Auchentoshan 1984 24 Year Old Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Auchentoshan 23 Year Old 1996 Old Particular Halloween Douglas Laing

Just as they did in 2019, Douglas Laing launched a single cask Auchentoshan voor Halloween in 2020. Again a single cask from 1996, now 23 years old. Again it sold out very quickly, for it was a very limited release of only 139 bottles. Luckily I could grab two. I poured on at a tasting to celebrate my 51st birthday and it proved to be very...

Score 87/100

Auchentoshan Valinch 2011 Release

A cask strength bourbon matured number of Auchentoshan. Excellent price as well i picked this up for $90 AUD. Very high ABV and generally i would think pretty young spirit around 10 years old so plenty of water is needed. All the way up to 50:50 and it wont drown. Bloody good stuff * Nose: hot, creamy, zesty, sharp, slightly dusty and some...

Score 90/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old 2001 Provenance

The latest Provenance-bottling, from McGibbon’s, which is actually part of Douglas Laing, was a gift from my friend Chris Leggat, former Auchentoshan ambassador and since a few weeks the son-in-law of Fred Laing (the lucky bastard). He sent me the bottle to be poured at a recent Toshan Man Tasting that I hosted. The nose is classic Auchentoshan,...

Score 82/100

Auchentoshan 16 Year Old 1998 Pearls of Scotland

I have already tried two great Auchentoshan from Pearls of Scotland. At the Antwerp Whisky Festival this one was presented to me. Would I like to try it? Does a cow give milk? It was distilled in September 1998 and bottled – at cask strength – in May 2015. Sturdy ABV. This was a sherry butt. The colour could have fooled me. Scary at first whiff as...

Score 85/100