Auchentoshan 8 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Auchentoshan 21 Year Old 1973

The modern Auchentoshan 21 Year Old is een top whisky, but on my birthday I gladly put that one head to head with this older version, from 1973 (thus bottled in 1994). Today I will try it again. Not a hard thing to have to do. The nose is a little dusty, revealing its long period in the bottle (almost as long as it has matured on a cask). Some...

Score 87/100

Auchentoshan New Distillate (Stillman's Collection)

The Stillman's Collection, available only at the distillery, contains 3 bottles of 5cl: new distillate, 1 Year Old matured on a bourbon cask and 2 Year Old matured on an oloroso sherry cask. I'm trying from full bottles of this stuff that could be found in the Blender's Room at the distillery. The alcohol percentages vary slightly from the...

Score 73/100

Auchentoshan 1 Year Old Bourbon (Stillman's Collection)

The Stillman's Collection, available only at the distillery, contains 3 bottles of 5cl: new distillate, 1 Year Old matured on a bourbon cask and 2 Year Old matured on an oloroso sherry cask. I'm trying from full bottles of this stuff that could be found in the Blender's Room at the distillery. This sample matured for one year on a bourbon cask....

Score 71/100

Auchentoshan 10 Year Old

First off, I have to admit: I'm really into Auchentoshan. My cabinet is proof of that. I'm getting the 1988 Bordeaux Finish (£105) as well as the 1978 Bourbon Matured (£355) for my 40th birthday next year. Nuff said. I recently had the 12 Year Old (see my review) and simply couldn't pass up the chance to taste the 10 Year Old again, albeit from a...

Score 76/100