been reopened by owners Chivas Brothers (in favour of Imperial that will thus remain closed). Perhaps in the (distant) future we will be able to enjoy some new expressions of this…

The Ultimate is the brainchild of Han and Maurice van Wees from the Netherlands. They started selecting casks in 1994. The already bottled three sistercasks from Auchentoshan, all of them bourbon barrels…

This week I will try 7 independent Auchentoshan head to head. Let me start with this Dun Bheagan Lowland. The Dun Bheagan range is put to market by Ian Macleod Distillers and contains single malts 8…

I previously tried an Auchentoshan on a sherry cask from this independent bottler and enjoyed that one very much. They also have a 20 Year Old Auchentoshan on bourbon cask. Let us see if that is enjoy…

DH17 is a chain of liquor stores in Holland. From time to time they bottle their own, under the label XVIIs, like this Auchentoshan from 1999. They took only 60 bottles from bourbon cask 800254. Bottle…

Vom Fass (German for ‘from the cask’) is a chain of stores in more than 10 countries, including Belgium. They sell all kinds of oils and vinegars, but also distillates, liqueurs and wines. And, of course…

This Old Malt Cask bottling from Douglas Laing is a very pale Auchentoshan. As with each and every OMC bottling, this one is neither chill-filtered, nor colored. It is bottled at what they call the…

I recently tried this at the Douglas of Drumlanrig tasting in Belgium and enjoyed it very much. Was it the line-up or is this indeed a good Auchentoshan?The delicate Lowlander character is immediately…

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society does not need an introduction. Thanks to Luc Timmermans I was able to add this bottle to my collection, but I did not want to open it. So I was very happy to see that…

Maltman is the label used by the Medowside Blending Company. I have already tried quite a few of their single malts. Today we try one from a distillery that I am not at all familiar with: Arran.The nose…