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Auchentoshan American Oak

I woodent (sorry, awful pun)

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WReview by @Wierdo

30th Oct 2018

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    69

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Had this for the second time last night. From a bottle that thankfully isn't mine. It's my brother-in-laws bottle. When I once left a bottle of Springbank 10 at his house when we visited again a few months later, the bottle was all but empty.

This Auchentoshan by contrast has been open since March and is still 3/4 full which speaks volumes!

Anyway not a lot of tasting notes because frankly there wasnt a lot to taste.

Nose

A fairly clean nose. A bit of ginger, some oranges and a solventy note.

Palate

It tastes thin and young. Vanilla, oranges, a bit of heather and caramel. They need to lay off the e150 with this one as you can actually taste it.

Finish

Unpleasant bitter tanins and a fair bit of heat despite it being bottled at 40% abv.

Too young and put together without mych care imo.

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3 comments

@OdysseusUnbound
OdysseusUnbound commented

This is still a generous score. Aside from the "off" bottle of Glenfarclas 12 I returned, this is without a doubt the worst single malt whisky I've ever tasted. Luckily the bottle wasn't mine. The only tasting notes I had were nailpolish remover on the nose, and wet, mouldy cardboard on the palate and finish. I couldn't finish a glass of this stuff. Horrid. I always say there are no bad whiskies, only some that are better than others. But this whisky is the exception to that rule.

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Wierdo commented

@OdysseusUnbound I did originally give it 65. But thought that was too harsh. But you are probably right. Although judging by your tasting notes your bottle was worse than the one I had a measure from!

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@OdysseusUnbound
OdysseusUnbound commented

@Wierdo I honestly don't know how I could have scored the bottle from which I tasted. And I tried to drink from it thrice, as the owner of the bottle is married to my wife's cousin...and they live down the street from us. Each pour was worse than the previous dram. So it wasn't that my palate was "off" once. This is just really bad, undrinkable whisky. Other bottles may be slightly better, but I wouldn't chance it.

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