Auchentoshan reviews

The newest release from my favourite distillery is a 37 Year Old single cask, bourbon barrel #5613, which I had the pleasure of tasting in June 2011 in the Blender’s Room during my visit to the distil…

This bottle was the finale at my 43rd Birthday Toshan Tasting and is one of my personal favourites from Glasgow. I had first tasted it when I visited the distillery in September 2010. I was hooked imm…

A big sample of this was a nice gift from Chris at my birthday tasting. I am very grateful to him. Old Auchentoshan can be so beautiful. Remember the grand Auchentoshan 32 Year Old 1979 Sherry Cask…

A few weeks ago I tried the Batch 1 of my favorite distillery from this range by That Boutique-y Whisky Company (from the chaps at Master of Malt). I thought it was ok, but not very faithful to the true…

Nose: Very funky nose at first, quite young and untamed. reminds me of young Kavalans / Amruts , but not in a good way, since those are rather excellent most of the time.Clearly needs some time in the…

Three wood indeed. What a pleasant surprise. I needed that. Today was a slow and lazy day with rain. No activity on the golf course, that's for sure.Nose: Fruit compote (stewed apples, pears), caramel…

This being the first lowland scotch I've tried, I was honestly expecting something far simpler than this! I had heard some talk about the few lowland malts being less full and interesting than some…

The Maltman is a label from The Meadowside Blending Company, run by Donald Hart (of Hart Brothers fame) and his son Andrew. Andy and I have been in touch for a while now and he is very passionate about…

Douglas Laing has already bottled a few Auchentoshan and today we are trying a distillate from 1979, that was bottled in 2004. It is one of their oldest (they also have a 25 Year Old from 1978 and I will…

This Auchentoshan is one with an almost legendary reputation. People in the know tell me that this might be the best Toshan ever bottled. Really? Well, this I have to taste for myself! It is a bottling…