anCnoc reviews

The name already reveals that this malt is peated. 40ppm is actually heavily peated. I wonder if this malt will live up to its name. But will you look at that color: pale beyond belief.The nose indeed…

AnCnoc is the name of the whisky produced by the Knockdhu distillery (the malt was not named Knockdhu to avoid confusion with Knockando). You can guess it: Knockdhu means black hill and thus this malt…

Dry warm herbal light arrival developing mild sweet and iodine balanced quick watery fast finish.

The anCnoc 24 is made at the knockdhu distillery and is a combination of ex-bourbon casks and sherry-treated casks thats not chill-filtered nor coloured. An underrated heaveyweight.Nose a bouquet of…

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Peatheart uses barley, specified by anCnoc Master Blender, malted to 40ppm, then matured in bourbon barrels for over a decade. 40 PPM might sound a lot (it’s almost on the Ardbeg peat scale of 50), but…

Nose: What a stunning nose on this one : delicious candied orange, and ripe blood oranges, some marmalade and old wooden furniture (libraries, church stools). The sherry is here in a big way, with XMAS…

Boy, is it good to be back! After a slight break from whisky, and after having explored the world of good quality beers and wines for a little while, I was tempted to pick up a bottle of this often…

Ah, the 90’s a simpler time when Knockdhu was released bottles under its own name. It was only when the naming confusion with that other distillery Knockando put them on a collision course that they…

AnCnoc is one of those whiskies that I have not tried very often. But last winter it appeared on my radar when I encountered two expressions at the Antwerp whisky festival: Peatlands and the 1975 Limited…