Auchentoshan 1992 16 Year Old Murray McDavid

Auchentoshan Springwood

Auchentoshan Springwood was a great example of how liking isn't always logical. Especially when tasting something. This was the first dram for me, that had a very short finish but it felt like it made the whisky experience much better. Wouldn't normally make sense but with Auchentoshan Springwood it did. I usually don't like whisky that has lot of...

Score 82/100

Auchentoshan 16 Year Old 1997 Distiller's Art

Distiller's Art is a new series by Langside Distillers (which is part of Hunter Laing), which releases single cask bottlings. So far there have been an Allt-a-Bhainne, Blair Athol, Braeval, Clynelish, Craigellachie, Fettercairn, Glenburgie, Inchgower, Mortlach, Speyside and now this Auchentoshan. The single casks are all released at a strength of...

Score 81/100

Auchentoshan 'BattleHill' 8 Year Old

Today we’re tasting an IB Toshan, bottled by Duncan Taylor in a line called “BattleHill” to commemorate battles fought by the highland clans in the 16 century, near Huntly. This line of bottling includes Imperial, Auchentoshan, Macallan , Aberlour and Auchentoshan. This one is an entry level bottling at 43%, Nose : green apples and pears fruit...

Score 78/100

Auchentoshan 1998 Fino Sherry Cask

After the success of the Auchentoshan Festival in 2009, Head Distiller Jeremy Stephens selected several sherry casks from 1998 and filled the first 200 numbered bottles for the 2010 Festival. Every bottle has a certificate and is individually numbered (my bottle is 160/200). They were sold at the festival for £50. The nose is clean and firm with...

Score 82/100