Auchentoshan 1992 16 Year Old Speciality Drinks

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

This is a more grown up and slightly darker version of their Classic. The nose has more lemon, but the grass taste is toned down considerably. The color is also slightly darker and it costs about $12 more. Not quite rated into the "would buy again" group, but still very good and different.

Score 89/100

Auchentoshan 13 Year Old 1995 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

This Old Malt Cask bottling from Douglas Laing is a very pale Auchentoshan. As with each and every OMC bottling, this one is neither chill-filtered, nor colored. It is bottled at what they call the Golden Strength. The nose is very typical Auchentoshan. Fresh with vanilla and citrus (lime, in this case), very sweet and floral. Jasmine, lavender...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan Three Wood

This is a fine looking malt in the bottle, well packaged with a deep dark amber colour to the whisky, very inviting. I have long enjoyed the simpler bottlings from this distillery at 10 and 12 years of age, but I’m not a fan of this variety. Not sure which forest the three woods came from, or how they’ve affected the spirit in this way, but the...

Score 78/100

Auchentoshan Classic Bourbon Oak Cask

Nose: Grass, sea salt, gypsum. Palette: Pralines, Greek yogurt, carpet glue, hay bales and slight hint of grassfire smoke. The mouthfeel is thin and invasive, gathering unpleasantly around the teeth and gums. Finish: Flat and short: Dried grass, river water, rock salt. All told, I like this better than a cheap bourbon or a cheap Speyside any day,...

Score 73/100